The Chinese Government Will Initiate Seven Major Geological Special Projects in 2017

Recently, the Chinese Technology has issued more within the national key Ministry of Science and than 40 key special projects research and development program. In the 2017 Annual Project Application Guidelines, a total of seven key projects related to geological sciences are planned, with overall funding of 3.52 billion yuan, with the timespan generally of five years. They are introduced as follows：

The hydrological effect between Jingjiang River and Dongting Lake during the initial period of Three Gorges Project operation

Based on the measured hydrological data from 1951 to 2008, the chain hydrological effect between Jingjiang River and Dongting Lake is analyzed by comparative method after the Three Gorges Project operation. The result indicates that 1） the scouring amount in Jing- jiang River made up 78.9% of the total from Yichang to Chenglingji, and its average scouring intensity was higher than the latter; 2） the water and sand diversion rates at the three outlets of the Jingjiang River were reduced by 2.33% and 2.78% separately; 3） the proportion of multi-year average runoff and sediment through the three outlets in the total into the Dongting Lake decreased by 7.7% and 24.4% respectively; 4） in Dongting Lake, the speed of sediment accumulation was lowered by 26.7%, in flood season, the runoff amount was 20.2% less than the multi-year average value, leading to seasonal scarcity of water year by year. The former prolonged the lake life, while the latter induced droughts in summer and fall in successive years, shortage of drinking and industrial water, shipping insecurity, as well as ecological problems such as decrease of birds and quick increase of Microtus fortis; 5） The multi-year average values of sediment and flood transporting capacity at the lake outlet were respec- tively increased by 26.6% and 3.7%, the adapt to the new change of the river-lake embankments were protected effectively. Then, to relation, some suggestions were put forward, such as optimizing further operation program of the Three Gorges Reservoir, reexamining the idea of river and lake regulation, and maintaining connection of the river and the lake.

Latest research progress for LBE coolant reactor of China initiative accelerator driven system project

China’s accelerator driven subcritical system(ADS)development has made significant progress during the past decade.With the successful construction and operation of the international prototype of ADS superconducting proton linac,the lead-based critical/subcritical zero-power facility VENUS-II and the comprehensive thermal-hydraulic and material test facilities for LBE(lead bismuth eutectic)coolant,China is playing a pivotal role in advanced steady-state operations toward the next step,the ADS project.The China initiative Accelerator Driven System(CiADS)is the next facility for China’s ADS program,aimed to bridge the gaps between the ADS experiment and the LBE cooled subcritical reactor.The total power of the CiADS will reach 10 MW.The CiADS engineering design was approved by Chinese government in 2018.Since then,the CiADS project has been fully transferred to the construction application stage.The subcritical reactor is an important part of the whole CiADS project.Currently,a pool-type LBE cooled fast reactor is chosen as the subcritical reactor of the CiADS.Physical and thermal experiments and software development for LBE coolant were conducted simultaneously to support the design and construction of the CiADS LBEcooled subcritical reactor.Therefore,it is necessary to introduce the efforts made in China in the LBE-cooled fast reactor to provide certain supporting data and reference solutions for further design and development for ADS.Thus,the roadmap of China’s ADS,the development process of the CiADS,the important design of the current CiADS subcritical reactor,and the efforts to build the LBE-cooled fast reactor are presented.

The 863 Program of The Tenth-Five-Year Plan--EV (Electric Vehicle) Key Project Officially Initiate

Two important meetings concerning the initiation of the state 863 program-EV (electric vehicle) Special Project organized by the State Ministry of Science and Technology were held recently. The convening of the meetings indicates that EV in China now has become an action, a reality rather than merely a concept. It also marks the EV project will officially initiate. Moreover,