On June 23, a press conference on high-abundance boron-10 isotope technology and industrialization achievements was held in Dongying City, Shandong Province, announcing the commencement of production at the world's largest capacity high-abundance boron-10 isotope facility.

This achievement breaks the monopoly of overseas enterprises on core technologies and high-end markets for global high-abundance boron-10 isotopes, filling gaps in key materials required for fields such as China's nuclear power and high-end medical care.

Li Bin, Vice President of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, stated: "The commissioning of this world's largest capacity high-abundance boron-10 isotope separation facility achieves domestic control over this strategic material, making China one of the few countries capable of large-scale production of high-abundance boron-10 isotopes."

Boron isotope separation has always been a global challenge. Wu Gaosheng, Deputy Director of the Fine Chemicals Institute at Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SRICI"), introduced that the team adopted an advanced chemical exchange method, breaking through three core technologies: complexation exchange coupled enrichment, multi-stage efficient and precise cracking, and full material recycling. This resolved engineering challenges such as low separation efficiency, severe equipment corrosion, easy coking and clogging, and high unit consumption in traditional processes, forming an independently controllable technology.

Shang Zhaocong, General Manager of SRICI, said: "In just one and a half years, the project completed the entire process from design and construction to full production of a hundred-ton facility, achieving a successful one-time startup. The facility has now stably produced 25 tons of qualified products, with the maximum abundance of boron-10 reaching 99.7%, and there is still room for further improvement."