Lookie, lookie! Isn't it spooky?
Just now: http://atomicinsights.com/will-china-convert-existing-coal-p...
Recently: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ENF-Irradiation-trials-of-...
A while ago: https://www.iaea.org/NuclearPower/Downloadable/Meetings/2014... & http://atomicinsights.com/htr-pm-nuclear-heated-gas-producin...
Once upon a time, a road not taken: http://nucleargreen.blogspot.com/2008/10/primer-on-nuclear-s...
So, despite all the knowledge surrounding this, only China seems trying to implement this currently, after the Germans failed miserably. Search for skyshine here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor and mishandling mechanics here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THTR-300
So, who again insists on staying with coal power?
(Pick your poison)