I concur. May i introduce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THTR-300

both pebble-bed reactors, where the first is some sort of superfund site, and the second tried to release some dust directly after chernobyl but got cought doing so.

OTOH China really seems to sample a bit of every tech it get

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTR-PM

allegedly they use better fuel elements which are structured like a pomegrenade internally.