Accelerator Driven System (ADS) subcritical reactors are being developed around the world, to produce energy and, at the same time, to provide an efficient way to dispose of and to recycle nuclear waste. Spent nuclear fuel, by itself, cannot sustain a chain reaction; however, in ADS reactors the additional neutrons required to sustain the reaction will be supplied by a high-intensity accelerator. In China the C-ADS collaboration is working on the research and development of such an accelerator, starting with a low-energy beam and increasing the energy up to 1.5 GeV.