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Second Batch of Nuclear Fuel for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Arrives at Shahjalal International Airport

Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant construction recently reached a key milestone, as a Russian cargo plane carrying a new batch of enriched uranium nuclear fuel landed smoothly late Friday night at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Officials confirmed that the nuclear fuel, under tight security escort, has departed for transport to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project site in the Pabna region. M. Rashiduzzaman Millat, State Minister of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism of Bangladesh...

2026-10-04

Poskom Angular Pinch Magnet Pulsed Power Supply Delivered, X-ray High-Voltage Power Supply Manufacturer Officially Enters Fusion Equipment Sector

Recently, the angular pinch magnet pulsed power supply (TP power supply) independently developed by Poskom has completed delivery, marking that this X-ray high-voltage power supply manufacturer has officially entered the controlled nuclear fusion track. This power supply primarily serves experiments including angular pinch, field-reversed configuration (FRC), magnetized plasma generation, and magnetic confinement compression. It is key specialized power equipment for magnetic confinement controlled nuclear fusion and high-energy-density physics research, featuring hardcore capabilities such as nanosecond-level multi-stage multi-channel pulse timing coordination, waveform fidelity under ultra-high current and strong electromagnetic interference, and precise regulation of mutual inductance coupling multi-waveform attenuation, capable of matching the demanding operating conditions of frontier fusion experiments. Poskom was founded in 2015, focusing on specialized high-voltage power supplies, pulsed...

2026-10-03

China's "Artificial Sun" BEST Campus Delivered and Commissioned, Controlled Nuclear Fusion Accelerates Toward Engineering Demonstration

On October 1, the campus of the national major project Compact Fusion Energy Experimental Device (Burning plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak, BEST) was officially delivered and commissioned, and the main machine simultaneously entered the core assembly stage of the "four-ring set." The device is located in Hefei, Anhui, led in design by the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), and constructed by Fusion New Energy (Anhui) Co., Ltd. It is China's independently developed new-generation fusion burning experimental device. BEST aims to simulate solar nuclear fusion and fill the gap between experimental reactors and demonstration reactors...

2026-10-01

Department of Nuclear Medicine at Peking University First Hospital Receives EARL Theranostics Advanced-L2 Certification, Bringing Theranostics in Line with International Standards

The Department of Nuclear Medicine at Peking University First Hospital has recently officially received the Theranostics Advanced-L2 certification issued by EARL (EANM Research Ltd.), an affiliate of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, becoming one of the few nuclear medicine theranostics centers in China to obtain this high-level certification. The certification audit standards are rigorous, covering comprehensive dimensions including PET/CT quantitative accuracy, therapy center operations, patient safety management, and clinical competency. Passing the certification means that the department's quantitative imaging and targeted therapy data meet internationally mutually recognized standards and can achieve high-level alignment with advanced nuclear medicine centers in Europe and the United States. During the certification review, EANM President-Elect Professor Felix M. Mottaghy and Ms. Iva...

2026-10-03

CGN Cangnan No. 3 Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Established

According to Qichacha APP, CGN Cangnan No. 3 Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. was recently established, with its business scope including: heat production and supply; technology import and export; goods import and export, etc. Qichacha equity penetration shows that the company is jointly held by China General Nuclear Power Corporation, Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Geely Industrial Investment Holding Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., among others.

2026-10-03

"Linglong One" Global First-of-a-Kind Unit Enters Hot Functional Testing Sprint Toward Fuel Loading: Hainan Nuclear Power Details Fully Passive Safety and Multi-Layer Defense Logic

At the Hainan Changjiang Nuclear Power Base, the highly anticipated Linglong One multi-purpose modular small pressurized water reactor global first-of-a-kind demonstration project is in the hot functional testing phase, making an all-out sprint toward the goals of first core nuclear fuel loading and grid-connected power generation within the year. As the world's first onshore commercial modular small reactor to pass the International Atomic Energy Agency's generic safety review, its safety margins and engineering design logic have drawn widespread industry attention. Currently, the civil engineering works of the Linglong One unit have been fully completed, and the installation and commissioning of core main equipment are essentially ready. Following the completion of cold functional testing in October 2025, the ongoing hot functional testing is raising the primary loop system temperature and pressure to near actual rated operating conditions...

2026-10-02

Amazon Signs Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement to Support $3 Billion Investment: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Plans 190 MW Power Uprate and License Renewal Application

Constellation Energy and tech giant Amazon officially announced on September 30 the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The agreement will fully support a major infrastructure upgrade investment exceeding $3 billion at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland, with the core plan including a total 190 MW power uprate for two operating Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) units. This 20-year PPA locks in a 690 MW power supply allocation, of which...

2026-10-03

Deployable Energy 1MW Microreactor UNB Achieves Initial Criticality: Scheduled to Enter INL DOME Test Bed in 2027 for Full-Power Testing

Houston-based nuclear energy startup Deployable Energy recently announced that its independently developed Microreactor, the Unity Nuclear Battery (UNB), has successfully completed its Initial Criticality Test. According to the established deployment plan, the system will officially arrive at the Demonstration and Operation of Microreactor Experiments (DOME), the dedicated microreactor test bed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in 2027 to conduct full-power comprehensive performance testing. Although branded as a Nuclear...

2026-10-02

South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Holds High-Level Talks with Vietnam: Deepening Nuclear Safety Regulatory Cooperation to Support Restart of Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) of South Korea held talks with a high-level Vietnamese delegation on October 1, 2026, in the large conference room in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Choi Wonho, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission of South Korea, Vu Hai Quan, Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Vietnam, and Nguyen Hoang Linh, Director General of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS), jointly attended the meeting, focusing on the systematic...

2026-10-01

Indonesia Plans to Finalize the Site of Its First Nuclear Power Plant by 2027 at the Latest: Technologies from the United States, South Korea, Japan, and Russia Shortlisted for Cooperation Consideration

Elen Setiadi, Deputy Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Coordination at Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, stated on September 30 in Jakarta that the Indonesian government is comprehensively advancing the construction project of a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and plans to officially finalize the construction site in 2026, or by 2027 at the latest. Indonesia aims to fully integrate advanced nuclear power into its national medium- and long-term energy supply strategy, using stable and abundant baseload electricity to support sustained domestic economic growth and industrialization transformation. At the World Resources Institute Indonesia (W...

2026-10-02

Inner Dome Concrete Pouring of Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Unit 3 Completed

On September 30, as the last batch of concrete was successfully poured into the formwork, China Nuclear Industry 24 Construction Co., Ltd. successfully completed the concrete pouring of the inner dome of the reactor building of the Hualong One Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Unit 3. The achievement of this key milestone marks the full completion of the civil construction of the inner containment for this unit, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent prestressing construction of the containment and the installation of core nuclear equipment. As an important safety barrier of the Hualong One independent third-generation nuclear power technology, the inner dome is located at the top of the nuclear island, and its core function is to ensure the integrity and absolute leak-tightness of the reactor building and prevent the leakage of radioactive substances. Faced with nuclear construction technical challenges such as the complex curved surface structure of the dome and the high difficulty of high-altitude operations, the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Project Department...

2026-10-02

All Main Coolant Piping Modules of Unit 1 at China's Guangdong Taipingling Nuclear Power Project in Place

　　According to reports, on September 29, all main coolant piping modules of the nuclear island of Unit 1 at China's Guangdong Taipingling Nuclear Power Project were hoisted and installed in place. The main coolant piping is known as the "main artery" of the reactor, used to connect the reactor pressure vessel, steam generators and reactor coolant pumps, providing a circulation channel for the primary coolant, and is classified as nuclear safety Class 1 and seismic Category I equipment. The main coolant system of the Hualong One reactor consists of three loops, connecting the three major main equipment into a closed loop through the main coolant piping, and is an important part of the primary pressure boundary.　　The completion of all installations in place means that the installation of the core major components of the nuclear island is basically completed. The hoisting and installation of the main coolant piping requires precise control of pipe section angles and center-of-gravity positions within a confined space...

2026-10-01

CGN Environmental Protection and Cangnan Nuclear Power Sign a New Round of General Contracting Agreement for Nuclear Environmental Protection Business

Recently, CGN Environmental Protection and Cangnan Nuclear Power officially signed a new round of general contracting agreement for nuclear environmental protection business. This marks a comprehensive upgrade of their cooperation from version 1.0 to version 2.0, and also a substantive implementation of the Group's deepening reform strategy in the field of nuclear environmental protection. Zhan Weihua, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager of Cangnan Nuclear Power, and Qin Geng, Party Committee Member and Chief Accountant; Ren Junhua, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager of CGN Environmental Protection, Lu Shubao, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager, and Yang Wei, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager attended the signing ceremony. In 2025, CGN Environmental Protection transitioned toward nuclear environmental protection business and signed the first round of general contracting agreements with multiple plants. Over the past year, the company has continuously honed its capabilities in business undertaking and execution, and is accelerating the construction of an integrated...

2026-10-02

Strengthen Regulation of Fusion Devices, Empower the Development of New Technologies

Recently, the South China Regional Office of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (hereinafter referred to as the South China Regional Office) conducted a radiation safety supervision inspection of the J-TEXT tokamak fusion experimental device at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. As the only medium-to-large tokamak experimental device at a university in China, J-TEXT bears the important mission of fusion talent cultivation and frontier physics experiments. The South China Regional Office focused on key aspects including equipment operation, radiation protection, and authorization management, meticulously investigated safety hazards, verified the implementation of safety management systems, and urged Huazhong University of Science and Technology to promptly plug safety loopholes and standardize device operation procedures, effectively building a strong defense line for the safe and stable operation of fusion experimental devices, providing solid support for the orderly conduct of scientific research experiments...

2026-10-01

The 4th refueling overhaul of Tianwan Nuclear Power Unit 6 officially begins

At 06:00 on October 1, the main control operator of Tianwan Nuclear Power Unit 6 completed the turbine-generator trip operation, and the unit was officially disconnected from the East China Power Grid, marking the official start of the Tianwan Nuclear Power OT604 overhaul (the 4th refueling overhaul of Unit 6). During the preparation period for the OT604 overhaul, Jiangsu Nuclear Power and China Nuclear Operation and Maintenance deepened joint Party building study and practice, solidly advanced various overhaul preparation tasks, strictly implemented the "721" working principle of "seven parts preparation, two parts execution, one part feedback," conducted discussions and simulations on key milestones in advance, identified and investigated difficulties and bottlenecks in the overhaul, and formulated detailed countermeasures. This overhaul is a Class C overhaul and is also the final battle of the annual overhaul tasks at the Tianwan Nuclear Power Base. Jiangsu Nuclear Power...

2026-10-01