On March 27, 2024, a historic milestone was reached as the nuclear heating initiative of Huaneng Shidao Bay High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) Demonstration Project began operation. This marks the pioneering integration of a fourth-generation nuclear heating system into an urban district heating network, heralding a significant breakthrough in the application of advanced nuclear technology

On March 11, 2024, the Eighth Research Institute of Nuclear Industry, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), hosted a momentous product launch in Shanghai. The event, entitled “Awakening the Dragon, Chanting the World”, showcased the Longyin series of innovative products. Amongst them, Longyin – Wanjie, the inaugural digital productivity platform for the nuclear i

At 6:58 on September 29, the first concrete pouring (FCD) of the nuclear island reactor of Guangdong Lianjiang NPP Unit 1 of State Power Investment Corporation was successfully completed. This marks that the first phase of the project has entered a new stage of engineering construction. The Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project is the first coastal nuclear power project developed and constructed by SPIC

At 10:26 on September 28, CGN Zhejiang Sanao NPP Unit 2 successfully completed the dome hoisting. This marks the full transition of this "Hualong One" nuclear power unit from the civil construction stage to the equipment installation stage. During the construction process of the unit, the CGN San'ao Nuclear Power Project construction team applied new and advanced technologies such as digital three

At 9 a.m. on September 25, under the witness of representatives from all units of the Fangchenggang Phase II Production Engineering Team of the South China Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision Station, the shift supervisor formally issued the test ticket to the person in charge of the test. This marks the official start of the thermal functional test of Unit 4 of the CGN Guangxi Fangchengang N

According to the data of the high-quality development conference of the nuclear technology application industry held on September 7, in recent years, with the rapid development of China's nuclear technology application industry, nuclear technology has been widely used in many fields such as safety testing, irradiation breeding, and radioactive drug production. It is understood that the output valu

On September 4, a cross-regional seminar on the development and application of SMR technology co-sponsored by the IAEA and the CAEA was held in Hainan. Mr. Liu Hua, Deputy Director General of the IAEA, Mr. Liu Jing, Deputy Director of the CAEA, and Mr. Gu Jun, General Manager of CNNC attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Mr. Rondós Chouba, Minister of Energy of Hungary, Mr. Patric

On July 14, local time, Pakistan’s Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5 (C-5) broke ground. This is the third unit of China’s independent third-generation nuclear power Hualong One exported to Pakistan, the seventh nuclear power unit exported by China to Pakistan. It is another important milestone in nuclear energy cooperation between China and Pakistan. (Source: CNNC)

On August 27, China General Nuclear Power Group announced that the Lufeng Unit 6 of China General Nuclear Power Group Lufeng Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. has started construction on August 26, 2023. Units 5 and 6 of Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant adopt “Hualong One” nuclear power technology, with a total investment of approximately 38.2 billion yuan, a single unit capacity of 1200 MWe, and a single unit

On the afternoon of August 25, the new generation of artificial sun "China Circulation-3" made significant scientific research progress. For the first time, high-confinement mode operation at 1 million amps plasma current was realized. It once again refreshed the operating record of China's magnetic confinement fusion device. It has broken through key technical problems such as plasma high-current