On May 3, 2022, the casting of the last raft foundation of the "Linglong No. 1" conventional island of the Changjiang Project in Hainan Province was completed. This project is a demonstration project of China's multi-purpose small modular reactor technology. This means completing the secondary milestone 10 days ahead of schedule and laying a solid foundation for the subsequent construction of the conventional island level ± 0 m slab structure. News source: China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd.

According to the news from the WeChat public account of Yantai Development and Reform Commission on May 2, 2022, "State Power Investment Corporation (CPIS) Nuclear Power Co., Ltd." completed the procedures for changing the industrial and commercial registration in relocating from Beijing to Yantai, and successfully obtained a new version of the business license, marking the official settlement of CPIS Nuclear Energy Headquarters in Yantai. In September 2021, the headquarters of SPIC signed the 《Deepening Strategic Cooperation Agreement》 with Shandong Province. In October of the same year, CPIS and Yantai Municipal People's Government signed the 《"Carbon Peak, Carbon Neutral" Comprehensive Cooperation and Project Investment Development Agreement》, and decided to move the CPIS Nuclear Energy Headquarters to Yantai, Shandong; On December 30, 2021, Mr. Li Ganjie, Secretary of Shandong Provincial Party Committee, and Mr. Qian Zhimin, Chairman of CPIS, personally inaugurated the establishment of the Nuclear Energy Headquarters Base of CPIS in Yantai. News source: China Energy New

Unit 6 of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Station was successfully connected to the grid for the first time on May 2, indicating the Unit 6 of Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Station was of the power generation capacity and taking another key step towards the goal of commercial operation. As the first nuclear power plant and the largest energy investment project in Northeast China, Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Station is of a total of 6 nuclear power units. The four units of the first phase of the project were all completed and put into commercial operation in 2016; the construction of units 5 and 6 of the second phase of the project started in 2015, and the unit 5 was put into production on schedule on July 31, 2021. News source: Chinanews.com

On April 26, the world's first commercial reactor carbon-14 irradiation production targets were placed in the No. 2 heavy water reactor unit of Qinshan Nuclear Power Third Plant, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation, and began to produce carbon-14 isotopes from commercial reactors. It is expected to start supplying to the market in 2024, and the products will fully meet the domestic demand then. News source: China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.

Premier Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council on April 20, deploying measures to further improve agricultural production in spring to ensure a bumper harvest of grain and stable supply of important agricultural products; to determine measures to ensure and increase energy supply to enhance safeguard ability of energy needed for economic and social development. The meeting pointed out that nuclear power should be so developed in an orderly manner under the premise of strict supervision and absolute safety. After years of preparation and comprehensive evaluation and review,

On April 18, local time, the K3 unit in Karachi, Pakistan, the fourth unit in the world and the second unit overseas for the China's independently developed third-generation nuclear power plant "Hualong No. 1 ",

On March 31, 2022, Mr. Zhang Jianhua, Director General of China's National Energy Administration, co-chaired the 10th China-EU Energy Dialogue with EU Energy Commissioner Mr. Simson in Beijing. Mr. Zhang Jianhua said that China and the EU, as important stable and constructive forces in the world, had extensive common interests and a solid foundation for cooperation in the energy field. In recent years, the two sides have made great efforts to promote green and low-carbon development of energy, making important contributions to the global energy transition and economic recovery. Under the new situation, China is willing to uphold the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results, strengthen communication and coordination with the European side on energy security, expand exchanges and cooperation in energy transformation, and improve the level of cooperation in technological innovation, so as to inject positive energy into the stability of the global energy market and the green development of energy. Mr. Simson said that the EU attached great importance to green development cooperation with China, and was willing to take this dialogue as an opportunity to actively expand cooperation with China in the field of energy and promote more practical results. Source: National Energy Administration

On March 28, 2022, the patent application for the ANT-12A new fuel transport container independently developed by China General Nuclear Power Research Institute Co., Ltd. passed the examination of the State Patent Registration Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan and obtained the invention patent certificate. The ANT-12A new type of fuel transport container is the key equipment for the successful commissioning of the Sino-Kazakh nuclear fuel assembly plant, an important project of the “Belt and Road” initiative. News source: China General Nuclear Power Corporation

On March 17,2022, the National Energy Administration issued the “Guiding Opinions on Energy Work in 2022”, of which the following nuclear energy-related contents are stated: Complete and put into operation Fuqing No. 6 Unit, Hongyanhe No. 6 Unit, Fangchenggang No. 3 Unit and high-temperature gas-cooled reactor demonstration Project. On the premise of ensuring safety, actively and orderly push forward the approval of new coastal nuclear power projects. Organize the implementation of the “Pilot Program for Central Heating and Comprehensive Utilization of Nuclear Energy”, and promote the comprehensive utilization of nuclear energy. Continue to focus on large and important projects with nuclear power advanced technologies and the “Action Plan for Nuclear Power Technology Improvement”, and accelerate the R&D and demonstration of small reactor technology. Pragmatically promote overseas cooperation in the field of nuclear power. News source: National Energy Administration

On March 22, 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration officially released the “14th Five-Year Plan for Modern Energy System” . The Plan proposes to enhance oil and gas supply capacity, to increase domestic oil and gas exploration and development, to adhere to the principle of equal emphasis on land and sea exploration, and carry out test production of natural gas hydrate in the South China Sea and other regions; actively push forward demonstration projects of advanced reactor types such as modular small reactors and offshore floating reactors; propel technical R&D .and demonstration applications foroffshore floating nuclear power platforms; encourage the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other clean fuels to substitute gasoline for shipment. The Plan emphasizes the active, safe and orderly development of nuclear power, and on the premise of ensuring safety, actively and orderly carrying outs the construction of coastal nuclear power projects, maintaining a stable construction rhythm, and rationally laying out new coastal nuclear power projects; making demonstration for comprehensive utilization of nuclear energy, and actively pushing forward demonstration projects of advanced reactor types such as high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, fast reactors, small modular reactors, and offshore floating reactors; promoting the comprehensive utilization of nuclear energy in clean heating supply, industrial steam supply, seawater desalination and other fields. By 2025, the installed capacity of nuclear power plants will reach about 70 million kilowatts. In relation to advanced nuclear energy technology, the Plan outlines to carry out the optimization, upgrading, demonstration and application of key technologies for third-generation nuclear power; to push forward technical research and demonstration applications of small modular reactors, (very) high temperature gas-cooled reactors, low temperature heating reactors, fast reactors, molten salt reactors, and offshore floating nuclear power platforms; to support the early research and development of controlled nuclear fusion, and actively carry out international cooperation. News source: China Ship News