On 10 February, the primary circuit hydrostatic test (cold test) for Unit 3 at the CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant was successfully completed. This key milestone in the nuclear commissioning process p

On 7 February, the turbine generator of Unit 1 at the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant reached its rated speed and maintained stable operation, marking the successful completion of the unit’s first nuc

On 2 February, the Symposium on Seawater Uranium Extraction and the Council Meeting of the Seawater Uranium Extraction Technology Innovation Alliance were held in Shanghai. At the symposium, it was an

On 4 February, the inner containment dome for Unit 3 at the CNNC Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant was successfully hoisted into place. This is the first nuclear power unit in China to complete inner dome

On 2 February, Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (Hongyanhe Nuclear Power) officially released its operating performance report for 2025, announcing a record annual grid-connected electricity out

On 17 November, Ambassador Li Song, China’s Permanent Representative to the IAEA, actively promoted the four initiatives proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping: the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative. He did so during a meeting of the IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee. He pledge

On 1 November, the 2MWt thorium-based molten salt reactor developed by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics successfully converted thorium into uranium fuel for the first time, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This is the first time globally that thorium has been introduced into a molten salt reactor to produce valid experimental data. The reactor is now the only operational molt

The China-Russia Joint Coordination Meeting on Nuclear Safety was held in Beijing on 29 October. Dong Baotong, Administrator of China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA), attended and addressed the meeting. Alexander Trembitsky, Chairman of the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostechnadzor), led the Russian delegation.Both sides engaged in in-dept

On 16 October, Linglong One — the world’s first commercial onshore small modular reactor, and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) multi-purpose small modular reactor demonstration project in Changjiang, Hainan Province — completed the cold functional test of the primary circuit. This achievement confirms China’s comprehensive capabilities in advanced nuclear system design, high-end manu

On 14 October, the second ministerial meeting of the World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG) and the 30th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fusion Energy Conference opened in Chengdu, Sichuan. At the opening ceremony, Zhang Guoqing, Vice Premier of the State Council and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a speech, in which he stated that fusion energy represen