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Saskatchewan, Canada Releases Long-Term Nuclear Energy Strategy: Plans to Build 2,600 MW of Nuclear Power by 2050

Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, officially announced the province's long-term nuclear energy development plan in Saskatoon on September 29, establishing a strategic goal of building at least 2,600 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power capacity by 2050. Moe emphasized that nuclear energy is not only a zero-carbon clean baseload power source, but also a "nation-building opportunity" that empowers economic growth for generations, will create high-end jobs across the province, attract multinational capital, and ensure long-term electricity stability for households and industry. According to the plan, four core pillars have been established: 1. Build a highly resilient power foundation supporting long-term economic growth: Rely on non-intermittent zero-carbon nuclear energy to address the electricity load gap brought about by society-wide electrification...

2026-09-30

Russia is conducting high-level technical consultations with Iran on the construction of brand-new nuclear power plants

According to a comprehensive report by Azerbaijan News Network (AzerNews) and several mainstream Iranian media outlets, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, recently disclosed to the media in Yerevan, Armenia that Russia is conducting high-level technical consultations with Iran on the construction of brand-new nuclear power plants, with the cooperation planning scope covering both large commercial reactor types and small modular reactors (SMRs). At the same time, Rosatom's engineering team is conducting comprehensive geological and engineering assessments of multiple candidate new sites in Iran that have the conditions for nuclear power grid connection. Likhachev specifically pointed out that the strategic binding between Moscow and Tehran in the field of civilian nuclear energy...

2026-09-30

Standard Technical Specifications for Passive Nuclear Power Plants, Chiefly Compiled Under the Leadership of Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, Officially Released

Recently, the National Nuclear Safety Administration officially released the Standard Technical Specifications for Passive Nuclear Power Plants and its explanatory document, chiefly compiled under the leadership of Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, aiming to promote the standardization and normalization of technical specifications for passive nuclear power plants, continuously improve the nuclear safety supervision and management system, and further enhance the operational safety level of China's nuclear power plants. Based on the framework and format, screening criteria, and other foundations for technical specifications established by the Special Working Group on Technical Specification Optimization of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, targeting the passive design characteristics of AP and CAP series nuclear power plants and fully incorporating the operating experience and safety regulatory practices of China's passive nuclear power plants, completed the compilation of China's first standard technical specifications and explanatory document for passive nuclear power plants...

2026-09-30

Shanghai Electric Delivers the First Domestic Steam Generator Water Chamber Head Forging for the "Guohe One"

On September 28, the first domestic water chamber head forging for the Guohe One steam generator, manufactured by Shanghai Electric, completed acceptance and was officially shipped at Shanghai Electric Shangzhong Casting and Forging Co., Ltd. The water chamber head is a key pressure-bearing core component of the Guohe One steam generator, with a single-piece net weight of 90 tons. It features a complex structure with ultra-large dimensions, ultra-thick cross-sections, and irregular multi-nozzle geometry, making it the world's largest nuclear power irregular complex-structure large forging, with manufacturing difficulty far exceeding that of similar products for existing domestic nuclear power reactor types. Facing this world-class extreme manufacturing challenge, Shanghai Electric concentrated its efforts to successively break through 500-ton-class ultra-pure low-segregation large steel ingot manufacturing, integrated forging forming technology for multi-nozzle spherical heads,...

2026-09-29

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Poised to Approve TVA's First BWRX-300 Reactor

According to reports, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is expected to approve on Tuesday the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) construction of the first 300-megawatt BWRX-300 reactor at the Clinch River site in Tennessee. TVA is considering deploying up to four units, and this license covers only the first unit. This license is a construction permit and does not yet mean the unit can enter commercial operation. It is understood that the BWRX-300 is a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) that uses Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) technology, with a single-unit electrical output...

2026-09-29

India is advancing its nuclear power project in Rajasthan

The nuclear power company NPCIL is seeking environmental clearance to build two new nuclear reactors in Rajasthan, which will be connected to the existing Rajasthan Nuclear Power Plant. The project is part of India's ambitious nuclear power expansion plan, which aims to increase nuclear energy capacity from the current approximately 7,490 MW to 22,490 MW by 2035. The Indian government has consistently regarded nuclear energy as key to meeting growing energy demand and achieving climate goals. The Rajasthan Nuclear Power Plant currently operates 8 nuclear reactors with a total capacity of 6,400 MW. The new reactors will further increase the region's nuclear power capacity. NPCIL stated that these new reactors will...

2026-09-29

The main control room large screen of Unit 1 of SPIC Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project was successfully lit up

On September 28, the main control room large screen of Unit 1 of SPIC Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project was successfully lit up, marking that the unit construction has entered a new stage and laying a solid foundation for the subsequent cold test, hot test, and high-quality commissioning. The main control room is the control center of a nuclear power plant, mainly including important equipment such as the unit operation operator workstations and related control panels. It is the "brain" of the nuclear power plant and undertakes the core functions of unit operation monitoring, organization, and command.

2026-09-29

The Fully Superconducting Tokamak EAST Marks 20 Years of Operation: From a 3-Second First Cry to Thousand-Second Steady State, China's "Artificial Sun" Opens a Leap Toward Fusion Engineering

On September 28, 2006, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), independently designed and developed by the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) under the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, successfully achieved its first plasma discharge on Hefei Science Island, with a current of 200 kA and a duration of nearly 3 seconds. This historic moment marked the official completion and operation of the world's first fully superconducting non-circular cross-section nuclear fusion experimental device, propelling China into the club of fully superconducting tokamak technology ahead of others. Over the past two decades, this artificial sun has completed more than 160,000 physical discharge experiments...

2026-09-28

SPIC Releases Its First Fully Independent Full-Scope Simulator and Related Independent Technologies in Beijing

On September 28, SPIC released its first fully independent full-scope simulator and related independent technologies in Beijing, announcing that State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has mastered complete full-scope simulator R&D and supply capabilities. A full-scope simulator is like a mirror of a nuclear power plant; operators performing control actions in the full-scope simulator receive realistic feedback in real time. With the help of this "digital nuclear power plant without nuclear accident hazards," operators repeatedly hone their daily operational control and accident handling skills, becoming professionals who ensure the safe and efficient operation of real nuclear power plants. To ensure the training quality of main control room operators at nuclear power plants, the SPIC Central Research Institute took the lead, together with State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company (SNPAS) and State Nuclear Power Demonstration Plant (SNPDP)...

2026-09-28

Bulgarian Regulator: Kozloduy Units 5 and 6 Expected to Operate Until 2049 and 2051

Tsanko Bachiyski, Chairman of the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA), told media at the Kozloduy site that as long as the operational safety of the units is continuously verified and ensured, the currently operating Units 5 and 6 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant will be approved for continued long-term service. It is understood that the current life extension assessment reports indicate that, based on the current technical and physical condition of the units and the implementation of planned maintenance and upgrade measures, Unit 5 has the engineering potential to operate until 2049, while Unit 6 is expected to operate until 2051; the final actual operating life of the units will strictly...

2026-09-28

Dongfang Electric Signs Low-Pressure Diaphragm Supply Agreement with Électricité de France, Supporting the Upgrade and Retrofit of European Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Power Units

Recently, Dongfang Electric International Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Dongfang International"), a subsidiary of China Dongfang Electric Group Co., Ltd., and Arabelle, a subsidiary of Électricité de France (EDF), officially signed a nuclear power steam turbine low-pressure diaphragm supply agreement. According to the agreement, Dongfang Electric will serve as a key equipment supplier, providing core steam turbine low-pressure diaphragm components for the life extension and modernization technical retrofit projects of pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power units under Électricité de France. For more than three decades, Dongfang Electric Group and Électricité de France have consistently maintained close strategic collaboration in the field of civil nuclear energy, from...

2026-09-28

National Standard "Test Methods for Plasma Parameters (GB/T 48094—2026)" Led by the University of Science and Technology of China Officially Released, Solidifying the Standardization Foundation for Controlled Nuclear Fusion and High-Tech Industries

Recently, led by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with research institutions including the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP), and the Beijing Institute of Environmental Characteristics, universities including Yunnan University, Nanchang University, China Jiliang University, and Chizhou University, as well as key industry-chain enterprises including Anhui USTC Yuke Technology Co., Ltd., Anhui Zhongke Fusion Terahertz Technology Co., Ltd., and Fermion Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., jointly drafted, and the national standard "Test Methods for Plasma Parameters" (Standard No.: GB/T 48094—2026), under the centralized management of the National Technical Committee 487 on Optoelectronic Measurement of Standardization Administration of China (SAC/TC487), was officially approved for release and will be formally implemented from March 2027. This standard establishes unified specifications for test methods of key plasma physical parameters, fills the gap in national-level technical standard basis, and marks a milestone breakthrough for China in the standardization of advanced plasma diagnostic technology.

2026-09-28

Unit 2 of State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Guangxi Bailong Nuclear Power Project starts construction

At 18:27 on September 27, the nuclear island of Unit 2 of State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Guangxi Nuclear Power Bailong Nuclear Power Project began its first concrete pour (FCD), marking that Phase I of the Bailong Nuclear Power Project has shifted from single-unit construction to a new stage of comprehensive dual-unit construction. The FCD for Unit 2 of the Bailong Nuclear Power Project adopted a single-side pushing continuous one-time integral pouring method, with approximately 6,637 cubic meters of concrete planned to be poured over approximately 58 hours. In view of the multiple overlapping construction difficulties such as the large bottom slab size, irregular shape, and high difficulty of temperature control and curing, the project team prepared a special construction plan in advance and implemented all-round safeguard measures. The single-side pushing pouring path and process parameters were optimized, and the owner, supervisor and general contractor exercised full-process on-site supervision and control

2026-09-28

U.S. Senate Holds Hearing to Review the NLIC Full Lifecycle Innovation Campus Plan

On September 23, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW) held a special hearing titled Updating America’s Nuclear Waste Management Policy, systematically examining the major engineering, legal, and political challenges facing the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLIC) plan proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and thoroughly assessing the legislative urgency for Congress to amend the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). ...

2026-09-27

Türkiye Leverages Nuclear Science and Technology to Safeguard Citrus Productivity: Insect Sterile Technique and Radiation Mutation Breeding Build a Green Barrier for Agriculture

Türkiye produces approximately 5 million tonnes of various citrus fruits annually, covering major categories such as sweet oranges, lemons, and grapefruits, making it an important fruit exporter globally. However, the frequent occurrence of abnormal climate events such as extreme heat and cold waves with frost, combined with repeated infestations by persistent pests like fruit flies, has not only severely constrained crop yields and fruit quality but also posed severe challenges to the livelihoods of local farmers. To break through cultivation bottlenecks and meet the stringent requirements of international markets for fruit products with low pesticide residues, Türkiye, with technical support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has comprehensively introduced nuclear science and technology to build a green and sustainable integrated pest management...

2026-09-27