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Langfang Holds 2026 Unscripted Radiation Accident Realistic Emergency Exercise

On September 22, the Ecology and Environment Bureau of Langfang City, Hebei Province, together with the Guangyang District People's Government of Langfang City, held the 2026 unscripted radiation accident realistic emergency exercise at a nuclear technology utilization unit within its jurisdiction. This exercise resolutely rejected formalism, adopting throughout a double-blind mechanism with no preset script and no prior rehearsal, strictly following the basic principles of being unscripted, realistic, and based on Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei joint prevention and control, comprehensively testing extreme response and handling capabilities under sudden nuclear and radiation safety incidents. The exercise simulated a general radiation accident, with the scenario set as a nuclear technology utilization unit within the jurisdiction discovering during an inventory check that one Category IV radioactive source and one Category V radioactive source had been accidentally lost. After the dangerous situation occurred...

2026-09-27

Canada Approves Power Uprate for Bruce A and B Nuclear Power Plants

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on August 24 that it has decided to amend the licensing basis for the Bruce A and B nuclear power plants, approving an increase in the intermediate power operating levels of the two plants. The Bruce A and B nuclear power plants are located in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, and are operated by Bruce Power. Under the revised licensing basis, Bruce Power may increase the maximum operating power of the Bruce A plant to 95.5% of full power and the Bruce B plant to 96% of full power. Previously, the Bruce A plant was authorized to operate at a maximum power of...

2026-08-26