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World's First Compact Fusion Energy Experimental Device BEST TF Coil Cases Delivered in Batch

On September 27, the completion and shipment ceremony for the batch components of the toroidal field (TF) coil cases of the world's first compact fusion energy experimental device—the Burning Experimental Fusion Test (BEST)—was held at the Deyang, Sichuan base of China National Machinery Industry Heavy Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (Sinomach Heavy Equipment). With this, all 8 BEST TF coil case batch components undertaken and developed by Sinomach Heavy Equipment have been fully manufactured and assembled, and successfully shipped for delivery. Song Yuntao, Party Secretary and Director of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Han Xiaojun, Party Secretary and Chairman of Sinomach Heavy Equipment, delivered speeches at the ceremony respectively. Liu Zhihong, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Deputy General Manager of Fusion New Energy (Anhui) Co., Ltd...

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

IAEA and IDB Sign Cooperation Agreement to Advance Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Technology for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

On September 24, 2026, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation. The two sides aim to establish a long-term partnership to jointly advance in-depth cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean in the safe, secure and sustainable use of nuclear energy and nuclear technology. This also represents an important step by the IAEA to expand its network of cooperation with multilateral development finance institutions in support of the global low-carbon clean transition. The memorandum was signed by...

2026-09-27

Rosatom Establishes Third Base Laboratory in Seversk to Cultivate Fourth-Generation Nuclear Power Engineering Talent Through Targeted Training

In the closed administrative-territorial formation of Seversk (ZATO Seversk) in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, Rosatom has officially established and commissioned its third industry Base Laboratory under the framework of the national science and technology leadership project "New Nuclear and Energy Technologies" (Новые атомные и энергетические технологии). The laboratory focuses on fourth-generation nuclear power engineering practice, aiming to provide systematic advanced talent reserves for Russia's and the world's first "reactor + closed nuclear fuel cycle" demonstration facility. The co-construction cooperation agreement for this Base Laboratory was signed by Ros...

2026-09-27

Rosatom RDS presented domestic high-end medical equipment in Perm to accelerate regional healthcare import substitution

On September 25, 2026, the Second International Conference "Bioethics – A Panoramic View of the Future" (Биоэтика – панорамный взгляд в будущее) successfully concluded in Perm, Russia. Rosatom RDS JSC (АО «Росатом РДС»), the industry integration platform under the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) responsible for instruments and electronic equipment manufacturing, participated deeply in this event. During the special seminar on "Ethical Considerations of the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy in Medicine" held as part of the conference, Rosatom RDS representatives...

2026-09-27

South China Regional Office completes pre-critical nuclear safety inspection for Yangjiang Nuclear Power Plant overhaul

From September 14 to 17, the South China Regional Office of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (hereinafter referred to as the South China Regional Office) organized an inspection team to conduct a pre-critical nuclear safety inspection of Unit 5 of Yangjiang Nuclear Power Plant for its sixth refueling overhaul (Y506 overhaul). This inspection was jointly carried out by the Nuclear Facility Business Division and the newly established Operation Special Division, adopting an organizational model of two-division coordination and complementary expertise to systematically verify the safety status of the unit after refueling and before criticality, thereby safeguarding the critical juncture for the safe startup of the unit. The criticality of the unit after overhaul is a link in the nuclear safety management chain where risks are highly concentrated. With core refueling and loading completed, and maintenance, modification, and periodic testing items concluding in a concentrated manner, equipment status, personnel operations, and operational decisions converge at this point. The South China Regional Office closely focused on the core proposition of "whether the unit truly possesses the conditions for safe operation," concentrating on key contents such as operating limits and conditions, availability of safety-important items, confirmation of post-maintenance equipment status and periodic test results, closed-loop rectification of outstanding issues from the previous overhaul, and handling of abnormal conditions, insisting on item-by-item verification and one-by-one clearance to ensure that no doubts are carried forward and no loose ends are left.

2026-09-27

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

FDA Approves Lantheus' Bravnetsa for the Treatment of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has formally approved Lantheus Holdings' radioligand therapy drug Bravnetsa (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate injection) for the treatment of somatostatin receptor-positive adult gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs). The approved indication covers neuroendocrine tumors originating from the foregut, midgut, and hindgut. Following FDA review, Bravnetsa has been determined to be bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to Novartis'...

2026-09-27

Main Building of X-energy's TRISO-X Nuclear Fuel Plant TX-1 Completed

TRISO-X, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. advanced nuclear developer X-energy, announced that the main building of its TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel manufacturing plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has been officially completed. The building covers an area of 214,000 square feet (approximately 20,000 square meters), marking that the first commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel manufacturing project of its kind in the United States has fully transitioned into the phase of interior mechanical and electrical fit-out, installation and commissioning of specialized fuel fabrication process equipment, and related supporting infrastructure construction. According to capacity planning, once fully operational, the TX-1 plant will be capable of producing approximately 700,000 TRISO-X fuel pebbles per year, equivalent to an annual uranium equivalent output of about 5 tonnes, with the capability to...

2026-09-27

IAEA Releases White Paper on the Facilitation of the Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive Material

During a side event of the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held in Vienna, Austria, the IAEA Denial of Shipment Working Group officially released and distributed to Member States the White Paper on the Facilitation of the Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive Material. The white paper puts forward a series of systematic policy recommendations aimed at effectively alleviating the long-standing predicament of denial of shipment or serious delay of shipment in the cross-border transport of radioactive material that has long plagued nuclear power plants, hospitals, industrial non-destructive testing facilities, and scientific research institutions worldwide...

2026-09-27

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS Develops TKO and "All-in-One" TRIM Genome Editing System, Achieving "One-Stop" Precise Pyramiding of Complex Crop Traits

In the process of modern agricultural crop breeding, although a large number of elite alleles have been successively sequenced and identified, how to rapidly and precisely pyramid them into a single variety has always faced the technical bottleneck of multi-generational crossbreeding and repeated experimental optimization. The research team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has successfully tackled this challenge by developing a precise gene knockout tool TKO and an all-in-one composite genome editing system TRIM (Targeted Replacement, Insertion and Mutagenesis), opening up a new pathway for one-stop targeted improvement of complex agronomic traits. Targeting...

2026-09-24

China Institute of Atomic Energy Holds 2026 Science and Technology Innovation Conference, Releases Three Independently Developed Scientific and Technological Achievements: Industrial Software, Radiation-Resistant Robot, and Monitoring Watch

On September 23, China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) officially convened the 2026 Science and Technology Innovation Conference, systematically planning and coordinating key tasks for nuclear basic research and original innovation. The conference brought together Sun Changpu, Ye Guoan, Liu Weiping, and Li Jun, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hu Shilin, Wang Hualin, and Su Guanghui, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; as well as representatives from research and industrial units including CNNC and Aerospace Software. Three independently developed innovative scientific and technological achievements were released on site: the Yundian Product Data Management System N-PDM, the Anluan-R Radiation-Resistant Inspection Robot, and the Antai-W1 Smart Radiation Monitoring Watch...

2026-09-24

First Light Fusion's Low-Cost Fusion Compression Technology Achieves Experimental Validation, Driving Source Cost Expected to Drop by an Order of Magnitude

UK commercial fusion innovator First Light Fusion has announced that its independently developed pulse power facility M3 (M3 pulse power facility) has successfully completed a series of proof-of-principle experiments, formally validating the core fuel compression physics mechanism of its proprietary fusion pathway FLARE (Fusion via Low-power Assembly and Rapid Excitation). The experiments confirmed that, relying on a precisely designed Multi-layered liner, fusion fuel can be effectively compressed to a high-density state using a driver with a more streamlined configuration and lower peak power. The core design logic of the FLARE technology pathway...

2026-09-24

Purdue University Completes the First Remote Real-Time Autonomous Power Control Experiment on a Nuclear Reactor in the United States, Building a Cross-State Digital Twin Closed Loop

Purdue University, in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), has for the first time in the United States achieved remote, automatic, and real-time experimental regulation of nuclear reactor power. The demonstration validated a three-site control closed loop spanning Indiana, Idaho, and Virginia, providing a cutting-edge engineering paradigm for future centralized remote monitoring and automated scheduling of advanced reactors from hundreds or even thousands of miles away. The experiment relied on Purdue University's 64-year-old Reactor Number One (Purdue University Reactor Num...

2026-09-24