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Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2 with a VVER-1200 reactor has been taken out of service as planned for a mid-term major overhaul

At 00:30 Moscow time on September 21, 2026, Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2 (Ленинградская АЭС-2 / Leningrad NPP-2) with a VVER-1200 (ВВЭР-1200) reactor was formally disconnected from the grid and entered a planned mid-term major overhaul (Плановый средний ремонт) in accordance with established approval procedures and the maintenance schedule of the Russian Power and Energy Group's Rosenergoatom Concern (АО «Концерн Росэнергоатом» / Rosenergoatom). The overhaul program covers hundreds of individual works, with a focus on the reactor and...

2026-09-24

Vietnam Holds Scientific Seminar on "Developing Nuclear Energy for Green Growth and National Energy Security"

On September 21, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee of Vietnam jointly held a scientific seminar on "Developing Nuclear Energy for Green Growth and National Energy Security," aiming to explore the role of nuclear energy in addressing challenges such as climate change, meeting electricity demand, and promoting clean energy transition. The seminar emphasized that nuclear energy, as an energy source with large power generation capacity, stable operation, and low carbon emissions, can serve as baseload energy and effectively complement renewable energy that depends on natural conditions. For Vietnam, nuclear power is regarded as an important strategy for achieving sustainable socio-economic development and is expected to bring opportunities for scientific and technological development, industrial upgrading, and the cultivation of high-quality talent. At the seminar,...

2026-09-22

New Generation "Harmony System" and Other Technological Achievements Debut at the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo

At the five-day 23rd China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, CGN showcased its innovative achievements in nuclear power, new energy, and digitalization under the theme "Smart Nuclear Powers Free Trade, Green Electricity Connects ASEAN." At the exhibition, CGN Digital Technology highlighted its independently developed Harmony System series products and their applications in the new energy sector, and used virtual reality technology to give visitors the opportunity to tour nuclear power plants. The Harmony System is hailed as the "nerve center" and "brain" of nuclear power plants. It is China's independently developed nuclear safety-class digital instrumentation and control system, and has now been widely applied to 34 nuclear power units nationwide, covering second- to fourth-generation nuclear power reactor types and technologies. Through the comprehensive iterative upgrading of the Harmony System, CGN Digital Technology has equipped it with a smarter, safer, and more economical "super intelligent brain," aiming to provide digital and intelligent empowerment for the full-cycle production and operation of nuclear power plants.

2026-09-22

Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Conducts Technical Exchange at Beishan Underground Laboratory

To align with the key engineering tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Beautiful China, the responsible officials of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (hereinafter referred to as the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center) recently led a team to the Beishan Underground Laboratory for technical exchange. The 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Beautiful China explicitly proposes the construction of a safety assessment and verification platform for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. During the exchange, personnel from the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center went deep into the Beishan Underground Laboratory site, conducting on-site inspections of underground tunnels, disposal holes, surrounding rock excavation interfaces, etc., and carried out in-depth technical exchanges with personnel from the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology. The two sides focused on the layout of special tests for safety review, software development and testing, conceptual design review...

2026-09-22

CGN and the People's Government of Sichuan Province Sign a Strategic Cooperation Agreement

On September 21, China General Nuclear Power Group Co., Ltd. and the People's Government of Sichuan Province signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Chengdu. Wang Xiaohui, Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, Shi Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, held a working meeting with Yang Changli, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China General Nuclear Power Group Co., Ltd., and Pang Songtao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager, and together witnessed the signing of the agreement. During the meeting, the two sides, focusing on implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on Sichuan's work and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, exchanged views on deepening strategic cooperation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, further optimizing the investment layout in Sichuan, promoting clean energy development and construction, strengthening the high-end energy equipment manufacturing industry, and advancing...

2026-09-22

South China Supervision Station Escorts the Safe and Smooth Transition of Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 to Commercial Operation

Recently, the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, the first Hualong One nuclear power project constructed by Huaneng Group in the Hainan Free Trade Port, successfully completed a 168-hour full-power trial operation. The achievement of this important milestone marks that the unit has officially met the conditions for commercial operation, and also means that as an important supplement to the clean energy structure of the Hainan Free Trade Port, the project is steadily advancing toward the goal of full commissioning, injecting new vitality into local economic and social development. Looking back at the commissioning process of Unit 3, on April 30 of this year, the unit officially completed its first fuel loading and immediately entered the most critical nuclear commissioning phase. During the commissioning period that lasted for months, every...

2026-09-21

National Nuclear Safety Administration Issues the Guidelines for Ecological Environment Impact Assessment of Magnetic Confinement Fusion Devices

To implement the regulatory requirements for fusion devices under the Ecological Environment Code of the People's Republic of China and the Atomic Energy Law of the People's Republic of China, and to improve China's regulatory framework for radiation safety supervision of fusion devices, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment's National Nuclear Safety Administration recently officially issued the Guidelines for Ecological Environment Impact Assessment of Magnetic Confinement Fusion Devices (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines). The Guidelines were compiled by the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, drawing on relevant domestic and international regulations and standards, and incorporating the construction and operation characteristics and environmental impact features of China's fusion devices. They aim to standardize and guide the ecological environment impact assessment of fusion devices throughout their entire life cycle...

2026-09-20

A delegation from Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research to deepen cooperation in research and talent development

A working delegation from Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City recently visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russian Federation, and held a working meeting. The two sides had in-depth exchanges of views on cooperation directions in talent cultivation, scientific research, and human resource development. In terms of talent cultivation and human resource development, the two sides discussed cooperation in fields such as nuclear physics, particle physics, heavy ion physics, quantum physics, advanced materials, nanotechnology, applied mathematics, radiation biology, and data science. Specific forms of cooperation include exchanging master's students, doctoral students, lecturers, and scientists, as well as jointly supervising doctoral students. Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City...

2026-09-20

North China Regional Office Formulates Risk Grading List and Implements Differentiated and Targeted Supervision

The North China Regional Office of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is committed to enhancing the level of nuclear safety control and has innovatively built a risk-informed supervision system. Through the implementation of a risk grading list, it promotes differentiated and targeted supervision, thereby advancing safety control and effectively improving supervision efficiency. By comprehensively identifying risk points in the design and manufacturing activities of Class 1E electrical equipment, the North China Regional Office has established the "Class 1E Electrical Equipment Supervision Risk Grading List." This list classifies risk hazards into four levels and establishes a closed-loop supervision mechanism featuring pre-event warning, in-process tracking, and post-event review. This enables supervision intensity to be dynamically adjusted according to risk levels, ensuring...

2026-09-18

US and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Call for Unified Regulatory Standards to Break the Vicious Cycle of Cost Overruns and Delays in New Nuclear Power Plants

The U.S. Department of Energy stated that it is engaged in close communication with partner countries, aiming to promote the unification of global nuclear power regulatory standards, thereby accelerating nuclear power capacity expansion and reducing construction costs. During the New Nuclear Roadmap conference organized by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danly emphasized to the media that countries should establish a unified regulatory mechanism. He pointed out that many countries have decades of mature experience in nuclear power regulation, and it would be very regrettable if unnecessary obstacles were placed on nuclear power development due to a lack of consistency in regulatory systems. The United States is currently actively promoting greater regulatory consensus among countries. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency...

2026-09-18

Professor Yan Lixin's Research Group in the Department of Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University Collaborates to Achieve a Beyond-Megawatt Average Power Laser Optical Enhancement Cavity

Recently, the research group of Professor Yan Lixin from the Department of Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University, in collaboration with the team of Professor Fabian Zomer from IJCLab at Université Paris-Saclay, France, published important progress in the field of high-finesse optical enhancement cavities. The research team achieved a four-mirror bow-tie optical cavity with an average laser power exceeding 1 megawatt and its stable operation at the Tsinghua University Accelerator Laboratory, with a maximum intracavity average power of 1.15 MW, while maintaining an excellent Gaussian fundamental mode. This is the first published work internationally on an optical enhancement cavity with an intracavity average laser power reaching the megawatt level, which will lay a solid foundation for important applications such as the development of steady-state microbunching (SSMB) extreme ultraviolet light sources, quantum electrodynamics (QED) vacuum nonlinearity detection, ion beam photoneutralization for magnetic confinement fusion, and the development of future inertial confinement fusion reactors.

2026-09-18

An independent expert team has once again confirmed the environmental safety of Russia's Rostov Nuclear Power Plant

Recently, the annual ecological expedition involving students and researchers from Southern Federal University successfully completed its second phase, and an independent expert team has once again confirmed the environmental safety of Russia's Rostov Nuclear Power Plant. During the expedition, researchers collected 200 soil samples and conducted nearly 500 measurements of air γ radiation dose rates. These sampling points had been established long before the nuclear power plant was put into operation and have been used continuously over the years. Through analysis of these samples, experts were able to accurately assess the local natural radiation background. Dr. Yelena Buraeva, head of the ecological expedition team, briefed the media in detail on the monitoring results sustained over many years, emphasizing that 25 years of...

2026-09-17

The "Hualong One Independent Innovation Journey" themed interview event was successfully held in Lüsigang, Qidong, Jiangsu

On September 14, the "Hualong One Independent Innovation Journey" themed interview event was held in Lüsigang, Qidong, Jiangsu. Hualong One is China's third-generation pressurized water reactor nuclear power technology with fully independent intellectual property rights. It is known as the "national calling card" of nuclear power and a ‌major national heavy equipment‌, marking that China's nuclear power technology has entered the world's first tier. As one of the important industrial platforms of CNNC for laying out intelligent manufacturing and cultivating new quality productive forces, the Heneng Intelligent Manufacturing Qidong Intelligent Manufacturing Base carries the important mission of transforming the nuclear industry's cutting-edge manufacturing capabilities into the field of high-end civil equipment. The base covers an area of approximately 311 mu, with plans to build 7 core production lines, supported by intelligent unmanned warehousing, and can provide intelligent inspection...

2026-09-17

Ontario Power Generation Nuclear Waste Management Facility Second Quarter Performance Report Released

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) recently released its second quarter performance report for its nuclear waste management facilities, providing a detailed assessment of the facilities' performance in terms of safety, operations, and environment. This report emphasizes OPG's commitment to continuously improving nuclear waste management practices and providing transparent information to the public. The report shows that the Total Reportable Incident Frequency (TRIF) for the second quarter was 0.0, far below the target value, indicating significant achievements in ensuring employee safety. In terms of transportation, vehicles used for waste transport safely traveled over 82,000 kilometers, with cumulative mileage exceeding 7 million kilometers, demonstrating the professionalism and responsible attitude of the transportation team. In terms of environment, no reportable environmental spill events occurred in the second quarter...

2026-09-16

Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. Expands Government Affairs and Uranium Advisory Capabilities to Support the U.S. Domestic Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain

On September 9, Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp., a next-generation nuclear energy company that owns one of the largest measured and indicated conventional uranium deposits in the United States, announced in Reno, Nevada, that it has engaged LSN Partners (LSN) to provide government affairs, strategic advisory, and stakeholder communications services. The company also announced the appointment of Blake Steele as a strategic advisor. As a government affairs consulting firm, LSN will assist Eagle in advancing its public-sector development objectives at the federal and state levels. The collaboration will focus on U.S. domestic uranium production, advanced nuclear technology, critical minerals policy, energy...

2026-09-16