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Datang Nuclear Power Receives RMB 1.57 Billion Capital Increase

Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (Datang Power Generation) issued an announcement on the evening of October 9, 2026, stating that it has formally signed a Capital Increase Agreement with its controlling shareholder China Datang Corporation Ltd. (Datang Group) and China Datang Corporation Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (Datang Nuclear Power Company). All parties will jointly implement a capital increase in Datang Nuclear Power Company using their own funds in cash, with a total capital increase scale of RMB 1.57 billion. According to the provisions of the Capital Increase Agreement, this capital increase strictly proceeds in proportion to the original shareholders' shareholding ratios. Datang Group contributed RMB 942 million according to its 60% shareholding ratio, and Datang Power Generation contributed RMB 628 million according to its 40% shareholding ratio. After the completion of the capital increase, the equity structure of Datang Nuclear Power Company...

2026-10-11

Southwest Supervision Station of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Conducts 2026 Annual Routine Inspection of CNNC Sichuan Environmental Protection: Strengthening Safety Supervision of Nuclear Facility Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Disposal

Recently, the Southwest Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision Station of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (Southwest Supervision Station), in accordance with its annual supervision and inspection work plan, officially launched the 2026 annual comprehensive routine inspection of nuclear and radiation safety at CNNC Sichuan Environmental Protection Engineering Co., Ltd. This inspection strictly follows the principles of precision, science, and law-based administration. The Southwest Supervision Station, drawing on past regulatory practices and historical rectification items, targeted core risk areas of the operating unit, including radioactive waste management in aging nuclear facility decommissioning projects, implementation of environmental protection measures, the quality assurance system of in-service treatment facilities, and the execution of institutional procedures. The inspection team strictly referenced the national supervision and inspection outline, Safety Analysis Report (SAR...

2026-10-11

China National Nuclear Power Announces Power Generation Completion for the First Three Quarters of 2026

According to statistics from China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Company or China National Nuclear Power), as of September 30, 2026, the Company had 27 nuclear power units in operation under its controlling share, with an installed capacity of 26,212.0 MW; it had 22 units under construction and approved for future construction under its controlling share, with an installed capacity of 25,635.0 MW, bringing the total nuclear power installed capacity to 51,847.0 MW. The Company's renewable energy installed capacity in operation under its controlling share was 35,915.6 MW, including 11,191.1 MW of wind power and 24,724.5 MW of solar power, and it also controlled independent energy storage stations with 2,061.0 MW; the installed capacity under construction under its controlling share was 9,263.6 MW, including 3,906.2 MW of wind power and 5,357.4 MW of solar power. As of September 30, 2026, the Company...

2026-10-11

Liaoning Nuclear Power Successfully Completes the 2026 Annual Cost Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement Project Selection

In order to further implement China National Nuclear Power's "one optimization, two libraries, three standards, four modernizations, five comprehensive" cost management requirements, deeply explore cost optimization innovation achievements, and stimulate the value creation vitality of all employees, Liaoning Nuclear Power recently organized the 2026 annual "Reform Breakthrough, Value Creation" cost reduction and efficiency enhancement project selection work. This selection solicited practical cases extensively from all departments. Each participating team, based on actual job positions, focused on difficulties and bottlenecks, and submitted projects around dimensions such as management improvement, technological transformation and upgrading, and outsourcing service cost reduction, collectively demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of all cadres and employees to deeply tap potential and innovate for efficiency. At the selection site, each project leader reported implementation results from aspects including contribution value, innovation highlights, result replicability, risk...

2026-10-11

World's First Nuclear Power Integration into Ultra-High Voltage Project Commissioned, Yantai-Weihai 1000 kV Project Opens Up the "Main Artery" for Nuclear Power Transmission from Jiaodong

On October 10, 2026, the Yantai-Weihai 1000 kV UHV project was officially completed and put into operation. This project is not only the first newly built UHV AC project commissioned during the national "15th Five-Year Plan" period, but also the world's first benchmark project to achieve direct integration of nuclear power into a UHV AC grid, marking the full completion of the ultra-large-scale baseload transmission corridor for the Jiaodong Peninsula nuclear power base. As the core cluster of Shandong's nuclear power development, the coastal areas of the Jiaodong Peninsula, including Yantai and Weihai, host the vast majority of Shandong's nuclear power units. With the advancement of major nuclear energy projects such as Haiyang Nuclear Power, the Yantai-Weihai region has rapidly transformed from a traditional power receiving end into a province-level strategic power sending end for nuclear energy and new energy, with the maximum surplus power transmission demand expected to exceed 30 million kilowatts by the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan"...

2026-10-11

Rosatom: Will expedite grid connection of Unit 1 of Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom has made a clear commitment to the Bangladeshi government that it will, within the shortest possible time, push for the connection of Unit 1 of Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant—the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP)—to Bangladesh's national grid and conduct trial operation. This statement was reached during a high-level bilateral meeting held on Friday in Moscow between Bangladesh's Minister of Science and Technology Fakir Mahboob Anam and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. The two sides held in-depth consultations on the overall construction progress of the country's first major nuclear energy project...

2026-10-11

U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Visits Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, Targeting Official Restart and Grid Connection in 2027

The Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently conducted an on-site inspection of Unit 1 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania. As the core platform for the plant's restart plan, the renamed Crane Clean Energy Center is currently pushing forward engineering preparations at full speed, with the goal of officially restarting and connecting to the grid in 2027. Facing rapidly rising baseload power demand in Pennsylvania and across the entire Mid-Atlantic region, the restart project has secured more than $1 billion in federal dedicated investment and policy-based financial support. Three Mile Island Unit 1 was retired early in 2019 due to insufficient market economics under the impact of natural gas power generation at the time...

2026-10-11

Philippine President Visits Singapore Nuclear Research Institute, Expresses Regret Over Suspension of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

More than four decades after the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) was mothballed, Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos publicly expressed regret and disappointment over the plant's suspension. He pointed out that the core demand of the Filipino people today is access to affordable and reliable electricity, and that this should not be constrained by any particular form of power generation. The remarks came on the fourth day of Marcos's working visit to Singapore. On October 10, Marcos visited the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative (SNRSI), an institution established in 2014 to build Singapore's capabilities in nuclear safety, nuclear science, and nuclear engineering...

2026-10-11

ICC Arbitral Tribunal Rules Finland's Contract Termination Unlawful: Rosatom Wins in Hanhikivi-1 Nuclear Dispute

Rosatom publicly stated on Saturday that the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral tribunal has issued a ruling in its long-running dispute with Finland's Fennovoima over the cancelled Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant project, ruling in Russia's favor. Rosatom pointed out that the tribunal found Fennovoima's unilateral termination in 2022 of the contract to build the nuclear power plant in northern Finland to be an unlawful breach, and determined that the nuclear project had been progressing well before it was halted. Since May 2022, shortly after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Fennovoima unilaterally halted the 7 billion euro (approximately 7.8 billion US dollars) nuclear power project, citing significant construction delays and geopolitical risks, and the two sides have since been mired in a battle of high-value claims and cross-border legal proceedings.

2026-10-11

Oklo's Groves Isotope Test Reactor Achieves First Criticality, Fifth Reactor in U.S. Department of Energy Test Reactor Program Successfully Started

The Groves Isotope Test Reactor under Oklo, an advanced nuclear fission company in the United States, has officially achieved first criticality. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed that the reactor successfully reached criticality at 9:19 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday at the Groves site in Lockhart, Texas, becoming the fifth advanced test reactor to achieve criticality under the DOE's dedicated authorization and regulatory pathway. The Groves Isotope Test Reactor has a thermal power of 15 megawatts (MWt) and adopts an atmospheric-pressure water-cooled pool-type reactor design. It is led by Oklo Isotopes, a subsidiary of Oklo focused on medical and industrial isotope production...

2026-10-11

French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority Approves Exemption of ITER Vacuum Vessel from Fission Pressurized Equipment Regulation

The French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR) has formally issued a regulatory ruling, approving the application by the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Organization to exclude the Vacuum Vessel, a core component of the ITER tokamak device, from the scope of regulation under the French and European Nuclear Pressure Equipment Directive (ESPN). This breakthrough ruling marks the beginning of key fusion reactor components breaking free from the regulatory framework derived from traditional fission reactors. Prior to this decision, the ITER Vacuum Vessel had long been classified as nuclear pressure equipment. This classification originated from the management practices of traditional light-water fission reactors, whose underlying logic presumes internal pressure as the primary engineering load on the structure. However...

2026-10-11

3-meter-wide hole found at bottom of Unit 3 reactor pressure vessel at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: molten nuclear fuel burned through the base plate, TEPCO advances evaluation of debris removal project

The latest investigation data released by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) shows that an irregular circular hole with a maximum diameter of 3 meters exists at the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of Unit 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Fukushima No. 1 NPP). This is the first time since the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a tsunami and caused core meltdown that TEPCO has determined the specific shape and dimensions of the damaged bottom of the pressure vessel among the three reactors that experienced meltdown. The conclusion is based on image data obtained by a technical team in March this year using palm-sized micro-drones to conduct 21 flight surveys inside the containment vessel of Unit 3. Based on the multi-angle...

2026-10-11

Harbin Electric Power Equipment Company Nuclear Power MES System Has Been Fully Switched into Operation

Recently, the nuclear power MES system of Harbin Electric Power Equipment Company has been fully switched into operation, achieving that work plan maintenance, tracking, and all other operations are based on MES. This is a key achievement of the company's independent research and development of information systems realizing a zero breakthrough. The full name of the nuclear power MES system is Nuclear Power Manufacturing Execution System. It is the smart brain or neural center in the nuclear power production workshop, specifically responsible for accurately and transparently implementing upper-level production plans into the actions of each process in the workshop. The full switch of the nuclear power MES system is an important measure for building a world-class nuclear main pump research and development base. Harbin Electric Power Equipment Company conducted an in-depth analysis of pain points such as insufficient cross-link plan coordination, constraints from material completeness, and weak refined process control...

2026-10-10

US MARVEL Microreactor Approved for Criticality Testing, Testing Expected to Begin by End of 2026

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office has formally approved the final safety analysis report for the MARVEL microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This key regulatory approval authorizes the reactor to proceed with configuration preparations for dry criticality testing, marking a breakthrough for the project following the approval of the preliminary safety analysis report in March of this year. The MARVEL (Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation) project is a sodium-potassium alloy-cooled microreactor test platform with a design thermal power of 85 to 100 kilowatts and a net electrical power of approximately 20 kilowatts. The facility is designed to help private companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and GE Vernova test micro...

2026-10-10

US-based NuCube Launches High-Temperature Testing of 250 kW Pump-Free Microreactor in Utah

Advanced nuclear developer NuCube Energy is conducting a new round of non-nuclear testing in Utah, USA, on its factory-assembled microreactor technology. The company is collaborating with researchers from Brigham Young University to advance the project at the San Rafael Energy Research Laboratory. The partners are using electric heating technology to precisely simulate the operating conditions inside their planned NuSun micro fission system. The core focus of this round of testing is to verify whether small modular nuclear energy can provide clean, decarbonized energy support for high-energy-consumption manufacturing operations. Conventional commercial nuclear power plants typically rely on mechanical pumps and large pools to manage core temperature. Once mechanical components fail or...

2026-10-10