On 5 September 2025, at the 8th Conference on Public Communication in Nuclear Power in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, the China Nuclear Energy Association unveiled its key accomplishments in the field of industrial aesthetics for nuclear power plants. These include the theoretical framework, the visual com...

On 17 September, the main structure of the cooling tower for Unit 1 of the Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project, which is being developed by the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) in Guangdong, was successfully completed. As the world’s largest nuclear power cooling tower, this achievement marks ...

On 12 September, the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress passed the Atomic Energy Law of the People’s Republic of China. The law is due to take effect on 15 January 2026. Its aims are to ensure the peaceful research, development and utilization of atomic ...

On 3 and 22 August, Dong Baotong, Administrator of the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA), visited SPIC Nuclear Energy and China National Nuclear Power (CNNP) for a working inspection.After receiving briefings on SPIC Nuclear Energy’s operations, reform implementation, and safety manag...

The 15th Top Regulators Meeting (TRM) on Nuclear Safety between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) took place in Beijing on 24–25 July. Dong Baotong, Vice-Minister of Ecology and Environment and Administrator of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, attended the meeting and deliver...

On 22 July, at a meeting on advanced nuclear energy development in Fuzhou, Fujian, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the preliminary design of the CFR1000 — China’s first 1000 MWe fourth-generation commercial fast reactor — had been finalized and was ready to be submitt...

On 12 July, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)’s Guo-U1 national uranium demonstration project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, produced its first barrel of uranium.Guo-U1 is the largest natural uranium facility ever built in China. Built to the highest standards and equipped with...

On 23 June, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) convened an emergency meeting to discuss the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. During the meeting, Ambassador Li Song, China’s Permanent Representative to the IAEA, delivered a statement outlining China’s position.Ambassador ...

On 27 June, the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) issued a statement in response to media inquiries concerning China’s independent sampling and testing of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.According to the CAEA, several Chinese research institutio...

On 16 May, China made a significant breakthrough in the application of nuclear technology when the first shipment of carbon-14 isotopes produced by a commercial nuclear reactor was dispatched to customers from the Qinshan Nuclear Power Base.These isotopes are the first mass-produced products unde...