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...

On 15 May, the China-France consortium, led by China Nuclear Power Engineering (CNPE) signed a contract for the Welding Preparation in Pit (WPP) at the ITER Organization’s headquarters in France. The consortium comprises CNPE, China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company Ltd., the Southwestern In...

On 14 May, Unit 5 of the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, which is equipped with the world’s first “Hualong One” reactor, completed 1,000 consecutive days of safe and reliable operation. During this period, the reactor has generated over 37 billion kWh of clean electricity. This achievement follows a...

On 10 May, the final Reactor Coolant Pump (RCP) for the “Linglong One” reactor, developed by Harbin Electric Corporation (HE), was delivered to the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in Hainan Province. This marks the completion of the delivery of all four RCPs for the project.The “Linglong One” RCP...

On 1 May, Qinshan Phase III Unit 1 — China’s first commercial heavy water reactor — was disconnected from the East China Power Grid, marking the end of power generation for its current fuel cycle. Since connecting to the grid on 24 April 2023, the unit has operated continuously for 738 days in a...