At 00:17 on 1 January 2025, Unit 1 of the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant, operated by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), officially commenced commercial operation. The unit successfully completed a 168-hour continuous full-power test run, marking an important milestone in the large-scale ...

On 19 December 2024, the China Institute of Atomic Energy announced that its Institute of Nuclear Technology has successfully developed a fast-response pulsed radiation dosimeter designed to monitor short pulses and high dose rates. This innovation fills a gap in domestic instruments for dynamic pu...

On 10 December 2024, Qinshan Nuclear Power announced the official launch of its dedicated 5G network at a conference. This marks a significant milestone as Qinshan Nuclear Power becomes the first nuclear power base in China to achieve full 5G network coverage within the plant. Construction of the 5G...

On 23 December 2024, the formula for vitrification of high-level liquid waste using a ceramic electric furnace, jointly developed by China Nuclear Power Engineering and Wuhan University of Technology, was successfully tested and accepted at China's first cold bench for vitrification of high-level ...

On 16 December 2024, China officially released its independently developed emergency diesel generators for nuclear power plants, known as “Nuclear Diesel One”. These generators have achieved a number of key performance and reliability indicators that meet international standards. This is the first...

On 14 December 2024, irradiation tests of isotope production targets in heavy water reactors were successfully conducted at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (QNPP). This achievement means that QNPP now has the capability to conduct irradiation tests for various radioisotopes, such as yttrium-90, i...

On 10 December 2024, Wang Hongzhi, head of the National Energy Administration (NEA), met with Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev in Beijing. The two sides held in-depth discussions on cooperation in nuclear energy, oil and gas, electricity and renewable energy.Wang Hongzhi stressed ...

On 4 December 2024, Shen Yanfeng, President of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), and his team visited the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) for a working exchange. Cao Shudong, Executive Vice President of CNEA, held discussions with Shen Yanfeng and his team, focusing on leveragin...

On 5 December 2024, Wang Hongzhi, head of the National Energy Administration, spoke at the 2025 National Energy Conference. He said that 11 units in five projects, including the Jiangsu Xuwei project, had been approved in 2024. This brings the total number of nuclear power units in operation, un...

On 28 November, Ren Jingdong, Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration of China, and Alibek Zhamauov, Vice-Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, co-chaired the 13th meeting of the Energy Committee of the China-Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation in Kazakh...