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General Matter Submits HALEU License Application to U.S. NRC

Paducah, Kentucky, USA — General Matter submitted a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on September 28, 2026, for the construction and operation of a nuclear facility. The project aims to produce High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) to meet the growing domestic demand for advanced nuclear reactor fuel in the United States. General Matter plans to build a dedicated HALEU production...

2026-09-29

The Fully Superconducting Tokamak EAST Marks 20 Years of Operation: From a 3-Second First Cry to Thousand-Second Steady State, China's "Artificial Sun" Opens a Leap Toward Fusion Engineering

On September 28, 2006, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), independently designed and developed by the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) under the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, successfully achieved its first plasma discharge on Hefei Science Island, with a current of 200 kA and a duration of nearly 3 seconds. This historic moment marked the official completion and operation of the world's first fully superconducting non-circular cross-section nuclear fusion experimental device, propelling China into the club of fully superconducting tokamak technology ahead of others. Over the past two decades, this artificial sun has completed more than 160,000 physical discharge experiments...

2026-09-28

Uzbekistan and Turkey Discuss Cooperation on Civil Construction and Infrastructure Works for the First Nuclear Power Plant

The Uzbek Atomic Energy Development Agency (Uzatom) and a delegation from Turkey's large engineering and construction group Özaltın Holding held high-level working talks in Tashkent on September 25, focusing on the feasibility of multi-faceted engineering cooperation in the construction of Uzbekistan's first nuclear power plant project. It is understood that the talks were chaired by Azim Axmedxadjayev, Director of Uzatom, and Muzaffer Özdemir, CEO of Özaltın Holding, led the delegation. The two sides held discussions centered on the full-cycle construction...

2026-09-28

US Company DTE Advances 177 MW Power Uprate at Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant

DTE Electric, a subsidiary of Michigan utility giant DTE Energy, has formally submitted a 20-year long-term Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). In the clean power restructuring layout of the plan, DTE explicitly establishes nuclear power as an indispensable zero-carbon baseload hub, and plans to carry out a deep modernization and technical upgrade of the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant in Monroe County in 2036, achieving an additional 177 megawatts (MW) of clean carbon-free power output. As Michigan's core operating nuclear power infrastructure, Fermi 2 is equipped with a single...

2026-09-28

Uranium Fuel Air Delivery for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 in Bangladesh Delayed

Recently, the first batch of uranium nuclear fuel transport cargo flights for Unit 2 of Bangladesh's first nuclear power facility—the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP)—was forced to be suspended, resulting in the postponement of the originally scheduled delivery. The batch of nuclear fuel was originally planned to arrive by air on September 24 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Faqir Mahbub Anam, Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Bangladesh, stated that the cargo charter flight carrying the uranium fuel was originally scheduled to land on the 24th, but because it was not granted permission to enter Pakistani airspace, the flight could not proceed as scheduled, and the specific reason why Pakistan has not yet approved the airspace permit remains unclear. Anam added that the Russian side has provided a new timetable, and it is expected that this batch of uranium fuel will arrive in Bangladesh in the first week of October.

2026-09-28

ENN's "Xuanlong-50U" Device Successfully Achieves Hydrogen-Boron Fusion Reaction

In late September 2026, ENN achieved a major breakthrough in the commercialization of hydrogen-boron fusion: the Xuanlong-50U device achieved a hydrogen-boron fusion reaction. This is the first time a global commercial fusion company has achieved a hydrogen-boron fusion reaction on its own device, and also the first time China's magnetic confinement fusion device has achieved a clean neutron-free fusion reaction with advanced fuels (hydrogen-boron, deuterium-helium-3). Hydrogen-boron fusion has commercialization advantages such as being neutron-free, having abundant and easily accessible fuel, and low cost. Its product is helium (α particles), but compared with deuterium-tritium fusion, it requires higher reaction temperature and triple product, and more demanding reaction conditions. In this experiment, the ENN fusion team, through the synergy of high-energy neutral beam injection and radio-frequency waves, greatly increased the non-thermal equilibrium fast proton fraction at the first resonance peak of the hydrogen-boron reaction...

2026-09-28

Fudan University Approved for China's First "Fusion Science and Engineering" Interdisciplinary First-Level Doctoral Degree Program

Recently, Fudan University's "Fusion Science and Engineering" interdisciplinary first-level doctoral degree program was officially approved, making the university the first higher education institution in China to establish such an interdisciplinary first-level doctoral degree program. The degree program is led by the Institute of Modern Physics (Department of Nuclear Science and Technology), and will officially begin doctoral student admissions in 2026. Currently, global fusion R&D is transitioning from the stage of scientific exploration to the critical period of engineering verification and commercialization. China's "15th Five-Year Plan" recommendations list fusion energy as a new economic growth point for future industries. Accelerating the cultivation of high-level fusion talent has become an urgent task for safeguarding national energy security and seizing the high ground of future science and technology industries. Fudan University...

2026-09-28

Dongfang Electric Signs Low-Pressure Diaphragm Supply Agreement with Électricité de France, Supporting the Upgrade and Retrofit of European Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Power Units

Recently, Dongfang Electric International Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Dongfang International"), a subsidiary of China Dongfang Electric Group Co., Ltd., and Arabelle, a subsidiary of Électricité de France (EDF), officially signed a nuclear power steam turbine low-pressure diaphragm supply agreement. According to the agreement, Dongfang Electric will serve as a key equipment supplier, providing core steam turbine low-pressure diaphragm components for the life extension and modernization technical retrofit projects of pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power units under Électricité de France. For more than three decades, Dongfang Electric Group and Électricité de France have consistently maintained close strategic collaboration in the field of civil nuclear energy, from...

2026-09-28

National Standard "Test Methods for Plasma Parameters (GB/T 48094—2026)" Led by the University of Science and Technology of China Officially Released, Solidifying the Standardization Foundation for Controlled Nuclear Fusion and High-Tech Industries

Recently, led by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with research institutions including the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP), and the Beijing Institute of Environmental Characteristics, universities including Yunnan University, Nanchang University, China Jiliang University, and Chizhou University, as well as key industry-chain enterprises including Anhui USTC Yuke Technology Co., Ltd., Anhui Zhongke Fusion Terahertz Technology Co., Ltd., and Fermion Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., jointly drafted, and the national standard "Test Methods for Plasma Parameters" (Standard No.: GB/T 48094—2026), under the centralized management of the National Technical Committee 487 on Optoelectronic Measurement of Standardization Administration of China (SAC/TC487), was officially approved for release and will be formally implemented from March 2027. This standard establishes unified specifications for test methods of key plasma physical parameters, fills the gap in national-level technical standard basis, and marks a milestone breakthrough for China in the standardization of advanced plasma diagnostic technology.

2026-09-28

ITER Tritium Plant Completes Final Design, Fully Transitions to Equipment Manufacturing, Installation, and Commissioning

At the Saint-Paul-lès-Durance site in France, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Organization officially convened the Third Tritium Plant Summit. More than 70 core experts from the ITER Organization, Fusion for Energy (F4E), Japan's Domestic Agency (QST), Korea's Domestic Agency (KFE), and the US Domestic Agency (US ITER), as well as global engineering contractors and equipment manufacturers, gathered together. This summit released a decisive...

2026-09-28

World's First Compact Fusion Energy Experimental Device BEST TF Coil Cases Delivered in Batch

On September 27, the completion and shipment ceremony for the batch components of the toroidal field (TF) coil cases of the world's first compact fusion energy experimental device—the Burning Experimental Fusion Test (BEST)—was held at the Deyang, Sichuan base of China National Machinery Industry Heavy Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (Sinomach Heavy Equipment). With this, all 8 BEST TF coil case batch components undertaken and developed by Sinomach Heavy Equipment have been fully manufactured and assembled, and successfully shipped for delivery. Song Yuntao, Party Secretary and Director of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Han Xiaojun, Party Secretary and Chairman of Sinomach Heavy Equipment, delivered speeches at the ceremony respectively. Liu Zhihong, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Deputy General Manager of Fusion New Energy (Anhui) Co., Ltd...

2026-09-28

Unit 2 of State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Guangxi Bailong Nuclear Power Project starts construction

At 18:27 on September 27, the nuclear island of Unit 2 of State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Guangxi Nuclear Power Bailong Nuclear Power Project began its first concrete pour (FCD), marking that Phase I of the Bailong Nuclear Power Project has shifted from single-unit construction to a new stage of comprehensive dual-unit construction. The FCD for Unit 2 of the Bailong Nuclear Power Project adopted a single-side pushing continuous one-time integral pouring method, with approximately 6,637 cubic meters of concrete planned to be poured over approximately 58 hours. In view of the multiple overlapping construction difficulties such as the large bottom slab size, irregular shape, and high difficulty of temperature control and curing, the project team prepared a special construction plan in advance and implemented all-round safeguard measures. The single-side pushing pouring path and process parameters were optimized, and the owner, supervisor and general contractor exercised full-process on-site supervision and control

2026-09-28

U.S. Senate Holds Hearing to Review the NLIC Full Lifecycle Innovation Campus Plan

On September 23, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW) held a special hearing titled Updating America’s Nuclear Waste Management Policy, systematically examining the major engineering, legal, and political challenges facing the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLIC) plan proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and thoroughly assessing the legislative urgency for Congress to amend the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). ...

2026-09-27

Türkiye Leverages Nuclear Science and Technology to Safeguard Citrus Productivity: Insect Sterile Technique and Radiation Mutation Breeding Build a Green Barrier for Agriculture

Türkiye produces approximately 5 million tonnes of various citrus fruits annually, covering major categories such as sweet oranges, lemons, and grapefruits, making it an important fruit exporter globally. However, the frequent occurrence of abnormal climate events such as extreme heat and cold waves with frost, combined with repeated infestations by persistent pests like fruit flies, has not only severely constrained crop yields and fruit quality but also posed severe challenges to the livelihoods of local farmers. To break through cultivation bottlenecks and meet the stringent requirements of international markets for fruit products with low pesticide residues, Türkiye, with technical support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has comprehensively introduced nuclear science and technology to build a green and sustainable integrated pest management...

2026-09-27

IAEA and IDB Sign Cooperation Agreement to Advance Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Technology for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

On September 24, 2026, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation. The two sides aim to establish a long-term partnership to jointly advance in-depth cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean in the safe, secure and sustainable use of nuclear energy and nuclear technology. This also represents an important step by the IAEA to expand its network of cooperation with multilateral development finance institutions in support of the global low-carbon clean transition. The memorandum was signed by...

2026-09-27