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US SMR Developers Deepen EPC Partnerships to Reduce FOAK and Scaled Deployment Risks

Recently, US small modular reactor (SMR) developers have been accelerating the establishment of strategic partnerships with large engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms to address first-of-a-kind (FOAK) construction challenges and reduce deployment risks, thereby meeting the surging electricity demand from data centers. It is understood that, as most SMR startups lack civil construction and site management experience for large industrial facilities, institutions such as the Breakthrough Institute recommend that developers partner with EPC giants possessing decades of nuclear power experience to compensate for shortcomings in concrete pouring, site grading, and on-site construction management. For example, Holtec selected Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (HDEC) as its SM...

2026-10-21

From "Three Nuclear Projects Advancing in Parallel" to a Closed Green Power Loop: Yantai's "Smelting Furnace" of New Quality Productive Forces

In October 2026, tides surge along the coast of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. While many cities across the country are still struggling fiercely in the red ocean of new energy investment promotion, competing over production capacity, Yantai—a major northern city with a GDP in the trillions—has quietly unveiled an energy report card that has stunned the nation: as of the first half of 2026, the city's clean energy installed capacity exceeded 20.5 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 60% of the city's total installed capacity, ranking first in Shandong Province for five consecutive years. Even more remarkable is its deep-rooted industrial foundation—home to Shandong's first nuclear power plant and first offshore wind farm, and the site of China's first commercial nuclear heating demonstration project. Entering the window period of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the development logic of Yantai's clean energy industry is undergoing profound iteration...

2026-10-19

NTPC Plans to Expand Nuclear Power Project Site Studies, Sprinting Toward 30 GW Target

Recently, senior officials of NTPC Limited (NTPC) revealed that, as part of its ambitious goal of achieving 30 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power installed capacity by 2047, the company plans to conduct feasibility studies for proposed nuclear power projects in more states including Uttar Pradesh. As India's largest energy producer, NTPC currently has a total installed capacity exceeding 91,000 megawatts (MW), meeting one quarter of the nation's electricity demand. Previously, the company has completed feasibility studies at Basai in Madhya Pradesh, Banka in Bihar, and Nabarangpur in Odisha.

2026-10-19

MIT Startup Develops "Desktop" Dual-Laser Fusion Device, Targeting Tritium Fuel Gap

Recently, Cambridge Heavy Industries, a startup based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) laboratory in the United States, has emerged from stealth, publicly disclosing for the first time its previously confidential micro "desktop" inertial confinement fusion (ICF) technology scheme. It is understood that, unlike the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which employs a massive third-generation spatial array of 192 laser beams, Cambridge Heavy Industries has developed a unique two-dimensional dual-laser ignition device. The first laser irradiates the fuel pellet in a concentric ring pattern to generate an inwardly propagating shock wave, while the second laser precisely irradiates the shock wave...

2026-10-19

CGN Obtains China's First Invention Patent in the Nuclear Insurance Industry

Recently, the nuclear insurance material loss actuarial method, device, equipment and storage medium, led by the insurance brokerage company under CGN Capital and jointly developed with CGN Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute, officially obtained invention patent authorization from the China National Intellectual Property Administration. This is the first invention patent in China's nuclear insurance industry, marking a major breakthrough by CGN in the core technologies of nuclear insurance actuarial science and risk management, and filling the technical gap in this field. As a typical special insurance category characterized by high coverage, high value and high risk, nuclear insurance features prominent "low-frequency, high-loss" characteristics. Unlike traditional property insurance, nuclear insurance has very few claims samples and lacks localized, systematic quantitative tool support, and nuclear insurance actuarial science...

2026-10-18

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Accelerate Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Technologies

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) formally signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a summit hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), establishing a comprehensive framework for cooperation between the two parties in the fields of space nuclear power and nuclear propulsion systems, aimed at replacing and revising two previously reached related agreements. The memorandum is titled "Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion,"...

2026-10-18

Malaysia's Worldwide Holdings Bhd Plans Investment Decision on Nuclear Power Project Within Five Years

Worldwide Holdings Bhd, a state-owned conglomerate of Selangor, Malaysia, is actively planning to play a role in Malaysia's future nuclear power development, closely aligning its strategic planning with Selangor's needs for stable electricity supply, enhanced local industrial capabilities, and expanded investment opportunities. The group's Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Zaki Ahmad Zainuddin stated that the preparatory work covers nuclear power plant site assessment, technology selection, and financing scheme evaluation, while simultaneously building professional capabilities spanning the entire project lifecycle from planning and construction to operation. Ahmad Zaki, at the Selangor International Business...

2026-10-18

Vietnam and Canada Deepen Cooperation in Nuclear Energy Development; Canada Promotes CANDU Heavy Water Reactor Technology

Le Xuan Dinh, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Vietnam, met with Jim Nickel, Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam, on October 16 in Hanoi, and held bilateral working talks with a delegation from AtkinsRéalis Engineering Group led by Todd Smith, Vice President of Nuclear Power Business Development of Canada. The two sides conducted in-depth discussions on key topics including the peaceful uses of atomic energy, research and development of clean and low-carbon technologies, and joint training of nuclear-related professionals, aiming to advance practical cooperation between the two countries in the civilian nuclear energy field. Le Xuan...

2026-10-18

Rosatom Joins Forces with Prosoft-Systems and Reglab to Deepen Cooperation, Boosting Gen IV Nuclear Power and Industrial Autonomous Automation

During the Russian Energy Week international forum held in Moscow, JSC Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU), the core management entity of Rosatom's Automation Control Systems and Electrical Engineering Division, formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Prosoft-Systems LLC and its controlled subsidiary Reglab LLC. The parties will deeply integrate their technological expertise in industrial-grade hardware development, software development, and turnkey control system engineering deployment...

2026-10-18

NRC Approves Holtec's Alternative Plan to Remove Tilted Fuel Assembly at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant

About two weeks after the fuel loading incident at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved Holtec International's emergency License Amendment Request (LAR), allowing the use of custom-designed specialized equipment to remove the tilted fuel assembly from the reactor pressure vessel. The NRC stated that because the incident has halted the plant's fuel loading operations and part of the restart work, this license amendment was reviewed and issued under emergency conditions...

2026-10-17

Unit 1 of Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is planned to start criticality before the end of the year

Recently, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, stated that the first reactor of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey is expected to be officially loaded with fuel and achieve first criticality (i.e., the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction) in the second half of December this year, pushing the project to formally transition from the construction phase to the commissioning and startup phase. It is understood that the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The project plans to build 4 Russian VVER-1200 Generation III reactors, with a total investment exceeding US$20 billion, fully funded and constructed by Rosatom under the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model....

2026-10-17

U.S. Plans Massive Funding to Restart Three Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants to Meet AI Computing Demand

Recently, the United States is experiencing an unprecedented wave of nuclear power restarts, with plans to revive three commercial nuclear power plants that have been shut down, in order to meet surging electricity demand and the computing power needs of large data centers. The three nuclear power plants are the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan, the Crane Clean Energy Center at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, and the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $4.4 billion in loan guarantees to restore a total of 2.25...

2026-10-17

The 5th National Nuclear Energy System Welding Vocational Skills Competition Was Successfully Held

Recently, the 5th National Nuclear Energy System Welding Vocational Skills Competition was successfully held in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The event was guided by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (National Nuclear Safety Administration), hosted by the China Nuclear Energy Association and the China Employment Training Technical Instruction Center, organized by China National Nuclear Corporation, and co-organized by China Nuclear Industry Construction Co., Ltd. and China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction Co., Ltd. A total of 129 contestants from 32 key units across the national nuclear energy industry competed on the same stage. After four days of intense competition, Zhang Chuangye from China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Co., Ltd., and Li Wenjie and Zhou Wei from China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction Co., Ltd. won first prize in the individual awards; China Nuclear...

2026-10-17

Exploring the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant: "Hualong One" Leads the Iterative Upgrade of China's Nuclear Power Technology

Recently, the "Nuclear Power Media Research Tour" organized by the National Energy Administration visited the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) in Huidong County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. The plant is planned to house six "Hualong One" third-generation nuclear power technology units, with construction proceeding in phases: Units 1 and 2 of Phase I have been completed and put into operation; Units 3 and 4 of Phase II have entered the peak period of civil construction; and Units 5 and 6 of Phase III officially received approval from the State Council in July this year and are in full preparation for construction. In terms of responding to extreme weather, Units 1 and 2 of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant withstood a direct hit from a severe typhoon this summer and maintained safe and stable operation, verifying the...

2026-10-17

Power Generation Exceeds 150 Billion kWh: Haiyang Nuclear Power Leads in Passive Technology and Comprehensive Nuclear Energy Utilization

Recently, the "Nuclear Power Media Research Tour" organized by the National Energy Administration visited the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant of Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd. The delegation conducted on-site research at Unit 3, which is currently receiving and commissioning its first core of new fuel, and held in-depth interviews on the base's innovative achievements in third-generation passive nuclear power technology and "nuclear energy + multi-energy" comprehensive utilization. As one of the world's first and China's self-reliance projects for third-generation nuclear power, Units 1 and 2 of Haiyang Nuclear Power have cumulatively generated more than 150 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity safely and stably since their successive commissioning from 2018 to 2019, making it the world's first third-generation nuclear power base to surpass the 100-billion-kWh milestone in power generation. It is understood that Haiyang Nuclear Power adopts advanced third-generation passive pressurized water reactor...

2026-10-17