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New Fuel Delivery Completed at Japan's Sendai Nuclear Power Plant

Kyushu Electric Power Co. announced on September 2 that new fuel required for Units 1 and 2 of Japan's Sendai Nuclear Power Plant has been delivered. The transport operation began on August 30, 2026, and concluded on September 2. According to information released by Kyushu Electric Power, the new fuel delivered this time was manufactured by Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. Specifically, Unit 1 of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant received 24 new fuel assemblies transported in 12 shipping containers, while Unit 2 received 28 new fuel assemblies transported in 14 shipping containers. The new fuel transport was carried out using a combination of land and sea routes. Kyushu Electric Power stated...

2026-09-03

Iran Plans to Advance Both a Large and a Small Nuclear Power Plant Project

Alexey Likhachev, CEO of Rosatom, stated that the site of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has returned to a stable state, and Russian experts are gradually returning to the site to participate in the construction and maintenance of related units. According to Likhachev, 45 Russian personnel are currently at the Bushehr site, with about 30 more preparing to arrive. As planned, the number of Russian personnel on site will increase to 100 by September, mainly including construction project managers and supervision staff. While advancing existing projects, Russia and Iran are discussing new nuclear cooperation. Previously, the two sides had signed an agreement to build another large nuclear power plant...

2026-09-03

Rosatom and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Atomic Energy Sign Contract for the Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant

Document Defines the Responsibilities of the Russian and Kazakhstani Parties in the Future Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant Project

2026-09-03

Commissioning of the CRAFT Cryogenic System 6 kW@4.5 K Helium Refrigerator Successfully Completed

Recently, significant progress has been made in the construction of the helium refrigeration system on the CRAFT magnet platform. The on-site commissioning and performance testing of the main body of the CRAFT cryogenic system 6 kW@4.5 K helium refrigerator have been successfully completed, with all indicators meeting the design acceptance requirements. The commissioning work focused on systematic verification of the cold box refrigeration performance, liquefaction capacity, control system, safety interlocks, and the operating status of key cryogenic equipment. During the acceptance tests, the helium refrigerator completed 12 hours of continuous stable operation under design conditions, achieving a refrigeration capacity of 6 kW@4.5 K + 50 K@GHe. In addition to design conditions, the project team also conducted performance tests under helium liquefaction conditions, with relevant temperature, pressure,...

2026-09-03

CERN removes first giant beam absorbers from LHC, making room for High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider upgrade

CERN recently completed a complex transport operation, moving the first two giant components from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel to the surface, making room for the operation and upgrade of the future High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HiLumi LHC). The equipment removed this time consists of two beam absorbers, also known as TAN absorbers. Each absorber is about 5 meters long and weighs about 30 tons, made of iron, copper, and marble, primarily used to protect accelerator magnets from damage caused by neutral particles generated along the beam direction during collisions. A relevant official stated that this type of equipment is among the heaviest and largest devices that need to be removed from the LHC during this shutdown period...

2026-09-03

China's largest single-building oncology nuclear medicine center to be completed and put into operation in Luzhou, Sichuan

On September 2, the "Myriad Weather in Sichuan · Starting Strong for the '15th Five-Year Plan'" Luzhou special press conference was held in Chengdu. The conference disclosed that China's largest single-building oncology nuclear medicine center is about to be completed and put into operation in Luzhou, Sichuan. Construction site of the Oncology Nuclear Medicine Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University. The center is a key project of Sichuan Province's regional medical centers. The project has a total investment of 310 million yuan, covers an area of approximately 15,000 square meters, and plans more than 160 beds. It will integrate functions including nuclear medicine molecular imaging, nuclear drug R&D and preparation, radionuclide therapy, tumor radiotherapy, and specialized oncology diagnosis and treatment, and will be built into...

2026-09-03

Chongchi Company Leads the Formulation of National Standard for Gearboxes Used in Nuclear Power Seawater Circulation Pumps

Recently, the inaugural working group meeting for the national standard "Design Specification for Vertical Gearboxes Used in Nuclear Power Seawater Circulation Pumps," led by Chongchi Company, was successfully held. The convening of this meeting is not merely a technical specification discussion but also represents a significant leap for Chongchi Company from product manufacturing to rule-setting, marking a new stage where core nuclear power equipment enters the phase of "leading the definition." Leading the formulation of this national standard fully demonstrates Chongchi Company's technical strength and reflects its industrial responsibility. Only by consolidating the technical experience gained during R&D into standards can reproducible and scalable technical references be provided for the technological advancement and industrial upgrading of the entire industry.

2026-09-03

Bulgarian Energy Minister Calls for Coordinated Response to Low Danube Water Levels

Bulgarian Energy Minister Eva Petrova stated at a meeting of the National Assembly's Energy Committee in Sofia on September 2 that persistently low water levels in the Danube River have impacted the operation of nuclear power plants along its banks. While countries have taken individual response measures, there remains a need to strengthen coordination at the regional level. Petrova said the Danube is currently at extremely low water levels, leading to reduced electricity generation at nuclear power plants along the river, including Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. She noted that relevant forecasts indicate such severe conditions may become more frequent in the future. She explained that the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant has...

2026-09-03

Uzbekistan Plans to Raise Localization Rate of Nuclear Power Project to Over 30%

Uzbekistan plans to improve the localization level of the integrated nuclear power plant project in the Jizzakh region, aiming to increase the share of domestically produced goods and equipment from the preliminary estimate of 21% to at least 30%. The project has a total investment of approximately $9.5 billion and is regarded by Uzbekistan as one of the important future sources of baseload electricity. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated during an inspection of the project construction site and the planned satellite city for nuclear industry personnel that the current localization rate still needs to be raised, and called for expanding the participation of domestic enterprises in equipment supply, engineering construction, and supporting infrastructure. Based on the total project investment, if the localization rate reaches 30%, the value of domestically supplied goods and equipment will be approximately $2.85 billion. If the localization rate reaches 30%, the value of domestically supplied goods and equipment will be approximately $2.85 billion.

2026-09-03

Romania's Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant unlikely to restart before September 10

Romania's Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant is expected to be unable to resume operations before September 10. Cristian Bușoi, State Secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Energy, stated that although the Danube River flow is recovering, water levels around the plant have not yet reached the conditions required for a safe and stable restart. In a recent interview, Bușoi said that to avoid creating unrealistic expectations, it can currently be confirmed that the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant does not yet meet the conditions for restart before September 10. He explained that the plant's operation depends on a stable water source to ensure the reactor...

2026-09-03

IAEA Launches Research Project on Edible Insects and Novel Food Safety

As demand for alternative protein sources grows, the International Atomic Energy Agency recently launched a five-year coordinated research project focusing on potential safety risks associated with the production, processing, and consumption of edible insects and other novel foods, while promoting the application of nuclear, isotopic, and related analytical techniques in food safety testing. Edible insects are gaining increasing attention. Data show that more than 2,000 species of edible insects are known globally, with approximately 2 billion people regularly consuming insects; at least 113 countries currently consume one or more insect species. In Africa, Asia, the Pacific region, and Latin America, insects have long been part of the diet for certain populations. As...

2026-09-03

IAEA 70th General Conference to Host Technical Cooperation Side Events Focusing on Radiotherapy Financing and African Nuclear Workforce Development

The 70th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference will be held from September 14 to 18, 2026, at the Vienna International Centre in Austria. During the session, delegates and technical experts from various countries will discuss the Agency's ongoing work and topics related to nuclear science and technology. The 70th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference will take place from September 14 to 18, 2026, at the Vienna International Centre. (IAEA) As part of the arrangements related to the General Conference, the IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation will host two side events during the conference week, highlighting its technical cooperation support to Member States. One event will focus on financing for the expansion of radiotherapy services, while the other will...

2026-09-03

Study Says Neutrino Laser Physically Impossible Due to Mechanism Constraints

On September 2, physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published two papers in Physical Review Letters analyzing a previously proposed neutrino laser concept. The research concludes that, due to atomic recoil effects and the fermionic nature of neutrinos, the scheme of using radioactive atomic clouds to produce laser-like neutrino beams is physically impractical. Neutrinos are elementary particles with extremely small mass and very weak interactions with ordinary matter. Earlier research had envisioned cooling radioactive atomic clouds to nanokelvin temperatures to form a Bose-Einstein condensate. According to this concept, atoms in a quantum coherent state might decay synchronously, producing neutrino beams with strong directionality through a quantum amplification effect similar to superradiance...

2026-09-03

U.S. Develops Refractory Metal Powder Atomization System to Support Fusion Energy Materials Research

U.S. researchers are developing a new refractory metal powder atomization system to produce high-temperature alloy powders for extreme-environment applications. The system will support new materials research in areas such as gas turbines, aerospace equipment, and fusion energy systems. Jordan Tiarks, a scientist at Ames National Laboratory, stated that the laboratory has long been engaged in specialty powder production research, and the new system will expand its materials processing capabilities to higher temperature ranges and more challenging material systems. The research team noted that metal powders are a critical foundation for advanced manufacturing technologies such as powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing...

2026-09-03

U.S. PACMAN AI Framework Achieves Millisecond-Level Control of Fusion Plasma

The PACMAN AI framework, developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University, has completed five experimental validations in real fusion experimental systems. The framework can complete data processing, state prediction, and control command output in approximately 20 milliseconds, addressing rapidly developing instabilities in fusion plasma. This is an artist's rendition of the PACMAN AI framework for fusion systems. (Illustration credit: Kyle Palmer / PPPL Communications Department) PACMAN stands for Prediction and Control via Machine Learning. Related design and preliminary experimental results have been published in...

2026-09-03