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Construction of Phase III of State Power Investment Corporation's Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Project Begins

Recently, Phase III of the Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Project under State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) reached a major milestone as the first concrete was officially poured (FCD) for the nuclear island of Unit 5, marking the full-scale commencement of construction of the Phase III project. As a key project in the national 15th Five-Year Plan, Phase III of the Haiyang Nuclear Power Project plans to build Units 5 and 6, adopting the domestically produced CAP1000 Generation III passive pressurized water reactor technology. Through technological upgrades, the project has increased the rated electrical power of a single unit to 1.3 million kilowatts, and innovatively established a diversified equity structure with state-owned capital holding controlling shares and private capital participating as shareholders, becoming a typical demonstration of private capital participating in major national clean energy infrastructure. In terms of engineering construction, the nuclear island FCD of Unit 5 ...

2026-11-02

Doosan Enerbility of South Korea to Manufacture Pressure Vessel for NuScale Small Modular Reactor

Recently, U.S. small modular reactor (SMR) developer NuScale Power and South Korea's Doosan Enerbility formally signed a component manufacturing contract at the Changwon headquarters, under which Doosan will manufacture core components including the upper reactor pressure vessel for the NuScale Power Module (NPM). It is reported that, according to the contract requirements, Doosan Enerbility will manufacture the upper reactor coolant system and pressure vessel components at its Changwon reactor production base. The two parties have been cooperating since 2019, and this signing marks the comprehensive upgrade of their cooperation from material preparation to the actual manufacturing stage of reactor components for commercial deployment, providing NuScale with reliable equipment delivery assurance...

2026-10-31

Framatome Commissions Chromium-Coated Facility to Advance Industrialization of Accident-Tolerant Fuel

Recently, France's Framatome officially commissioned an industrial pilot facility for chromium coating at its Paimboeuf manufacturing plant in western France, in order to accelerate the industrialization of its PROtect enhanced accident-tolerant fuel (E-ATF) technology. It is reported that the facility represents an investment of 30 million euros (approximately 33.5 million US dollars) and uses physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology to apply chromium coating to the surface of zirconium alloy cladding tubes for nuclear fuel assemblies. The pilot facility is designed with an annual production capacity of more than 100,000 chromium-coated cladding tubes, aimed at verifying process stability under serial production conditions. Framatome plans to complete industrial qualification of the process by the end of 2026, and...

2026-10-31

US Centrus Energy Ships First Centrifuge to Support Piketon Expansion

Recently, the technology and manufacturing center of US-based Centrus Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has completed the manufacture of its first new advanced centrifuge and officially shipped it to the uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio. This milestone marks the entry of Centrus' multi-billion-dollar uranium enrichment capacity expansion project into the on-site cascade assembly phase. The project adopts Centrus' independently developed AC-100M advanced centrifuge technology. The first batch of expanded enrichment capacity is expected to officially enter operation in 2029, aiming to simultaneously meet the commercialization and national security needs of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)...

2026-10-31

U.S. Announces $50 Million to Fund Next-Generation Nuclear Fuel R&D

Recently, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 8 innovative projects and will provide a total of up to $50 million in funding to fully advance breakthroughs in next-generation nuclear reactor fuel technologies. It is reported that this funding focuses on cutting-edge technical pathways such as nuclear fuel fabrication, irradiation testing, and safety certification, aiming to significantly reduce fuel production costs and shorten the commercialization deployment cycle of advanced reactors. The projects will focus on overcoming manufacturing bottlenecks in key materials such as high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) and advanced tristructural isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel. The U.S. Department of Energy stated that this funding directly implements U.S. President Donald Trump's...

2026-10-31

IAEA Urges Kenya to Improve Radioactive Waste Policy

Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted a nine-day Artemis radioactive waste management assessment mission to Kenya and released its assessment findings in Nairobi, calling on Kenya to introduce a national radioactive waste management policy as soon as possible before introducing nuclear power and to strengthen the independence of its regulatory body. It is reported that this is the first Artemis assessment conducted by the IAEA in Africa, initiated at the request of the Kenyan government. The assessment team acknowledged Kenya's significant progress in radioactive waste management in recent years, while also recommending that Kenya develop a comprehensive policy framework covering nuclear energy, the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste, and deepen regulatory...

2026-10-31

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe Submits Application for Pre-construction Permit for First Nuclear Power Plant

Recently, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has formally submitted an application to the Governor of Pomorskie Voivodeship in northern Poland to obtain a construction permit for the pre-construction works of Poland's first nuclear power plant. It is understood that this phase of works mainly involves site preparation and large-scale earthworks and rock excavation at the proposed site. Poland plans to build three AP1000 pressurized water reactor units designed by Westinghouse of the United States at this site. The pre-construction works cover major infrastructure construction, including the onshore section of the plant's cooling water channel, deep foundation pit excavation, pit wall reinforcement, and special protective measures to prevent groundwater infiltration...

2026-10-31

Russian Floating Nuclear Power Plant Improves Air Quality in Arctic City

Recently, the Russian floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov released its latest environmental monitoring report. The report shows that since the nuclear power plant officially took over most of the heating load of Pevek in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in 2022, total pollutant emissions into the local atmosphere have plummeted from 11.64 tons to 2.281 tons, a reduction of nearly 80%. It is reported that Rosatom has established 11 automated radiation monitoring stations in Pevek and its surroundings to conduct comprehensive monitoring of air, water quality, soil, and waste. Monitoring results indicate that all environmental impact indicators are better than the established national standards, with average levels less than 10% of the maximum permissible...

2026-10-31

Exploring the Frontier of Advanced Fusion Physics: Physical Mechanisms and Engineering Challenges of D–³He Secondary Neutron Suppression under the Synergy of Hot Tails and Spin Polarization

In the process of controlled nuclear fusion advancing from theoretical exploration to commercial validation, the choice of fuel pathway has always been the core variable determining the engineering feasibility and economics of a reactor. For a long time, the deuterium–helium-3 (D–³He) reaction has been regarded as an ideal "low-neutron" ultimate fusion scheme because its primary products are only charged particles (helium-4 and high-energy protons), it does not directly produce neutrons, and it possesses the potential for direct energy conversion. However, under the traditional thermal equilibrium plasma framework, D–³He is not a truly neutron-free fuel. In October 2026, the U.S. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PP...

2026-10-31

Sandia National Laboratories Awarded $3.38 Million to Develop Next-Generation Nuclear Reactor Fuel

Recently, according to U.S. media reports, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $3.38 million grant to Sandia National Laboratories to develop advanced analytical tools to advance the production and deployment of next-generation nuclear reactor fuel. It is reported that Brandon Williams, Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and Deborah Frincke, Deputy Director of Sandia National Laboratories, announced at a press conference that the project is named Transuranic Reactor Fuel Pathway Sociotechnical Analysis, Techno-Economics, and Coordination (TRU-PATH). The core of the project lies in establishing a new analytical plat...

2026-10-31

Standard Nuclear CEO Discusses U.S. Oak Ridge Expansion Project

Recently, Kurt Terrani, CEO of U.S. advanced nuclear fuel producer Standard Nuclear, stated that the company is planning to expand advanced nuclear fuel production capacity in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to meet strong market demand for advanced reactor fuel. It is reported that Standard Nuclear was founded in 2024 and primarily produces advanced nuclear fuel serving the fields of national security and space exploration. Terrani noted that as multiple U.S. nuclear companies invest billions of dollars in Oak Ridge, the area has become the core hub of U.S. advanced nuclear innovation, but current advanced nuclear fuel supply capacity still lags far behind market demand. As an advanced...

2026-10-31

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Receives $5.4 Million in Nuclear Energy Funding

Recently, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station announced that it has received a total of $5.4 million in nuclear energy research funding to support multiple innovative projects aimed at advancing next-generation nuclear reactor technologies and advanced nuclear materials research and development. It is reported that the funding primarily comes from official agencies such as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy. The research funding will focus on supporting the university's breakthrough research in frontier fields including accident-tolerant fuel (ATF), irradiation resistance testing of advanced reactor core structural materials, high-temperature heat transfer mechanisms, and safety monitoring and digital control of nuclear facilities. As one of the top...

2026-10-31

South China Supervision Station Conducts Multi-Department Joint Inspection of Radioactive Source Safety in Guilin

Recently, the South China Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision Station (South China Supervision Station) of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and local public security and ecology and environment departments of Guilin City, formed a joint inspection team and went to Guangxi Guilin Zhenghan Irradiation Center Co., Ltd. to carry out routine radiation safety inspection and special inspection of radioactive source safety. It is reported that the joint inspection team conducted on-site physical inspection of radiation shielding facilities and carried out on-site tests of the safety interlock system to ensure the effective operation of protective facilities; at the same time, it retrieved and compared security duty and video surveillance records, urging the implementation of physical, technical and human protection measures. The inspection team also checked the quantity, location and status of radioactive sources one by one against the ledger to ensure that all Category I radioactive sources are safe and controllable.

2026-10-31

DARPA Advances Autonomous Operation of Space Nuclear Reactors

Recently, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that under the framework of the Fat Cat program, it has awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to space nuclear power startup Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes). The project is managed by Tabitha Dodson, program manager in DARPA's Defense Sciences Office, and aims to develop autonomous operation technology for deep-space fission reactors capable of self-regulation without the need for continuous human supervision. It is reported that the project is led by the same engineering team that previously successfully conducted the 2018 ground test of the Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY)....

2026-10-31

Tsinghua University Advances the Advanced Nuclear Energy Base and Major Scientific Facility in Rongcheng, Shandong

Recently, the Tsinghua University Rongcheng Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology Research Base project is being comprehensively advanced along the coast of Shidao Bay in Shandong. The project has a planned total investment of approximately 10.3 billion yuan and covers an area of 978 mu. In the future, it will become Tsinghua University's only comprehensive advanced nuclear energy technology research base outside Beijing that integrates discipline development, talent cultivation, scientific and technological innovation, and industrial incubation. It is reported that the research base is planned to build five major sections: a nuclear-related test area, a general test area, a national laboratory, an office and teaching area, and a logistics support area, with a focus on establishing 9 high-level laboratories. Among them, the comprehensive research building has completed its main structure and entered interior decoration, and is planned to be fully completed and officially handed over to the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology of Tsinghua University for use by the end of November.

2026-10-31