Updates

2021-05-25

First overseas Hualong One unit put into commercial operation

Unit 2 of the Karachi nuclear power plant (K-2) in Pakistan was officially put into commercial operation on May 20, local time.
2021-05-20

Xi, Putin witness launch of joint nuclear energy project, high-quality China-Russia cooperation boosted

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony of a bilateral nuclear energy cooperation project via video link.
2021-04-26

First of ITER’s Poloidal Field coils successfully inserted in the Tokamak pit

The PF6 coil of ITER was successfully inserted in the Tokamak pit in Cadarache, France, on April 21 local time.
2021-04-22

Hualong One unit in Pakistan successfully conducts cold functional test

Hualong One Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant (K-3) in Pakistan has successfully conducted a cold hydrostatic test of its primary circuit.
2021-04-19

First fuel loading starts at CNNC’s Tianwan unit 6

The loading of the first group of fuel assemblies into unit 6 at China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)’s Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in Lianyungang city, East China’s Jiangsu province, began on April 14.
2021-04-06

Construction starts on Hualong One units in Hainan

Construction began on two Hualong One units — units 3 and 4 at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in South China's Hainan province — on March 31.
2021-03-23

First overseas Hualong One nuclear unit connected to grid

The first overseas Hualong One (HPR1000) nuclear unit — Unit 2 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan — was successfully connected to the power network for the first time on March 18 local time.
2021-03-17

Tritium breeding test blanket project for ITER launched at CNNC

The first project of the Chinese Helium Cooled Ceramic Breeder Test Blanket System (HCCB TBS) for ITER was launched at the CNNC Southwestern Institute of Physics.
2021-03-13

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Joints Universities and Research Institutes to Conduct the Experiment on COVID-19 Virus Inactivation by Irradiation Technology

The relevant research results are of great significance for the disinfection treatment of the COVID-19 virus in imported cold-chain food and the prevention and control of the COVID-19 virus during the important international sports events.
2021-01-30

World's first Hualong One reactor put into commercial operation

Unit 5 of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, the world's first demonstration project to adopt China's indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology Hualong One, also known as HPR1000, was put into commercial operation.

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