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2017-01-10
CNNC and CEEC jointly expand global businesses
On Jan 6, Wang Shoujun, chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and secretary of its Party committee, met with Wang Jianping, chairman of China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) and secretary of the company’s Party committee, during which they exchanged views on further collaborations.
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2017-01-10
CNNC and AREVA host strategic seminar in Beijing
On Jan 5, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in conjunction with the French nuclear group AREVA hosted a seminar aiming to deepen strategic partnership and further enhance future collaborations.
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2016-12-16
Qian Zhimin meets with Brazil Eletrobras’s CEO Bruno Barretto
On Dec 15, Qian Zhimin, president of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), met with Bruno Barretto—CEO of Brazil’s Centrais Electricas Brasileiras S.A. (shortly for Eletrobras), during which they exchanged views on the Sino-Brazil nuclear power collaborations and achieved crucial consensus finally.
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2016-12-13
CNNC makes a breakthrough in ITER core tech
The super thermal load first wall prototype, a core assembly in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, was independently researched and manufactured by the Southwestern Institute of Physics attached to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and has recently passed the authentication of international institutes with ingenuity.
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2016-12-09
CNNC-built nuclear unit passes operation test in Pakistan
Unit 3 of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (C-3), the third exported nuclear power plant from the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) along the Belt and Road trade route, passed a reliable demonstrative operation test lasting 100 hours and accomplished the provisional acceptance rating at 3:30 pm on Dec 6 (Beijing Time).
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2016-12-08
CNNC advances post-treatment process to reduce nuclear radwaste
Recently, the advanced post-treatment process and thermal experiment project researched by the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) attached to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), passed an evaluation of scientific and technical achievements organized by China’s State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND).
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2016-12-02
CNNC develops world’s first HPR1000 steam generator
On Nov 25, the world’s first steam generator of the HPR1000 demonstrative project—Unit 5 of Fuqing nuclear power plant successfully accomplished the ex-factory hydraulic pressure test, marking success in research and development of the steam generator.
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2016-12-02
CNNC accomplishes a new generation intl advanced fuel element: zirconium alloy cladding material
Recently, the new generation N45 zirconium alloy (200-kilogram-level) cladding material researched by the Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC) of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) passed the evaluation of experts from the China Nuclear Fuel Corporation (CNFC), Chongqing University and other institutes, which will provide the cladding material for the research and development on the CF4 advanced fuel elements.
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2016-11-23
CNNC’s safety-level DCS platform passes IAEA’s IERICS
The NicSys 8000N, a platform of the safety-level Digital Control System (DCS) developed by the China Nuclear Control Systems Engineering Company, subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), passed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Independent Engineering Review of I&C Systems (IERICS) recently.
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2016-11-18
CNNC’s prototype LEU-MNSR project wins international award
Recently, the 37th Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) 2016 International Meeting, jointly hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United States Department of Energy, convened in Antwerp, Belgium.