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IAEA strengthens cooperation with China

IAEA strengthens cooperation with China

Several agreements were signed between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Chinese entities during the opening day of IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi's first official visit to China since taking office in 2019.

Corporate 23 May 2023

Tianwan 7 gets lower tier of inner containment dome

Tianwan 7 gets lower tier of inner containment dome

The 44-metre diameter lower tier of the inner containment dome, weighing 391 tonnes, has been lifted into position on the seventh unit of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China.

New Nuclear 19 May 2023

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CNNC launches test platform to extract uranium from seawater

CNNC launches test platform to extract uranium from seawater

China National Nuclear Corporation has commissioned a seawater uranium extraction test platform, said to be the largest such test platform to be built in the South China Sea.

Uranium & Fuel 18 May 2023

TVEL delivers new equipment for Chinese VVER-1000 fuel production

TVEL delivers new equipment for Chinese VVER-1000 fuel production

The modernised ultrasonic unit supplied by TVEL is for fabrication at the Yibin plant, in China's Sichuan province, of Russian-designed TVS-2M nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors.

Uranium & Fuel 17 May 2023

Xudabao 3 vessel passes hydrostatic tests

Xudabao 3 vessel passes hydrostatic tests

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province has successfully completed hydrostatic testing in Russia. The two VVER-1200 reactors that form phase two of the plant - units 3 and 4 - are scheduled to be commissioned in 2027-2028.

New Nuclear 12 May 2023

Major module put in place at Sanmen 4

Major module put in place at Sanmen 4

The largest and heaviest module has been installed at unit 4 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute has announced. Two CAP1000 units - the Chinese version of the AP1000 - are being constructed as Phase II of the plant, in China's Zhejiang province.

New Nuclear 05 May 2023

Construction begins of fourth Haiyang unit

Construction begins of fourth Haiyang unit

First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province. It marks the official start of construction of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase II of the plant.

New Nuclear 25 April 2023

Key equipment shipped together to India and China

Key equipment shipped together to India and China

Russia's Rosatom says two reactor vessels and eight steam generators are being shipped to Kudankulam unit 5 in India and Tianwan unit 7 in China, calling it the first time two sets of such equipment have been shipped at the same time from one production site.

New Nuclear 25 April 2023

Chinese and German milestones in fusion research

Chinese and German milestones in fusion research

A Chinese tokamak device has set a new world record for a steady-state high-constraint mode plasma operation and German researchers have discovered a way to build smaller and cheaper fusion reactors. Meanwhile a US Government Accountability Office report on achieving commercial fusion cautions that several challenges must still be overcome.

New Nuclear 13 April 2023

China, France expand nuclear cooperation

China, France expand nuclear cooperation

Cooperation agreements in the field of nuclear energy have been signed between China and France during a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing. The latest agreements between China General Nuclear, China National Nuclear Corporation and EDF build on 40 years of previous cooperation between the two countries.

Nuclear Policies 11 April 2023