After the UK, France and Japan, Rosatom enters in the closed club of the nuclear fuel reprocessing. In 2014, the Mayak Production Association in Ozersk made public the operation of the pilot reprocessing plant of spent uranium-beryllium fuel from the submarines class Alfa (Project 705 / 705K). Rosatom’s strategy was to test the fuel of …
Recently Chinese top officials visited Iran to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with Iranian counterpart. The Chinese delegation went to Arak heavy water reactor which is also known as IR-40, the reactor is a 40 megawatt (thermal) heavy water unit. Mr. Sun Qin, Head of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), along with other member of China …
Pakistan’s fourth nuclear power plant, Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 (C-3) which is located near Mianwali started to supply electricity to the national grid on 17th October 2016 on trial basis. Chashma Nuclear Power plant Unit 3 is a Chinese CNP 300 Pressurized Water Reactor, designed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and built by China Zhongyuan …
Recently Mr. Cao Shudong, the deputy general manager of China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) planned a specific visit to Harbin Engineering University. Representing CNNC, Mr. Cao signed a framework agreement for the training of the nuclear professional talents with Harbin Engineering University. Mr. Cao said that CNNC would take the opportunity of this talent …
An agreement in principle to form a new joint venture to develop, market and construct the Advanced Fuel Candu Reactor (*AFCR) has been signed by Canada’s SNC-Lavalin, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and Shanghai Electric. The agreement follows the signing of a framework agreement in November 2014 between CNNC and SNC-Lavalin’s Candu Energy. The …
In a recent meeting in London at the World Nuclear Association Mr. Zheng Mingguang, Vice President of State Nuclear Power Company (SNPTC, a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corp), announced that in the following five years China plans to build around 30 new nuclear reactors and probably more after these five years: “China’s three nuclear …
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In 2015, James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) and CNNC joined expanded together in the decommissioning and waste treatment market and signed a first memorandum of understanding. The first target of this consortium, last November, was the tender for the shielding gate project in Sellafield. Then, in May 2016, JFN successfully won the bid for British reactor …
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CNNC Nuclear Fuel Co. and China Nuclear Energy Association Computerization Special Committee inaugurated recently a seminar “Application of 3D Printing Technology in the nuclear industry”. This exchange invited 3D experts, R&D scientists from CNNC and CGN and domestic manufacturers. Participants shared principles, application requirements and references of 3D printing technology in R&D, design, processing and …
The Chinese civil nuclear industry since its existence in the mid nineties was focused in the power plants. The radiation test and monitoring systems fall far behind the western competitors. To catch up with the international trends in the nuclear market, China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) invested in the Radiation Safety Supervision R&D Base and …
The Minister of Energy Khaled al-Faleh, met recently a delegation of China National Nuclear Company (CNNC), one of the leading state owned nuclear group. China is craving to export any kind of nuclear related technology and prove to the world that its industry and engineering can compete with Korea, Japan and Russia. The Chinese company …
