[Development of the world's first commercial reactor carbon 14 targets started]China Nuclear Power News, on September 3, Qinshan Nuclear Power, Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, and China Nuclear North Nuclear Fuel Element Co., Ltd. held the first batch of commercial reactor carbon 14 target development and launch video conference. It is reported that the use of commercial reactor irradiation to produce carbon 14 technology development project is the world's first case, and has now entered the implementation stage. The convening of this meeting marked the entry of a new stage of the radiation production carbon-14 project jointly carried out by the three parties. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
On October 21, 2026, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Li Gao announced at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office that the national carbon emission trading market has been online for more than five years, and has built the world's largest carbon emission trading market. Currently, the controlled carbon dioxide emissions are about 8.3 billion tons, accounting for more than 65% of the total national carbon dioxide emissions. Recently, the cumulative trading volume of quotas has exceeded 1 billion tons. Editor/Cheng Liting
In September 2026, the total electricity consumption of the society reached 899.7 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%. From January to September, the total electricity consumption of the whole society reached 807.34 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. Editor/Cheng Liting