[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 September 13, 2026, the first unit of the Xinjiang Dashixia Water Conservancy Hub Project, invested and constructed by China Energy Engineering Gezhouba Group, successfully passed a 72 hour trial operation and was officially put into operation for power generation. As one of the 172 major water conservancy projects designated by the State Council for water-saving and water supply, the Dashixia Water Conservancy Hub Project in Xinjiang broke the world record for concrete faced gravel dams with a maximum dam height of 247 meters. The power station is equipped with three mixed flow water turbine generators with a single capacity of 250000 kilowatts, with a total installed capacity of 750000 kilowatts. Editor/Cheng Liting
According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on September 15, 2026, China's lithium-ion battery industry will continue to grow in the first half of 2026. According to relevant calculations, the total production of lithium batteries in China exceeded 1240GWh in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 44%. Editor/Cheng Liting