Nuclear Energy

another very important breakthrough..

China’s Energy Singularity Makes Fusion Energy Breakthrough

Energy Singularity announced that the Chinese nuclear fusion energy startup has made a significant breakthrough in the field of high-temperature superconducting magnets and set a magnetic field record in the process.

The Shanghai-based company said today that its state-of-the-art large-bore high-field magnet, named Jingtian, has successfully completed its first experiment, generating an unprecedented 21.7 tesla magnetic field. That set a new record for large-bore D-shaped HTS magnets.

The previous record of 20.1 tesla, set in 2021, was achieved by the SPARC TFMC magnet jointly developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and US fusion energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

Linglong 1 SMR coolant pump shipped

Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, April 8 (by reporter Wu Jianfeng) -- At 6:16 a.m. on April 8, the hot functional testing for Unit 2 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant under CNNC's Hualong One batch construction project was successfully completed, laying a solid foundation for subsequent nuclear fuel loading and grid-connected power generation.

The hot functional testing involves comprehensive trials conducted through main pump operation and pressurizer electric heater activation to elevate temperature and pressure within the reactor coolant system. These tests, executed across specific experimental platforms during simulated operational conditions, verify the performance of nuclear island and conventional island equipment systems under thermal operation.

As the inaugural site for Hualong One's batch construction and currently the world's largest Hualong One nuclear power base, the Zhangzhou project plans to construct six Hualong One nuclear power units. Unit 1 has already commenced commercial operation, while Unit 2 is scheduled to achieve commercial operation in the fourth quarter of this year. Construction of Units 3 and 4 commenced in 2024, with preparatory work for Units 5 and 6 progressing in an orderly manner.