On January 9, 2026, a delegation led by Professor LEE Poh Seng from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) visited the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) at Tsinghua University for a one-day academic exchange. The visit aimed to enhance mutual understanding in the field of advanced nuclear energy technology and to explore potent...

From 4 to 6 Nov. 2025, the CNS Research Reactors and New Reactors Branch (CNS RRNR) and MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety (MOE KLARES) successfully concluded the 2025 joint annual meeting in Chengdu. The event brought together more than 200 experts from over 60 institutions worldwide. INET organized this joint meeting, acting as the primary supporting institution for...

The first Symposium on Fire Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants took place from September 11-12 2025, at the Beijing Xijiao Hotel. it was initiated and hosted by the Division of Nuclear Safety and Environment of the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET), Tsinghua University, in collaboration with the School of Safety Science of Tsinghua University, and the School of Emergenc...

The inaugural Tsinghua University High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) Summer School took place successfully in Beijing from 2 to 13 June 2025. This pioneering program marked Tsinghua's first specialized summer school dedicated to HTGR technology hosted by the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) .28 technical lectures were delivered during the summer school, covering 10 ...

On December 18, 2024, the Top Ten Global Engineering Achievements for the year 2024 was released. Among the distinguished achievements is the demonstration project for Pebble-bed Modular High-Temperature gas-cooled-Reactor nuclear power plant (HTR-PM Demo), of which Prof. Zhang Zuoyi of INET, Tsinghua University is the chief scientist. The selection of Global Top 10 Engineering Achievements was...

On October 17, the Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy of Tsinghua University, also known as the 3E Institute, hosted a workshop on “Potential roles of SMRs in decarbonizing China’s power and heating sectors”. This workshop is sponsored by the China Carbon Neutrality Initiative (CCNI) under one of its research projects (hereinafter referred to as the CCNI SMR Project). As the CCNI G...