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The successful completion of cold functional testing of Xudabao Nuclear Power Plant’s unit 3 means it can move from the installation phase to the commissioning phase. (Image: CNNC) China National ...

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab, has tested chipmaking tools this year from a toolmaker with deep roots in China and two overseas units that were ...

NOTE: This article was published yesterday (30/10/2025), but due to some technical issues it went offline. Microsoft has officially added Python 3.14 to Azure App Service for Linux. Developers can now ...

“The only countries that will really learn more if [U.S. nuclear] testing resumes are Russia and, to a much greater extent, China,” says Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on the geopolitics of nuclear weaponry ...

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Cold functional tests have been completed at unit 2 of the San'ao nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, China General Nuclear has announced. The unit is the second of six HPR1000s (Hualong ...