EDF (Électricité de France) will reduce the output of the Blayer 1 reactor from 910 megawatts to 10 megawatts.

[my country's "Taiji Program" Achieves Key Breakthrough, Taking Another Step Forward in Space Gravitational Wave Detection] On May 9th, it was learned from the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, that my country's "Taiji Program" for space gravitational wave detection has made significant progress. The research team has successfully developed a fully functional interferometer optical platform, which has passed rigorous ground testing, marking another important step forward for my country in its space-based gravitational wave detection efforts. The "Taiji Program" is a space-based gravitational wave detection scheme independently proposed by my country. It plans to use three satellites to precisely measure gravitational waves using lasers at a distance of 3 million kilometers, a highly challenging undertaking. Previously, my country successfully launched the "Taiji-1" satellite, verifying the core technologies. According to reports, the newly developed optical platform adopts an innovative layout design, effectively reducing the interference of temperature changes on the measurement, achieving a measurement accuracy at the picometer level, equivalent to sensing a change as small as one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. Testing showed a significant reduction in equipment noise level and a tenfold improvement in measurement stability, with key indicators fully meeting the requirements for space detection. This achievement makes it possible for gravitational wave detection equipment to move from laboratory prototypes to engineering applications. (Xinhua News Agency)

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that on May 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates. They agreed to maintain contact and work to coordinate the positions of all parties in order to achieve a long-term and sustainable solution to the Persian Gulf crisis.