China's State Council has approved five nuclear power projects - Fangchenggang Phase III, Haiyang Phase III, Sanmen Phase III, Taishan Phase II and Xiapu Phase I - with a total of 10 reactors, including eight Hualong One units.
A ceremony has been held to mark the final official acceptance of unit 3 at the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan's Sindh province. Constructed by China National Nuclear Corporation, it is the second Chinese-supplied Hualong One reactor at the site.
The first of four main pumps has been installed at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project, under construction at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.
The bottom head of the containment vessel of unit 1 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant has been installed on the central raft foundation of the unit's nuclear island, China Nuclear Construction Corporation 22 announced.
Cold hydrostatic testing has been completed at unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China's Hainan province, Huaneng Hainan Changjiang Nuclear Power has announced. The tests mark the first time the reactor systems are operated together with the auxiliary systems.
Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 2 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province. The unit is the second of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site.
The first of four main pumps for China's ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project has passed factory acceptance tests and been shipped to the construction site at the Changjiang on the island province of Hainan.
A financing kick-off meeting has been held for the first phase of the Xuwei nuclear power project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The plant will supply both industrial heating and electricity by coupling a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with two pressurised water reactors.
Unit 2 of Phase II of the Qinshan nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has been reconnected to the grid following a refuelling and maintenance outage during which the unit's net electrical power has been increased by 33 MW.
The outer steel dome of the nuclear island containment building of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been hoisted into place.