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Hot testing starts of second CGN Hualong One unit

Hot testing starts of second CGN Hualong One unit

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have begun at unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region. The unit is the second of two demonstration China General Nuclear-designed Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site.

New Nuclear 26 September 2023

Landmark module installation at Sanmen 4

Landmark module installation at Sanmen 4

The CA01 'super module' has been installed at unit 4 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, marking a construction landmark for the CAP1000 reactor.

New Nuclear 08 September 2023

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Containment vessel takes shape at Sanmen 4

Containment vessel takes shape at Sanmen 4

The CV1R module - the largest and heaviest module among the six major components of the steel containment vessel - has been hoisted into place at unit 4 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province.

New Nuclear 05 September 2023

Construction of Lufeng unit 6 begins

Construction of Lufeng unit 6 begins

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of the unit 6 HPR1000 (Hualong One) at the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is the second HPR1000 under construction at the site, where four CAP1000s are also planned.

New Nuclear 29 August 2023

Core module installed at Chinese SMR

Core module installed at Chinese SMR

The core module has been installed within the reactor building of the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.

New Nuclear 10 August 2023

Reactor vessel arrives for Tianwan 7

Reactor vessel arrives for Tianwan 7

The reactor vessel for unit 7 of Tianwan nuclear power plant in Jiangsu province, China, has arrived at the site after a two month journey by sea from Russia.

New Nuclear 04 August 2023

Pakistan formalises Chashma 5 approval

Pakistan formalises Chashma 5 approval

Pakistan's Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has formally given its approval to the project to build unit 5 of the Chashma nuclear power plant, two weeks after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took part in a ground-breaking ceremony for the reactor.

New Nuclear 01 August 2023

Six reactors approved for construction in China

Six reactors approved for construction in China

China's State Council has approved the construction of six nuclear power units: units 5 and 6 of the Ningde plant in Fujian Province; units 1 and 2 of the Shidaowan plant in Shandong Province; and units 1 and 2 of the Xudabao plant in Liaoning Province.

New Nuclear 01 August 2023

Dome hoisted into place on Xudapu 3

Dome hoisted into place on Xudapu 3

The dome has been hoisted into place on the reactor building of Xudapu unit 3 in a single stage process, six months ahead of schedule, with China National Nuclear Corporation describing the project as "a model of global energy cooperation".

New Nuclear 26 July 2023

Major module installed at Haiyang 4

Major module installed at Haiyang 4

The largest and heaviest module - the CA20 - has been installed at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute has announced.

New Nuclear 20 July 2023