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Fuel loading begins at Changjiang 3
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (316+ words) World Nuclear News The first of 177 nuclear fuel assemblies was loaded into the reactor on 30 April, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced "This marks the official entry of unit 3 of the Hainan Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant into the nuclear commissioning…...
Cold tests completed for Lufeng 5
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (262+ words) World Nuclear News Cold testing is a key moment for a nuclear power unit as it moves from the installation phase to the commissioning phase Such tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety are…...
First Taipingling unit enters commercial operation
1+ week, 4+ day ago (224+ words) On 19 April, the 1116 MWe (net) domestically-designed pressurised water reactor completed a series of commissioning tests, including a test run lasting 168 hours, China General Nuclear (CGN) said. The Taipingling plant will eventually have six Hualong One reactors, with a total investment…...
First unit at China's Taipingling plant starts up
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (200+ words) On 1 February, workers at the unit were given permission by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to start up the 1116 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor and work began to bring the reactor to first criticality. This was achieved on 3 February....
First unit at San'ao enters commercial operation
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (371+ words) The 1116 MWe (net) domestically-designed pressurised water reactor "completed all commissioning works on 29 April 2026, and is qualified for commercial operation", China General Nuclear (CGN) said in a notice to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These included a series of commissioning tests,…...
Zhangzhou 3's steam generators lifted into place
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (206+ words) China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued construction licences for Zhangzhou units 1 and 2 on 9 October 2019 to CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company, the owner of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project, which was created by CNNC (51%) and China Guodian Corporation (49%) in 2011. Construction of…...
Inner dome installed at Zhangzhou 3
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (229+ words) The Hualong One reactor design features a double-layered containment building, the main function of which is to ensure the integrity and leak tightness of the reactor building, and it plays a key role in the containment of radioactive substances. Following…...
Reactor vessel installed at third Zhangzhou unit
1+ week, 1+ day ago (202+ words) The vessel - weighing about 316 tonnes - is the high strength steel cylinder that will house the reactor core and all associated components, including the reactor vessel internals which support and stabilise the core within the reactor vessel, as well as providing…...
Zeeland study looks at potential for SMRs
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (259+ words) The SMR Zeeland 2050 study was carried out by Tractebel and Haskoning in collaboration with Impuls Zeeland and Smart Delta Resources. The'report was commissioned because the region, home to one of the largest industrial clusters in the Netherlands, sees small modular…...
Outer dome installed at Changjiang unit 4
2+ week, 2+ day ago (208+ words) The dome - measuring 52 metres in diameter, 12 metres in height and weighing about 415 tonnes - was hoisted into place on top of the containment building using a 4, 000-tonne crawler crane on 13 April. The process of raising the outer dome into position took…...