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Construction will start at China's first AP1000 reactor at Sanmen in March, according to the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC). It will be the first of four of the third-generation units at two sites in Zhejiang and Shandong provinces. Construction at Haiyang is due to start later in the year
The Sanmen-1 unit is expected on line in August 2013 and will be the world's first Westinghouse AP1000 in service. SNPTC says site works are on schedule and it has received 2.2 tonnes of technical documentation from Westinghouse. SNPTC was set up in 2004 to take charge of technology selection for new plants being bid from overseas. It is directly under China's State Council and closely connected with it. The two plants will be built and run by subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Corporation for Sanmen and of China Power Investment Corporation for Haiyang. In April 2007 Westinghouse signed a US$350 million contract with Doosan Heavy Industries in Korea for two pressure vessels and four steam generators for two AP1000 units. Those for the other two are likely to be made in China - the reactor vessels and steam generators by Harbin Boiler Works, First Heavy Machinery Works, or Shanghai Electric Co. Korea Power Engineering Co and Shanghai Nuclear Energy Research & Design Institute will have major engineering roles. News sourced from Australian Uranium Association Weekly News Digest |
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