Chinese Nuclear Reactor Is Set to Enter Service
David Wagman | December 18, 2018Unit 1 of the Taishan nuclear power plant in the Chinese province of Guangdong completed a full-power demonstration run in mid-December and is ready to begin commercial service, according to China General Nuclear.
It becomes the first evolutionary power reactor (EPR) to reach the milestone. The news was reported by World Nuclear News.
Taishan Units 1 and 2 in Guangdong province. Source: CNGTaishan 1 and 2 are both rated at 1,750 megawatts of generating capacity and are the first two reactors based on the EPR design to be built in China. The EPR is a third-generation pressurized water reactor (PWR) design developed mainly by Framatome (part of Areva between 2001 and 2017) and Électricité de France (EDF) in France, with Siemens in Germany.
The two Chinese reactors form part of a $9 billion contract signed by Areva and CGN in November 2007. Unit 1 of the power plant started construction in 2009, followed by unit 2 in 2010.
The units were intended to enter service around 2013. Work was delayed in part by faulty welds that led to a cracked boiler.
The two units are the third and fourth EPR units under construction globally, after the Olkiluoto 3 project in Finland and the Flamanville 3 project in France. Both the Finnish and the French reactors remain under construction and are both years behind schedule and well over budget.
Olkiluoto 3 has completed hot functional tests and is preparing to load fuel. It could enter service in 2020. Fuel loading at the Flamanville EPR is scheduled to begin by the end of 2018.
Sounds like a nightmare in progress ! already cracks all over !!! not a good sign !
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That's why people who make things do testing...to catch that sort of thing. If you have information that they left the cracked boilers in that condition, please give a link.
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Besides having quality control "Thank Goodness " Their Quality Always Seems to be inferior ! and Like Japan Shouldn't be Mucking about with such technology ! Helium 3 seems to be the only Safe answer to this Fiasco and don't be Fooled The Gov. know all about Helium 3 ! and were to mine it !