Hungary and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in education and research and development in the nuclear power sector. Hungary's national development minister Miklós Seszták and the head of China's National Energy Administration Nur Bekri signed the agreement in Budapest on 26 May.
The first of two steam generators has been installed at the second AP1000 unit under construction at Haiyang in China's Shandong province.
Construction of the second AP1000 unit at Sanmen in China's Zhejiang province reached a milestone yesterday with the installation of the top of the containment vessel.
A number of agreements were signed yesterday between Chinese and French nuclear energy companies aimed at strengthening their cooperation in the nuclear fuel cycle and power reactors.
Both steam generators have now been installed within the containment building of the second Westinghouse AP1000 unit under construction at the Sanmen plant in China's Zhejiang province.
Unit 3 of the Ningde plant in China's Fujian province has become China's 25th nuclear power reactor to enter commercial operation.
The installation of the dome upon the containment building of unit 5 at China's Yangjiang nuclear power plant marks the end of major civil engineering works at the unit.
Unit 2 of China General Nuclear's Yangjiang nuclear power plant in Guangdong province has entered commercial operation.
The main control room of the first Westinghouse AP1000 unit at Haiyang in China's Shandong province has been declared operational. The unit is expected to begin operating by the end of this year.
The construction of nuclear power plants and development of the nuclear industry in China's Sichuan province will be promoted under a strategic cooperation framework agreement signed between China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the provincial government.
China will train nuclear personnel from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries under an agreement signed yesterday between the ASEAN Centre for Energy and China General Nuclear (CGN).