Vessel installed at Fangchenggang 2
The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at the second unit of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi province. The unit is scheduled to begin operating in 2016.The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at the second unit of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi province.
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| The reactor vessel is lowered into place at Fangchenggang 2 (Image: CNEC) |
Plant constructor China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNECC) announced that the vessel was successfully located on its support ring within the containment building at 3:00pm on 25 September.
Fangchenggang is located near Hongsha village in the Guangxi Autonomous Region, about 45 kilometres from the border with Vietnam. A total of six reactors are planned to operate there. Units 1 and 2 are CPR-1000s, units 3 and 4 are planned to be the evolutionary ACPR-1000 development, and units 5 and 6 are to be AP1000s. All of these are models of large pressurized water reactor.
Units 1 and 2 are slated to begin operation in 2015 and 2016. The plant is 39% owned by Guangxi Investment Group and 61% owned by China General Nuclear (CGN).
The cost of constructing Phase I is RMB 25 billion ($4.1 billion). Some 87% of the equipment to be used in the Phase I units is expected to be sourced from Chinese suppliers.
Researched and written
by World Nuclear News
