Sanmen nuclear reactor to start in 2013, says SNPTC
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State Nuclear Power Technology Corp (SNPTC), a major nuclear power developer in China, said yesterday its first third-generation nuclear power reactor is expected to start operations in August 2013, marking the first use of the technology in the country.
Following the completion of the first reactor, located in the Sanmen nuclear power project in Zhejiang province, the company's other three reactors will start generating power by 2013 and 2014, said Wang Binghua, chairman of SNPTC.
The four reactors, which use the AP1000 technology from the US-based Westinghouse, each has capacity of 1,250 mW. SNPTC signed an agreement with the Westinghouse-led consortium for the use of the technology to build four reactors, a pair in Sanmen in Zhejiang and another two in Haiyang in Shandong.
Among the four reactors, construction of three reactors began last year.
SNPTC, which is responsible for the import and localization of the third-generation nuclear power technology, is also preparing for the construction of China's first three inland nuclear power projects in Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.
The three projects will also use the AP1000 technology. They will meet the requirements for starting construction this year, said Wang.
"Work on our third-generation reactors is going on smoothly. It will certainly upgrade the technology of the domestic nuclear power industry," said Wang.
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