Sanmen nuclear reactor to start in 2013, says SNPTC
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Construction of the third-generation reactors has boosted the development of the equipment-manufacturing sector, he said.
Besides the imports of the US technology, State-owned SNPTC has also started the localization work of the advanced technology. The company and China Huaneng Group recently inaugurated a joint venture to build and operate a demonstration project, which uses a technology called CAP1400.
The project is located in Weihai, Shandong province. The CAP1400 technology is based on the AP1000 technology.
Construction of the project is expected to start in April 2013. It is scheduled to start operations by 2017.
After the CAP1400 project, work on another CAP1700 project, which uses similar technology but with larger capacity of 1,700 mW, will also begin, according to SNPTC.
"Development of the third-generation reactors, which are much safer and with longer life spans fits well with China's efforts to build an environmentally friendly economy. Localization of the technology will greatly improve the competitiveness of China's nuclear power industry," said Tang Zide, a researcher with SNPTC.
China is building six third-generation nuclear power reactors in the country. Besides the four using the AP1000 technology, work on two rectors using the EPR technology developed by France-based Areva has started.
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