KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) -- Westinghouse Electric Company has received fuel load permit from China´s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) for world´s first unit of AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China.
Westinghouse won the bid for China´s generation III+ nuclear power projects to build two units of AP1000 reactors in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province and two units in Haiyang, Shandong Province in 2007. Westinghouse´s president, Asia Region, Gavin Liu said Westinghouse is proud to be a partner in China´s forward-looking nuclear energy program, an effort that will provide clean-air electricity to power China´s economy. The China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) are also the companies receiving the permit. Initial fuel loading has commenced, a statement said. The plant, Sanmen Unit 1 has successfully completed all the necessary functional tests as well as technical, safety and Chinese regulatory reviews. The fuel load process will be followed by initial criticality, initial synchronisation to the electrical grid, and conservative, step by step, power ascension testing, until all testing is safely and successfully completed at 100 per cent power. "Through technology transfer, localization and infrastructure development, Westinghouse continues to collaborate with our Chinese partners and supports the development of China´s nuclear power industry, " Liu added. "This is the next major step in delivering the world´s first AP1000 plant to our customer and demonstrating the benefits of our advanced passive safety technology to the world, " said Westinghouse president and chief executive officer, Jose Emeterio Guti?ez. --BERNAMA
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