CNNC Completes Erection of All Main Equipment for Unit 1 of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--After the successful erection of the pressure stabilizer onto its final position for Unit 1 of China National Nuclear Corporation's (CNNC) (Beijing) Fuqing nuclear power project on July 25, 2012, CNNC had completed the erection of all main equipment for Unit 1. CNNC has completed the NK-06 critical milestone for the unit 16 days ahead of schedule, CNNC announced on July 27.

The pressure stabilizer designed for Unit 1 of the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant is a cylinder-shaped pressure vessel made by Dongfang Electric (Guangzhou) Heavy Machineries Company Limited, a subsidiary of Dongfang Electric Corporation (Chengdu, Sichuan). The pressure stabilizer has a main body height of 12.846 meters, a diameter of 2.54 meters, and a total lifting weight of about 85 metric tons. It is a key device for controlling the pressure fluctuation in the M310 reactor, which will be connected to the main pipeline in the primary circuit via surge line at its bottom.

The Fuqing nuclear power station is located at Qianxue Village, Sanshan Town of Fuqing City, on the coast of central Fujian province. The project has a total planned capacity of 6,000 megawatts, and the total investment for the project is about $14 billion. The project will be built in phases, and it has been adopted with improved second-generation pressurized water reactor technology. Construction of Phase 1 of the project kicked off in eastern China's Fujian province on November 21, 2008. Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Company Limited (Fuqing, Fujian), a subsidiary of the CNNC, is responsible for the development and the future operations of the project. China Nuclear Power Engineering Company Limited (Beijing), another subsidiary of CNNC, served as the general contractor for the construction of the project.

According to the schedule, unit 1 and unit 2 of the project will begin operation in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

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