Unit three of China's Tianwan nuclear power plant (NPP) in the Jiangsu province passed 100-hour guarantee testing on Wednesday, the Russian nuclear company Rosatom announced on Thursday.
According to the company, the powering up of the reactor, which occurred at the end of 2017, has passed dynamic testing at different power levels, and has currently completed 100-hours of testing at the maximum power level without being shutdown.
'The third power unit has passed the continuous operation demonstration tests at a rated load during 100 hours. The provisional takeover - a starting point of a 2-year guarantee operation of the unit is to come,” Aleksey Bannik, director for projects in China for the Atomstroyexport group of companies or (ASE Group) - the Russian Federation's nuclear power equipment and service exporter.
Works on the fourth unit of the Tianwan NPP construction are underway, and its commissioning is scheduled for 2018, according to the statement.
'For the fourth power unit there is ongoing preparations for one of the key stages - the unit's hot run is to occur in spring. At the moment, installation and start-up and adjustment works are in full swing,' said Valery Kedrov, deputy director for Tianwan NPP of JSC Atomproekt Design Institute.
The start-up of the power units one and two of the plant took place in 2007.
The NPP generated more than 15 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity after the start-up of power units one and two.
Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) jointly with Russia's ASE Group are undertaking the construction of the Tianwan NPP.
By Huseyin Erdogan
Anadolu Agency
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