A third-generation nuclear power unit of a China-France joint1 venture in south China's Guangdong Province has completed all the testing operations and is ready for commercial use.
一座中法合资的第三代核电设备已经完成所有的测试作业,可以立即投入商用。
The largest Sino-French project in the energy field, the Taishan nuclear power plant uses the European Pressurized
Reactor2 (EPR) for its No.1 and No. 2 power units.
As the world's first third-generation EPR nuclear power unit, the No. 1 unit can be put into commercial operation after the plant gets the necessary electric power business
licenses3. The power plant is run by a joint venture set up by CGNPC, French energy supplier Electricite de France (EDF), and Guangdong Yudean Group. The power plant began construction of the reactor for the No.1 power unit in 2009 and another reactor for the No.2 power unit in 2010.
The No. 1 power unit was linked to the
grid4 on June 29. The EPR technology used in the Taishan
reactors5 is third-generation nuclear power technology
jointly6 developed by EDF and Framatome.