The bridge of the polar crane for unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has been raised into position near the top of the reactor building. Once the lifting mechanism has been installed on this, the dome of the reactor building can be put in place.
Trial production of vitrified waste at one of the two melting furnaces at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant has been successfully completed, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. announced.
Westinghouse and Chinese company State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company are to work together to provide instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for China's future AP1000 nuclear power plants.
The construction of the world's first AP1000 unit reached a major milestone today with the installation of the top of the containment vessel at unit 1 of China's Sanmen nuclear power plant.
Unit 1 of the Hongyanhe plant in Liaoning province in northeast China has moved closer to commissioning by achieving a sustained chain reaction. All four units at Phase I of the plant are scheduled to be completed by the end of next year.