The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant , the Shanghai |
Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute ( SNERDI ) has announced . It marks the official start of construction of the |
first of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase II of the site in China ’ s Shandong province . The construction of two new reactors at each of the Sanmen , Haiyang , and Lufeng nuclear power plant sites was approved by China ’ s State Council on 20 April this year . The approvals were for Sanmen units 3 and 4 , Haiyang 3 and 4 , and units 5 and 6 of the Lufeng plant . The Sanmen and Haiyang plants are already home to two Westinghouse AP1000 units each , and two CAP1000 units - the Chinese version of the AP1000 - were approved for Phase II ( units 3 and 4 ) of each plant . In May , China National Nuclear |
Corporation ( CNNC ) signed contracts for the civil construction of the nuclear islands and installation engineering for the planned second phases of the Sanmen and Haiyang nuclear power plants . China Nuclear Industry 22 Construction Company was contracted to carry out the civil construction of the Sanmen Phase II nuclear island , while China Nuclear Industry 24 Construction Company will conduct the civil construction of the Haiyang Phase II nuclear island . Meanwhile , China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Company ( CNI5 ) has been contracted to undertake the nuclear island installation work at all four units . |