China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a contract with China Nuclear Power Engineering and China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction for the civil construction of the third phase of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in the Jiangsu province of China. CNNC had announced in January 2016 that the start of the construction of the 1,080 MW Tianwan-5 unit had been approved.
Two 1,080 MW ACPR1000 reactors will be built at the Tianwan nuclear power plant as part of the Phase III of the project. The Tianwan plant already has two 990 MW reactors commissioned in 2006 and 2007 and two 990 MW units currently under construction and expected in late 2016 and 2017, respectively.
The units 5 and 6 of the Tianwan plant will be 50% owned by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), 30% by China Power Investment and 20% by Jiangsu Guoxin Asset Management Group. Construction has already started but was suspended after the Fukushima accident in March 2011. Unit 5 is expected to enter commercial operation in December 2020 and unit 6 in October 2021.
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