Russian state firm Rosatom has started hot testing at the third unit of the Tianwan nuclear power project in China. The company expects to complete the hot run activities by the end of June 2017 and to start loading fuel into the reactor after receiving the operation license from regulatory authority of China.
The Tianwan nuclear power plant is operated by the Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation, a joint venture between China National Nuclear Corporation (50%), China Power Investment Corporation (30%) and Jiangsu Guoxin Group (20%). It consists of two 990 MW (1,060 MW gross) pressurised-water reactors (PWRs) commissioned in 2006 and 2007 and of two similar units that are currently under construction on the site. Construction started in December 2012 for the third unit and in September 2014 for the fourth unit. Tianwan 3 and 4 will be AES-91 VVER-1000 units designed by Gidropress and supplied by Russian state firm Rosatom. Tianwan-3 is expected to be commissioned in 2017.
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