[cdn-nucl-l] Second Heavy-water Reactor at Qinshan Nuclear Plant Goes on Stream

["Adam McLean" <adam.mclean@utoronto.ca>]

Posted in the People's Daily on June 12, 2003 and at:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200306/12/eng20030612_118119.shtml
Congrats to AECL!

Adam

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Second Heavy-water Reactor at Qinshan Nuclear Plant Goes on Stream 

The second heavy-water reactor generating unit at the Qinshan nuclear power
plant in east China's Zhejiang province went into operation on Thursday
morning and is expected to begin commercial power generation in July.  
 
The second heavy-water reactor generating unit at the Qinshan nuclear power
plant in east China's Zhejiang province went into operation on Thursday
morning and is expected to begin commercial power generation in July. 

The unit was successfully tested on Monday morning, and all technical
features met design requirements. 

Sources from the Qinshan Third-Phase Nuclear Power Plant Co. Ltd. said that
the construction and management of the complex had been successful. 

The system's design, manufacture, installation and debugging were complete,
which had laid a solid basis for power generation on Thursday. 

The third phase of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant located in Haiyan county,
the first commercial heavy-water nuclear reactor project with two steam
turbines, is also the largest project financed jointly by China and Canada. 

The generating units have a capacity of 728,000 kw each, with the reactors
being made in China with technology imported from Canada. The reactors, with
a lifespan of 40 years, are expected to produce about 10 billion kwh of
electricity each year after both generating units are operational. 

The first such generating unit has been safely operating at full capacity
since late December of 2002 when it began commercial power generation.