China General Nuclear’s indigenous Generation III HPR1000 nuclear plant design has been formally certified as compliant by the European Utility Requirements (EUR) organisation.
CGN said the certification of the HPR1000, also known as the Hualong One, shows the design meets the latest European nuclear power requirements.
EUR said in a statement that the EU HPR1000 design had passed all the steps of the compliance analysis.
The assessment project was launched in August 2017 and involved the designer (CGN) and EUR members CEZ, EDF, Fortum, Energoatom, GEN Energija, NRG, Paks II, Preussen Elektra, Rosenergoatom and Tractebel.
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