The Hongyanhe-5 nuclear power plant in China’s northeastern Liaoning province begun commercial operation after a trial operation period of 168 hours ended at 21:32 local time on 31 July, state-owned China General Nuclear said.
Hongyanhe-5 is a Generation III ACPR-1000 pressurised water reactor, construction of which began in March 2015. It becomes the 52nd commercial nuclear unit I China.
On 13 June, Hongyanhe-5 achieved first criticality, which means the plant achieved a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction for the first time.
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