A “super module” known as the CA01 has been installed at Unit 2 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in Guangdong province, southern China, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute said.
Lianjiang-2 is one of two CAP1000 units planned as the initial phase of the Lianjiang station, which will eventually house six such reactors. Construction of Unit 1 began in September 2023 and of Unit 2 in April 2024.
The CA01 module weights almost 1,100 tonnes and measures more than 26 metres long, 29 metres wide and 23 metres high. It is composed of 47 sub-modules and sits inside the unit's containment module where it will house the plant’s reactor pressure vessel, steam generators and other components.