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First Commercial AP1000, EPR Reactors Connected to Grid

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The Fuqing nuclear station in the Fujian Province of China will have six reactors when complete. The first four units are CPR-1000s, while Units 5 and 6 are HPR1000s. This image shows the first concrete being poured for Unit 6’s conventional island on August 24, 2016. Courtesy: CNNC

First Commercial AP1000, EPR Reactors Connected to Grid

07/05/2018 | Darrell Proctor

Two nuclear energy milestones were reached in the past week, as the world’s first commercial AP1000 and EPR reactors were connected to China’s power grid. Westinghouse announced Sanmen 1, the first AP1000 unit, was connected to the grid June 30, one day after Électricité de France (EDF) connected the first EPR reactor—Taishan 1—to the system. […]