On 18 August 2017 the first fuel assembly was loaded at power unit No.3 of the second part of construction stage of Tianwan NPP in China.
“The first fuel assembly has been successfully loaded at 11:00 pm (06:00 pm Moscow time) to the reactor of the third power unit of Tianwan NPP” – stated Andrey Lebedev, the Vice-President for the South Asia Projects of JSC ASE EC. - Therefore, a physical start-up of the unit has been started ahead schedule”. According to Andrey Lebedev, connection of power unit No.3 to the national grid of the Eastern China region is planned to be realized by the end of this year.
The second stage of Tianwan NPP (power units 3 and 4) is being constructed in association with ASE Group of Companies. Totally 163 fuel assemblies are to be loaded in the reactor. Upon completion of the fuel loading and carrying out of all necessary start-up and commissioning activities, bringing to the minimum controllable power level (MCL) is to come and further on - the power start-up.
“A milestone event in the second construction stage of Tianwan NPP has occurred - said Mr. V. Limarenko, President of ASE Group of companies. - the physical start-up of power unit No.3 of the plant has been started. It is meaningful that the first two units constructed by us in cooperation with Chinese colleagues are admitted to be the best in the country. On Tianwan site we implement our advanced developments and technologies in the field of nuclear power engineering and construction management. We hope that the second construction stage of Tianwan NPP will efficiently serve the Chinese people, strengthening cooperation between our countries”.
Tianwan NPP is the largest facility of the Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. Start-up of the first stage of Tianwan NPP (power units 1, 2) was held in 2007. These first two units annually generate above 15 billion KW/hour of electric power. The commercial operation of power unit No.3 of Tianwan NPP is planned for 2018.
Reference about the project:
The cooperation on construction of power units 3 and 4 of Tianwan NPP is based on the Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the cooperation in construction of power units 3 and 4 of Tianwan nuclear power plant on the territory of the People’s Republic of China. “First concrete” at power unit No.3 was held in December 27, 2012.
As a basis of Tianwan NPP construction, the Russian project AES-91 with reactor type VVER-1000 is taken, which fully meets the requirements of up-to-date regulatory and technical documents of the Russian Federation, China, and IAEA. Construction of Tianwan nuclear power plant is being carried out by Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) in cooperation with Russian company Atomstroyexport.
Reference about the company:
АSE Group of Companies was established within the framework of development of Rosatom engineering division, by uniting three leading companies of the industry: JSC ASE EC, JSC “Atomstroyexport”, JSC “Atomenergoproekt” and JSC “ATOMPROEKT”. (JSC ASE EC - Atomstroyexport JSC - Atomenergoproekt JSC - ATOMPROEKT JSC)
ASE is one of the global leaders in nuclear power engineering and holds 30% of the global NPP construction market.
ASE has representative offices, branch offices and operational offices operating in 15 countries around the world, with almost 80% of its portfolio coming from the projects abroad.
Besides the company also provides services in the field of NPP decommissioning, construction of facilities for RAW and SNF management, research reactors, thermal power plants as well as a full range of EPC, EPC(M) and PMC services for any complex engineering assets. ASE company develops and implements an innovative Multi-D project management system in the area of complex engineering objects construction which allows more efficient use of budget, compliance of time frames and quality management.
The company is headed by Valery Limarenko, President of the Company, Doctor of Economics.