27.04.2009
On May 3, 2008 the reactor plant of Unit 2 was brought to the outage condition. Preparation for repair of systems and equipment started.The scheduled maintenance includes a large scope of works to be performed by Chinese and Russian specialists: testing the reactor plant main equipment metal (reactor pressure vessel, primary circulation pipelines, steam generator heat exchange tubes), inspection of the main coolant pumps, turbine, generator, condenser, high pressure heaters and other equipment of Unit 2. Refueling will also take place during the outage. The scheduled maintenance of Tianwan NPS Unit 1 together with the refueling was successfully completed under the technical support of Russian specialists at the beginning of March, 2008. Reference. The General Contract for the construction of Tianwan NPS was signed with Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation on December 29, 1997 . The NPS first stage includes two power units with VVER-1000 reactor plants of 1000 MW electric power each. Atomstroyexport JSC acted as the General Contractor and the Supplier. The acceptance of Unit 1 by the Chinese Customer took place on June 2, 2007, of Unit 2 – on September 12, 2007. More than 150 Russian enterprises and organizations were involved in the works. Currently, Atomstroyexport is the only company having a real referent NPP project of new generation. The experts consider Tianwan NPS to be one of the most reliable NPPs in the world. On November 6, 2007 a Principal Agreement on Cooperation in the Construction of Two Units of TNPS Extension Project was signed in Moscow in the presence of the government executives of PRC and Russia. The Agreement was signed by Mr. S.I.Shmatko, President of “Atomstroyexport” and Mr. Jiang Guoyuan, General Manager of JNPC.
