15.02.2018
On February 14 at 23-40 (China time) the third power unit of Tianwan NPP (TNPP) constructed under the Russian design with VVER-1000 reactor type passed the100-hour guarantee tests. The reactor the power start-up of which was held at the end of 2017, has passed the dynamic testing at different power levels and currently has completed 100-hour tests at the maximum power level without being shutdown.
The power start-up of power unit No.3 of Tianwan NPP was held on 30 December 2017. The construction of the second stage of TNPP within power units 3 and 4 is being carried out with the participation of specialists of ASE Group of Companies (a part of Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation), the general designer of the power unit “nuclear island” is JSC ATOMPROEKT company (included in ASE Group of Companies).
“The third power unit has passed the continuous operation demonstration tests at a rated load during 100 hours. The provisional takeover - a starting point of a 2-year guarantee operation of the unit is to come” - informed Aleksey Bannik, Director for Projects in China of ASE Group of Companies.
Also, within the frames of the second stage of the NPP construction in China, the works on the fourth unit of Tianwan NPP construction are underway, its commissioning is scheduled for 2018.
“At the fourth power unit there is an ongoing preparation to one of the key stages - the unit hot run is to occur in spring. At the moment, installation and start-up and adjustment works are in full swing, besides, the performance testing of equipment is performed under design conditions. All these are within the frames of the first revision after the cold run” - reported Valery Kedrov, Deputy Director for Tianwan NPP of JSC ATOMPROEKT Design Institute.
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The Tianwan NPP is the largest facility of the Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. Start-up of power units No.1 and No.2 was held in 2007. These first two units of Tianwan NPP annually generate above 15 billion KW/hour of electric power.
The cooperation on the construction of the second stage - units No.3 and No.4 of the Tianwan NPP is carried out based on the Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China. As a basis of Tianwan NPP construction, the Russian project AES-91 with reactor type VVER-1000 was taken, which fully meets the requirements of up-to-date regulatory and technical documents of China, Russian Federation and IAEA. Construction of Tianwan nuclear power plant is being carried out by Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) in cooperation with Russian company Atomstroyexport included in ASE Group of Companies.
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ASE group of companies was established as part of the Rosatom State Corporation engineering division by merging leading companies of the industry, such as: JSC ASE EC - Atomstroyexport JSC - Atomenergoproekt JSC - ATOMPROEKT JSC
ASE is one of the global leaders in nuclear power engineering and accounts for 31% of the global NPP construction market. Representative offices, branches and front offices are operating in 15 countries. Over 80% of the portfolio are accounted for by foreign projects.
It implements high power NPP designing and construction projects, RAW and SNF management facilities, thermal power facilities and renders services within the full range of EPC, EPC(M) and PMC for any complex engineering facilities.
ASE company develops and implements an innovative Multi-D project management system in the area of complex engineering objects construction which allows more efficient management of budgeting, deadlines and quality.
The President of the ASE group is Valery Limarenko, Doctor of Economics.
Web-sites: www.niaep.ru; www.atomstroyexport.ru; www.aep.ru; www.atomproekt.com
Президент Группы компаний ASE - доктор экономических наук Валерий Игоревич Лимаренко.
Сайты: www.niaep.ru; www.atomstroyexport.ru; www.aep.ru; www.atomproekt.com
