AP1000 pump passes qualification tests

AP1000 pump passes qualification tests

by Warwick Pipe

The qualification testing of the reactor coolant pump for the first Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, under construction in China, has been successfully completed in the USA. The first two such pumps will now be shipped to the construction site for installation.

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