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Monday, August 3, 2020

Tianwan-5 Reactor Achieves First Criticality :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

Tianwan-5 Reactor Achieves First Criticality :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: Unit 5 of the Tianwan nuclear power station in Jiangsu province, eastern China, has attained first criticality.



Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation said the 1,000-MW pressurised water reactor achieved first criticality at 08:20 local time on 27 July.



The milestone marked “the completion of the commissioning of the overall system and equipment of the unit, and the unit has officially entered a continuous and controllable nuclear operation state,” the company said.

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