In other Westinghouse news, from BusinessWire…
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates China’s State Power Investment Corporation on adding two additional AP1000® technology-based plants in China to its growing list of newbuild projects. China’s State Council recently approved the two units owned by State Power Investment Corporation at Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province.
The two reactors to be built will be part of the first nuclear plant constructed and managed by **** in Guangdong Province. Site preparation at Lianjiang Unit 1 began on Sept. 28, and a total of six units are planned.
This announcement comes after the April 2022 decision to build four more units on the Sanmen and Haiyang sites.
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The “AP” stands for Advanced Passive. This means the reactor core is kept safe by means of passive thermodynamic principals such as conductive and convective heat transfer. As such, active safety systems like high pressure pumps and diesel generators are not required to bring the reactor to a safe state.
The Chinese version is now called the CAP1000, as Chinese companies have licensed the design from Westinghouse.
- Pete