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POWER REACTORS

Lianyungang Nuclear Power Plant

LOCATION: Gaogongdao, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, about 250 km north of Shanghai, China
[China Profiles, "Lianyungang-1 & 2," http://www.nti.org/db/china/jiangsu.htm.]{Entered 4/11/2002 CC}

On 30 December 1997, China and Russia signed a contract to jointly build the Lianyungang Nuclear Power Plant (also known as the Jiangsu Nuclear Power Station, and Tianwan). Construction for the $2.5 billion project, which will be China's largest nuclear power plant, began on 27 April 1998.[1,2] Russia is responsible for project design; equipment supply, installation and calibration; and personnel training. Four hundred Russian specialists will be housed at the site during equipment installation. During the first phase, two Russian VVER-1000 1,000MWe pressurized water reactors will be installed; these reactors are scheduled to become operational by 2004 and 2005, respectively.[3] The installation of the first reactor was completed in April 2002.[5] The two reactors will be operated by the Jiangsu Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., set up jointly by the China Nuclear Power Industry Corp., Jiangsu Power Co., Jiangsu International Trust & Investment Co., and the China Huadong Power Group. An advanced equipment-control system will be imported from the German firm Siemens.[3] According to a spokesman for the Russian firm Atomenergoeksport, "The construction of the Lianyungang nuclear power station will promote the fulfillment of the agreements between the heads of our states on bringing Russian-Chinese trade turnover to $20 billion at the turn of the century."[4]
Sources:
[1] Xinhua, 27 February 1998; in "Construction of PRC's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Starts," FBIS-CHI-98-058.
[2] "Minatom's Route to China," RIA Novosti, 23 June 1998.
[3] "China, Russia to Build Nuclear  Power Plant," Beijing Review, 2-15 February 1998, p. 34.
[4] "China, Nuclear Power Station, Russia," RIA Novosti, 23 April 1998.
[5] ITAR-TASS, 20 April 2002; in "Russia: Specialists install nuclear reactor in China for new power plant," FBIS Document CEP20020420000045.{entered 11/13/98 FW} {Updated 9/6/2002 MJ}

RESEARCH REACTORS

Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei

In 1992, Russian scientists from the Kurchatov Institute participated in the installation of a Tokamak-7 fusion research reactor (originally designed at Kurchatov) at the Institute of Plasma Physics in Hefei.[1,2] Because reactors of this type are not fueled by fissionable material, they are not regarded as sources of proliferation concern.
Sources:
[1] "Russians Join Chinese in Atomic-Fusion Study," Washington Times, 23 June 1992, p. A2
[2] "China Sets Up Russian Fusion Device in Hefei," Nuclear Europe Worldscan, July-August 1992. {entered 11/13/98 FW}

Page last updated 7 November 2002
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