Original news was published on 26 June, 2014
China Nuclear Engineering and Construction (CNECC) has installed the reactor dome on the containment building of Fuqing 4, which signifies the end of the civil engineering phase at China’s nuclear power plant in Fujian province.
The operation took just over one hour, CNNC said in a statement. The dome weighed 165 tonnes.
Fuqing 4 is one of six reactors slated for the nuclear power plant that all feature Chinese technology. However, the fifth and sixth units will see the first third-gen ACP1000 reactors.
The first unit is expected to begin generating power in the next few weeks; the second unit will follow in September. All four units will be operating by 2016. CNECC plans to start construction on unit 5 this year and on unit 6 in 2015.
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