China starts building 3rd-generation nuclear power

Photo taken on April 18, 2009 shows the foundational construction site of the No.1 unit of the first phase of the Sanmen nuclear plant in Zhejiang Province. The Sanmen nuclear plant, with the world's first nuclear plant using the AP1000 technologies, a type of third generation nuclear power reactor introduced by America's Westinghouse company, started the construction recently.

SANMEN lace front wigs, Zhejiang, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday started the construction of its first third-generation pressurized water reactors using AP 1000 technologies developed by U.S.-based Westinghouse.
The reactors, located in Sanmen of east China's Zhejiang Province, will also be the first in the world using such technologies.
The Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant will be built in three phases, with an investment of more than 40 billion yuan (5.88 billion U.S. dollars) injected in the first phase.
The first phase project will include two units each with a generating capacity of 1.25 million kw.
The first generating unit will be put into operation in 2013 lace wigs, and the second, in 2014. The plant will eventually have six such units.
"It is the biggest energy cooperation project between China andthe United States," said Zhang Guobao, vice minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission and also head of the National Energy Administration.
"It will contribute to the human kind's peaceful use of nuclear power," he said.
China launched bidding in 2003 for its nuclear power stations of the third generation. Foreign companies including Westinghouse lace wigs, France's Areva and Russia's AtomStroy Export are major bidders.

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