In China launched the reactor of the seventh unit of the Tianwan NPP // Rosatom announced the launch of the reactor of the seventh unit of the Tianwan NPP in China

In China, the reactor of the seventh unit of the Tianwan NPP was launched, the press service of Rosatom reported. The Russian state corporation participated in the construction of the facility.

The reactor was brought to a minimum controlled power level, the report said. “For the first time, the reactor has been transferred to a state in which a self-sustaining controlled nuclear chain reaction is carried out in the active zone,” Rosatom added.

The head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, called cooperation with Chinese specialists coordinated and effective. Now, at the seventh unit, nuclear power plants will conduct several tests, raising the capacity of the reactor plant. The new unit will then be connected to China’s power grid.

Work on the construction of the seventh and eighth units of the Tianwan NPP began in May 2021. Rosatom calls the station the largest project of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. The first stage of the plant (power units No. 1 and No. 2), built by Russian specialists, has been in commercial operation since 2007.