MOSCOW, October 18 (RIA Novosti) - The first power unit of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China has been tested at 75% of its capacity, Atomstroiexport said Wednesday.
Atomstroiexport has been building the Tianwan NPP, which uses improved VVER-1000 reactors and K-100-6/3000 turbo-generators, under the terms of a Russian-Chinese agreement signed in 1992.
"This is one of the most important stages in the construction of the Tianwan NPP, which confirms the quality of the work done and makes it possible for Atomstroiexport specialists to pass on to the next cycle of tests," Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly said.
Atomstroiexport is currently building five nuclear power plants in China, India and Iran, projects worth $4.5 billion, and is also bidding to build a plant in Belene, Bulgaria.
