Pouring of first concrete has been completed for the foundation slab of the nuclear island at the Lufeng-1 reactor unit in eastern China marking a main milestone for the start of construction of the project.

The China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) said Lufeng-1, in Guangdong province, will be a 1,161-MW CAP1000 pressurised water reactor (PWR), China’s Generation III indigenous version of US-based Westinghouse’s AP1000 design.