The plant is expected to become the first of its type to begin operation
Hot hydraulic testing has been completed of the primary and secondary circuits at the Generation III Fuqing-5 nuclear power plant in Fujian province, southeastern China, operator China National Nuclear Corporation said.Hot testing takes place over a number of weeks and consists of about 200 tests performed on major systems to check their performance under normal operational conditions, without any nuclear fuel assemblies in the reactor.
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