Reactor Pressure Vessel Lifted Into Place At China’s Lufeng-6 Nuclear Plant

Indigenous Hualong One nuclear plant scheduled for grid connection in 2029

Reactor Pressure Vessel Lifted Into Place At China’s Lufeng-6 Nuclear Plant
The RPV is one of the largest components in a nuclear reactor system and its installation is considered a project milestone. Image courtesy CNNC23.

The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been lifted into place for Unit 6 of the Lufeng nuclear power station in Guangdong province, southern China, the official China National Nuclear Power News Network (CNNPN) said.

Lufeng-6 will be the second of two indigenous HPR1000, or Hualong One, pressurised water reactor units planned at the Lufeng site.

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