The loading of fuel assemblies into the core of unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province began today following the issuance of a permit by the country’s nuclear regulator.

The AP1000 is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse Electric Company, now majority owned by Toshiba. The plant is a pressurized water reactor with improved use of passive nuclear ...

Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) for receiving approval from China’s State Council to add ...

SANMEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company and its customers, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The world's first third-generation AP1000 reactor designed by U.S.-based Westinghouse is expected to be completed in China by November, the official Science Daily reported on ...

The manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel in China for Sanmen 2 has been completed - the first AP1000 vessel to be domestically produced. The manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel in China ...

Westinghouse Electric has handed over more than 75 000 documents to its Chinese customers as the initial part of a technology transfer agreement that it hopes will secure the company’s place in the ...

The world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor—Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province—commenced 100% power operation for the first time on August 11, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) said. According to ...

Westinghouse Electric Co. says it expects to restart negotiations with China in early 2012 to further deploy its AP1000 nuclear reactor after talks were stalled following the nuclear disaster at the ...

China is reportedly looking to build 10 nuclear reactors using AP1000 technology, including the four under construction at Sanmen in coastal Zhejiang province and at Haiyang, Shandong province. An ...

China will soon be ready to start commercial operations of the world’s first next-generation AP1000 nuclear reactor, possibly setting off a renewed push by the country into atomic power after years of ...