JEPC3, a subsidiary of China's China Energy Engineering (CEE), has won a tender for the construction of the non-nuclear islands for units 7 & 8 of the Tianwan NPP in China’s Jiangsu Province, Strana Rosatom reported on 16 February. The two units, with VVER-1200 reactors, are being built by Rosatom, which said work on unit 7 should begin in May 2021, and on unit 8 in March 2022.
The Tianwan plant comprises four VVER-1000 units. Units 1&2 were put into warranty operation in 2007, and units 3&4 began commercial operation in 2018. Tianwan 5&6 are Chinese-designed 1080MWe ACPR1000 pressurised water reactors. In June 2018, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to China, an intergovernmental protocol and a framework contract was signed for the construction of units 7&8 followed by a general contract for their construction in March 2019.
