Bottom of a steel containment is installed at first Chinese SMR

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 25.10.2021

The bottom of the steel containment is installed at China's first small modular reactor ACP-100 (Linglong One) under construction at the Changjiang site on Hainan Island.

The bottom was assembled from 50 steel plates. It was placed in its original position on a concrete foundation.

The ACP-100 steel containment consists of three parts - the bottom, the cylinder and the lid.

Construction of the ACP-100 small modular reactor started on July 13, 2021 and will take 58 months.

Topics: Small NPP, Asia, China

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