“A preliminary acceptance report for Unit 3 was signed at the 25th Alignment Meeting held on the Tianwan NPP site in China,” said Alexei Bannik, ASE Director for Chinese Projects.

The signing of the document signaled the beginning of a 24-month warranty period. Representatives of ASE stressed that all of its contractual obligations regarding the second phase of the Tianwan project were fulfilled on time.

The second phase includes construction of Units 3 and 4 with VVER-1000 reactors. The nuclear plant design was developed by ASE’s subsidiary Atomproekt based in St. Petersburg. Tianwan NPP Unit 3 generated its first electricity on 30 December 2017. Two other VVER-1000 reactor units at Tianwan have been operating for more than ten years.