Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, Atomstroiexport, has been building the Tianwan NPP, which uses improved VVER-1000 reactors and K-100-6/3000 turbo-generators, under the terms of a Russian-Chinese agreement signed in 1992.
"The protocol signed at a session of the Russian-Chinese sub-commission Friday envisions that after work is completed on the first and second units, work will begin on the third and fourth power units of the Tianwan NPP," Sergei Kiriyenko, who took part in a meeting to discuss the construction process, said.
Kiriyenko said that in terms of a combination of active and passive security systems, the plant was the world's safest.
Atomstroiexport vice president Yevgeny Reshetnikov said Friday: "Russian specialists will be able to meet the previously agreed date for the handover of the first power unit of the Tianwan NPP by November 2006. By October 10 they will be ready to operate the first unit at 75% of capacity, and we are currently waiting for the Chinese side to authorize that."
