Outer dome installs on Hualong One reactor in Karachi

[ghazi52]

China installs outer dome on Hualong One reactor in Karachi

SHANGHAI: China has finished building the outer safety dome at its first overseas “Hualong One” nuclear reactor in Karachi, with the project scheduled to be finished by the end of 2020, the China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) said late Tuesday.

China is hoping to use its third-generation Hualong One design to boost its presence in the overseas nuclear power sector and it is already making plans to build projects in Argentina and Britain, international media reported. The steel dome — measuring about 53 metres in diameter and over 23m in height, and weighing about 366 tonnes — was placed upon the top of the containment building walls at 8:06am yesterday, China National Nuclear Power (CNNP) has announced.

The Hualong One uses a double-layer safety shell design. Together with the inner protective dome, the outer dome protects the reactor and prevents the release of radioactive materials into the environment in the event of a serious accident. "The successful hoisting of the outer safety dome has marked the end of the main structural project of the nuclear power plant, which has created favourable conditions for the overall test and thermal test of the subsequent containment," CNNP said.

China developed the Hualong One reactor as a rival to the Westinghouse-developed AP1000 and Europe’s “Evolutionary Pressurised Reactor”, with both models beset by cost overruns and construction delays.

The world’s first Hualong One reactor is set to go into operation ahead of schedule in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian late next year. CNNC said its four demonstration projects in China and Pakistan are progressing in an orderly manner, noting that they “are the only third-generation pressurized water reactor projects in the world that are being constructed on schedule.”

Karachi 2 and 3 are the first export of China's Hualong One design, with construction of unit 2 beginning in 2015 and unit 3 in 2016. Installation of the reactor internals at unit 2 was completed in January this year. The units are scheduled for commercial operation in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

 

[Path-Finder]

I was watching the HBO mini series Chernobyl, I hope the outer structure is strong enough.

 

[shining eyes]

I was watching the HBO mini series Chernobyl, I hope the outer structure is strong enough.

Its been 30+ years since Chernobyl, i hope the safety has been the first priority since then... 2600 km no-go area is no joke! Power generation capacity of the plant is 2300 mw i hear, is it not low for a nuclear reactor in this era?

 

[Path-Finder]

Its been 30+ years since Chernobyl, i hope the safety has been the first priority since then... 2600 km no-go area is no joke! Power generation capacity of the plant is 2300 mw i hear, is it not low for a nuclear reactor in this era?

I would take safety over output any day, furthermore I hope the move is made to molten salt reactors which are safer than these fission reactors.

 

[waqasmwi]

Its been 30+ years since Chernobyl, i hope the safety has been the first priority since then... 2600 km no-go area is no joke! Power generation capacity of the plant is 2300 mw i hear, is it not low for a nuclear reactor in this era?

2600 KM no go area? Are you serious?

 

[Suff Shikan]

I was watching the HBO mini series Chernobyl, I hope the outer structure is strong enough.

Awsome Series

 

[War Thunder]

Here comes a conspiracy.

China plans on blowing up Karachi by adding remote controlled nuke explosion capacity to these reactors.

 

[cranwerkhan]

I wached it yesterday and first thing i search after that was type of reacters we have! Thank God they better technology wise

I was watching the HBO mini series Chernobyl, I hope the outer structure is strong enough.

 

[Path-Finder]

I wached it yesterday and first thing i search after that was type of reacters we have! Thank God they better technology wise

what type of reactors are there in Pakistan?

 

[ziaulislam]

I wached it yesterday and first thing i search after that was type of reacters we have! Thank God they better technology wise

Way better..better than Japanese reactors

 

[Zibago]

Here comes a conspiracy.

China plans on blowing up Karachi by adding remote controlled nuke explosion capacity to these reactors.

Gul Bukhari
Zee News

 

[bananarepublic]

Here comes a conspiracy.

China plans on blowing up Karachi by adding remote controlled nuke explosion capacity to these reactors.

good method for population control

 

[Syed1.]

good method for population control

Then we need a plant in Punjab specially in the Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala regions.... will get rid of paindu khota khors. Two in one benefit.

 

[bananarepublic]

Then we need a plant in Punjab specially in the Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala regions.... will get rid of paindu khota khors. Two in one benefit.

Who said we only need to kill the khota khor
Why not poison the land of Baluchi's water of pathans and the desserts of sindhis

 

[Abdussamad]

I was watching the HBO mini series Chernobyl, I hope the outer structure is strong enough.

The interesting thing about that series is the level of effort their govt. took to clean up afterwards. If you read the wikipedia entry on the subject you will learn that they spent massive sums on it. In fact Ukraine is still paying for it. It makes up 5-7% of their budget even now. If we had a disaster like this in Pakistan I can guarantee that our govt. won't care. They will cover it up and kill a lot of people. After all they let terrorists run free for years and only took action when the elite's interests were threatened with the attack on khi airport.