Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron unveiled a plaque to mark completion of the world’s first European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) at the Taishan site in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, on Jan 9.

The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is operated by Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co Ltd,. It is the largest cooperative project on energy completed between China and France.
Construction of Unit 1 started in 2009 and that of Unit 2 in 2010. Both units employ the third-generation EPR design, globally the third and fourth nuclear units to do so.

The project has progressed smoothly and on schedule with good safety and quality since the beginning of construction. On Feb 30, 2015, Unit 1 of Taishan NPP became the world’s first EPR reactor to conduct its cold functional tests and since then the project has continued to export successful EPR practices and experience overseas. Taishan NPP Unit 1 has now completed its hot functional tests and Unit 2 continues to undergo equipment installation.