Nuclear sector to get further boost

China is stepping up construction in the nuclear sector with all the main equipment being installed at the world's first demonstration nuclear power project using Hualong One technology in Fujian province, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design.

Installation of the third main reactor coolant pump at Fuqing unit 5 of China National Nuclear Corporation's Fuqing nuclear power plant, China's first demonstration nuclear power project using Hualong One technology, took place earlier and all the main equipment of unit 5 is also in place, according to CNNC, the State-owned nuclear power company.

Xing Ji, chief designer of Hualong One, said earlier that construction of the world's first demonstration nuclear power project using Hualong One technology is proceeding as expected, and construction of unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear plant is expected to be completed in 2020.