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Nuclear Power Plant in East China Celebrates 10-Year Smooth Operation

China's first self-designed, constructed and managed nuclear power plant Saturday celebrated its establishment anniversary after 10-year smooth operation.


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Nuclear Power Plant in East China Celebrates 10-Year Smooth Operation
China's first self-designed, constructed and managed nuclear power plant Saturday celebrated its establishment anniversary after 10-year smooth operation.

Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, located in Haiyan County, ZhejiangProvince in east China, has produced 16.78 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since it started operation on December 15, 1991, making China the 7th country worldwide capable of independently constructing nuclear power stations.

The plant has successfully made five refuelings and has nuclearwaste discharge as well as radioactive level at the plant meeting relevant world standards, sources with the plant said.

The power plant has become a professional base for China's nuclear power industry as well as realized a profit amounting to some 4.88 billion yuan (588 million U.S. dollars) over the past ten-year period.




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