Edited and Translated by Zhao Guobing, People's Daily Online
Beijing, Nov.2 (People's Daily Online) --Recently, Zhejiang Sanmen Nuclear Power Station received its first main coolant pipelines used on its Unit 1 reactor. Made by Bohai Shipyard Group Co., LTD, which was affiliated to China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), these parts had the meaning of landmark.
The third generation nuclear power has the most advanced passive pressurized water reactor technology with the highest safety performance. As a key device of the reactor, the main coolant pipeline is also called the "aorta."
Made of forged stainless steel, this coolant pipeline is one meter in diameter. Without any experience home and abroad, Chinese scientists made it all by themselves. Since the beginning of 2005, it took them six years to overcome all kinds of technical problems until they finally made it out a 1-to-1 large caliber test specimen, which past the quality reviews this May.