Taishan EPR reactor gets first concrete pour

Around 9000 cubic meters of concrete were initially poured for the second Taishan EPR reactor in Guangdong, southern China.

The Chinese utility CGNPC needed seven pumps to continuously pour concrete in making the pre-reinforced Reactor Building slab, measuring 55 meters in diameter.

On November 26, 2007, AREVA and CGNPC signed a series of agreements worth an overall 10.7 billion to construct two third-generation EPR™ reactors, as well as supply all necessary equipment and services, and create an engineering joint-venture.

This contract is the largest international commercial contract signed in civil nuclear history.

The reactors are expected to be commissioned in late 2013 and 2014.