The initial loading of fuel assemblies into the cores of Taipingling unit 2 and Changjiang unit 3 - both Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors - has been completed ahead of their start-ups.
Taipingling units 1 and 2 (Image: CGN)
On 30 April, China's National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) issued a 40-year operating licence for unit 2 of the Taipingling plant in Guangdong province.
The first nuclear fuel loading operation - which involved inserting a total of 177 fuel assemblies into the core of the reactor - was completed at 11:45 local time on 3 May.
Meanwhile, the process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 3 at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan province has also been completed.
The first fuel assembly was loaded into the reactor core on 30 April. Following a 63-hour process, the final fuel assembly was inserted at 04:12 local time on 3 May.
