AP1000 [SEP] designer
AP1000
The AP1000 is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse Electric Company. The plant is a pressurized water reactor with improved use of passive nuclear safety. The first AP1000 began operations in China at Sanmen Nuclear Power Station, where Unit 1 became the first AP1000 to achieve criticality in June 2018.
History.
History Previous work.
The AP1000 design traces its history to two previous designs, the AP600 and the System 80.
The System 80 design was created by Combustion Engineering and featured a unique two
site in Cumbria, England, with a target first operation date of 2024.
On 28 March 2017, the ONR issued a Design Acceptance Confirmation for the AP1000 design, stating that 51 issues identified in 2011 had received an adequate response. However, the following day the designer, Westinghouse, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. because of $9 billion of losses from its nuclear reactor construction projects, mostly the construction of four AP1000 reactors in the U.S. In late 2017, Toshiba decided to sell its stake in NuGeneration