The world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant has been put into operation, and China's nuclear power technology has reached the world's leading level.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com, December 6 (Xinhua)-- Huaneng Shidao Bay High temperature Gas-cooled reactor Nuclear Power Station, the world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, has been officially put into commercial operation, marking that China has reached the world's leading level in the field of fourth-generation nuclear power technology.

Zhang Yanxu, general manager of Huaneng Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Company, said that the nuclear power plant, led by China Huaneng and jointly built by Tsinghua University and China Nuclear Corporation, started in December 2012 and was connected to the grid for the first time in December 2021. This time it is officially put into production and transferred to commercial operation at a stable electric power level.

CTOnews.com learned from the report that Huaneng Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Station has gathered more than 500 units in the upper and lower reaches of the industrial chain, such as design and development, engineering construction, equipment manufacturing, production and operation, and has conquered a number of world-class key technologies, and the localization rate of equipment has exceeded 90%. The commercial operation and commissioning of nuclear power plants is of great significance and positive influence on promoting the development of nuclear power safety and enhancing the ability of scientific and technological innovation of nuclear power in our country.

According to the report, relying on this project, China has systematically mastered the technology of design, manufacture, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. China Huaneng and Tsinghua University have jointly developed six key core technologies for commissioning and operation of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. A group of professionals with experience in high-temperature gas-cooled reactor construction and operation and maintenance have been trained to form a set of replicable and popularized standardized management system. And establish an independent intellectual property system with patents, technical standards and software copyright as the core.