China: A startup has begun an industrial nuclear steam project

The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has commenced the commissioning of its first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Jiangsu province. This project is a collaboration between CNNC subsidiary Jiangsu Nuclear Power Company and the Lianyungang Petrochemical Industry Base, and it will provide steam to a nearby petrochemical plant. Steam will be extracted from the secondary circuits of units 3 and 4 of the Tianwan plant, which are Russian-supplied VVER-1000 units. The extracted heat will undergo multi-stage heat exchange and be transported via an insulated above-ground pipeline to the Lianyungang Petrochemical Industrial Base for industrial applications. Construction began in February 2022, with the pouring of concrete for the industrial steam facility occurring in May 2022.