Chairman of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), He Wei, and Jose Luis Gonzalez, president of ENUSA, Spain, signed the equipment procurement contract for “Ultrasonic Inspection System of Broken Fuel Rods for Fuel Components” of nuclear power plants in Beijing on September 25.

China Guangdong Nuclear Power said that according to the contract, ENUSA will provide the first set of damaged fuel assembly inspection systems to China Guangdong Nuclear Power. Based on this, both parties will open comprehensive technologies in the field of in-service testing, repair and completeness assessment of nuclear power plant fuel assemblies. Cooperation.

The integrity of the fuel assembly in service directly relates to the relevant operational safety indicators of the nuclear power plant. Effective identification and detection of the damage status of the fuel assembly is one of the effective measures to ensure the integrity of the fuel assembly. The repair and evaluation of damaged fuel assemblies will also directly increase the economics of nuclear fuel assemblies and reduce the fuel costs of nuclear power plants.

Spanish ENUSA company is a professional company engaged in nuclear fuel assembly design, manufacture, and in-service fuel service for nuclear power plants. It has fuel testing, repair and integrity assessment technologies with comprehensive independent intellectual property rights. Suzhou Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power, is the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Nuclear Power Technology Platform. It mainly undertakes technical support and technical services for all CNPC nuclear power units in service, and also undertakes research and development of related test and testing technologies.

By purchasing the first set of damaged fuel assembly inspection system with Spain ENUSA, the two parties will open technical cooperation in the fields of damaged fuel detection, experimentation and completeness assessment, including but not limited to technology transfer and technology research and development in this field. Joint manufacturing of system equipment. CGNPC will also use this as an opportunity to establish a continuous strategic cooperation relationship between the two sides in this field. It will quickly make breakthroughs in the research on broken fuel assembly inspection and testing technologies, thereby enhancing the core competitiveness of China Guangdong Nuclear Power's technical services in the field of nuclear fuel in service.

The China General Nuclear Power Group (formerly China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group), which was established on September 29, 1994, will soon celebrate its 20th anniversary. After 20 years of development, as of now, China General Nuclear Power has undertaken 64% of China's nuclear power generating unit production operations and 51% of nuclear power unit construction under construction. It has 11 nuclear power generating units in operation, with an installed capacity of 11.62 million kilowatts; it has 5 nuclear power stations under construction, a total of 13 units, with an installed capacity of 15.5 million kilowatts, making it the world’s largest nuclear power builder.