
BEIJING -- The world's latest cutting-edge pressurized nuclear reactor built with French technology has gone into operation in Guangdong Province, state-owned China General Nuclear Power announced Friday.
The No. 1 reactor at CGN's Taishan nuclear power plant, known as the "European Pressurized Reactor," was designed by Electricite de France unit Framatome. The unit boasts a world-leading generating capacity of 1.75 GW.