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It is the seventh nuclear power unit that China has exported to Pakistan and the third unit exported with HPR 1000 technology. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Authority. </li><li style="flex:1">control (I&C) systems for the second </li></ul>EDF is now preparing hot functional reactor planned to be built at the Paks testing to be started in July 2018. The nuclear Power Plant in Hungary. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">objective is to demonstrate the good </li><li style="flex:1">Paks currently comprises four </li></ul>working order of the plant by testing Russian-supplied VVER-440 pressurized components with temperature and water reactors, which became operational pressure levels similar to operating between 1982 and 1987. 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An inter- </li><li style="flex:1">Altogether, more than 1,000 EDF electricity </li></ul>and industry partner engineers and governmental agreement signed in early technicians have been mobilised to 2014 would see Russian enterprises and <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">perform these system performance tests. </li><li style="flex:1">their international sub-contractors supply </li></ul>Contact: ED F , t elephone: 33 (0) 40 two new units at Paks - VVER-1200 At present, the construction of four HPR 1000 nuclear power units by CNNC is proceeding smoothly. They are the only third-generation pressurized water reactors in the world that are being built on schedule. <a href="mailto:%[email protected]" target="_blank">42 46 37, email: </a><a href="mailto:%[email protected]" target="_blank">service-de-presse@edf. </a>reactors. fr . 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