The CVBH serves as the foundation for the containment vessel, a capsule-shaped steel structure that will house the nuclear reactor. The project team has used a crane to lift, position and install the CVBH. The lift of the CVBH and its supporting structures was more than 900 tons.
Fred Buckman, president of Shaw’s Power group, said: “The successful lift and set of the CVBH brings us one step closer to introducing the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant. As we continue construction, we remain dedicated to the safe and timely execution of this project.”
The CVBH is the second nuclear plant structural module installed by the China project AP1000 team members, following the Auxiliary Building Module CA-20 set at Sanmen unit 1 earlier this year.
Shaw is under contract with SNPTC, SMNPC, Shandong Nuclear Power and China National Technical Import & Export to provide engineering, procurement, commissioning, information management and project management services for two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear units under construction at Sanmen in the Zhejiang province and two units under construction at Haiyang in Shandong province.
