The reactor pressure vessel for No. 5 unit of China National Nuclear Corp’s Fuqing nuclear power plant is installed on January 28. TISCO supplied some critical stainless steel material for the reactor. It is not the first time for the company to supply significant support to Chinese nuclear course. It makes TISCO the first and the only-by-now Chinese supplier for the stainless steel material package of the third generation of nuclear power installation.

 

Chinese nuclear power has become another label of the country besides its high-speed train. As a nation with great manufacturing industry, China is favorably in the mid-stream among global industry chain. China has internationally advanced and cost-effective sectors like high-speed train, nuclear power, and automobile, which can meet the demands of and are affordable for many countries. “Hualong One” is the third generation nuclear power technology independently designed and developed by China. China has intention to sell the technology to the world, which makes it meaningful to use material made by its own companies. The stainless steel material used in “Hualong One” demonstration project makes a lot of worldwide records in terms of material properties and dimensions. The project requires extreme heat resistance, high pressure resistance, corrosion resistance, as well as ultra sizes in thickness and length; and the biggest plate is 23 tons, outweighing all the production records of TISCO. The company, after investing painstaking effort in all aspects, successfully completed the pioneering research, production and application of the critical material for Hualong One. TISCO supplies 50% of stainless steel for nuclear islands of No 5 and No 6 unit of Fuqing nuclear power plant. And all the level one stainless steel for inner-reactor components of Fangchenggang No 3 and No 4 units was supplied by TISCO.

 

As one of the pioneering companies that conduct research and development of nuclear power material in China, TISCO persisted on independent innovation for years. It came over one challenge after another to give substantial support to China’s nuclear power industry. The company has supplied for all the second and half generation and the third generation commercial nuclear power projects of China since Lingao Phase II the stainless steel material for inner-reactor components. Meanwhile, the company has developed special stainless steel sections, cold rolled silicon steel for nuclear power station of millions kW, and high-grade silicon steel with thick coating. All these achievements make TISCO a leading Chinese material supplier who breaks the tradition of importing high-end material for nuclear power industry and promotes the localization of such material.

 

Along with the presence of the third generation nuclear power technology Hualong One of China at abroad markets, TISCO-produced nuclear power material enters international market. The supply to K2 and K3 stations of Pakistan is a good start for TISCO nuclear power steel delivering to overseas nuclear station projects. The export of TISCO nuclear power steel in type of material implicates the company’s progress to a worldwide leading level in terms of manufacturing capability, quality assurance, and process control.

 

“It is believed that along with the growing utilization of nuclear energy and the “going global” strategy of Chinese nuclear power technology, TISCO nuclear power steel will be a sustained engine for lifting the nation’s nuclear brand and driving development of nuclear course of human being”.