ASE Group of Companies has handed over Unit No. 3of Tianwan NPP to the Customer – Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) for 24-month guarantee operation, working on time and under all the contract obligations in the framework of construction of the second stage of Tianwan NPP in China. “The Protocol of Provisional Takeover of Unit 3 Tianwan NPP was signed in the course of 25th Joint Coordination Committee Meeting at Tianwan NPP construction site in China”, – informed Mr.Alexey Bannik, Director of the Projects in China, ASE Group of companies. Power startup of Unit 3 Tianwan NPP, constructed in China based on the Russian design with VVER-1000 reactor, took place on 30 December 2017. Units 3 and 4 of TNPP are constructed with the participation of specialists of ASE Group of Companies (a part of Engineering Division of Rosatom State Atomic Corporation) and the general designer of the NPP “nuclear island” is JSC ATOMPROEKT (subsidiary of ASE Group of Companies).
Tianwan NPP is the largest facility of the Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. Start-up of power units No.1 and No.2 was held in 2007. These first two units of Tianwan NPP annually generate above 15 billion KW/hour of electric power.The cooperation in construction of the second stage - Units No.3 and No.4 of Tianwan NPP is carried out based on the Protocol signed between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China. Tianwan NPP design is based on the Russian project AES-91 with reactor type VVER-1000, which fully meets the requirements of up-to-date regulatory and technical documents of China, Russian Federation and IAEA. Construction of Tianwan nuclear power plant is being carried out by Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) in cooperation with Russian company Atomstroyexport included in ASE Group of Companies.
ASE group of companies was established in the frame of the engineering division of Rosatom State Corporation by merging leading companies of the industry: JSC ASE EC - Atomstroyexport JSC - Atomenergoproekt JSC - ATOMPROEKT JSC ASE is one of the global leaders in nuclear power engineering and accounts for 31% of the global NPP construction market. Representative offices, branches and front offices are operating in 15 countries. Over 80% of the portfolio are accounted for by foreign projects.It implements high power NPP design and construction projects, RAW and SNF management facilities, thermal power facilities and renders services within the full range of EPC, EPC(M) and PMC for any complex engineering facilities. ASE company develops and implements an innovative Multi-D project management system in the area of complex engineering facilities construction which allows more efficient management of budgeting, deadlines and quality. The President of ASE group is Valery Limarenko, Doctor of Economics.