Westinghouse executive says testing 50% complete at Sanmen-1, Haiyang-1

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Around 50% of the testing needed before commercial operation canrnbegin at the Sanmen-1 and Haiyang-1 AP1000 units in China is nowrncompleted, William Poirier, vice president, Westinghouse China AP1000rnprojects, said in an interview March 8.rnPoirier, who has been working as the project director for Sanmenrnsince 2005, said that 90% of the systems on the two units had beenrnmade available for testing, but noted that some of the testing hadrnbeen waiting for the arrival from the US of the reactor coolant pumpsrnfor the two units. Sanmen-1 and Haiyang-1 will be the first of fourrnAP1000 reactors to operate in China.