China ready to fire up world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor
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No 1 reactor at Sanmen power plant expected to be ready for commercial operations on Friday after completing 168-hour test run. China will soon be ready to start commercial operations of the world’s first next-generation AP1000 nuclear reactor, possibly setting off a renewed push by the country into atomic power after years of delays and …