World's First Operational EPR Reactor
A series of Sino-French agreements on cooperation in the construction of Taishan EPR nuclear power project in Guangdong Province were signed on November 26, 2007, witnessed by the heads of state of China and France. Following the signing of these agreements, the construction of Taishan 1 started on October 26, 2009, marking the third EPR unit under construction following the first two in Finland and France. The unit went into commercial operation on December 13, 2018, becoming the world's first EPR unit in commercial operation. Taishan 2 was put into commercial operation on September 7, 2019, bringing to a finish the largest Sino-French energy cooperation project. During a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on November 6, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed the successful completion of the project as an example to show to the world how Gen III nuclear power plants could be built.
EPR全球首堆
2007年 11月 26日，中法两国元首共同见证了中法合作建设广东台山 EPR核电项目系列协议的签署。 2009年 10月 26日，中法合作建设的台山核电站 1号机组开工建设，是继芬兰和法国后第三台开建的 EPR机组， 2018年 12月 13日投入商运，成为全球首台投入商运的 EPR三代核电机组。2019年 9月 7日，台山核电站 2号机组投入商运，标志着中法两国最大的能源合作项目全部建成。 2019年 11月 6日，习近平在同法国总统马克龙会谈中盛赞，台山核电站 1号和 2号机组全部建成投入商运，为全球第三代核电站建设提供了成功范例。
