Reactor dome installed atrnChina's first Hualong One unit

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Fuqing-5, China's first reactor using the Hualong One design, reachedrna construction milestone with the installation of the dome of thernreactor building May 25, China National Nuclear Corp., said in arnstatement that day.rnThe installation was completed 15 days ahead of schedule, andrnmarks the completion of the unit’s civil construction phase and thernstart of equipment installation, CNNC said.rnCNNC said the dome installation was the largest and highest domernlift ever undertaken in global nuclear construction. The Hualong One,rnalso known as the HPR-1000, dome weighs 340 metric tons.rnBy comparison, EDF has said the reactor dome for the 1,600-MWrnEPR being built at Flamanvile weighs 260 tons. Areva said thernTaishan-1 EPR reactor building dome was lifted 70 meters abovernground when installed in 2011.