{"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","terms":"History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Reactor Project Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker"},"unit":{"slug":"tianwan-8","name":"Tianwan-8","plant":"Tianwan","unit":8,"country":"CN","region":"asia","reactor_type":"PWR","design":"VVER-1200","capacity_mw_net":1110,"is_smr":false,"vendor":"Rosatom","owner_operator":"CNNC (JNPC)","vendor_id":"org:rosatom","owner_operator_ids":["org:jiangsu-nuclear-power"],"design_id":"design:vver-1200","site_id":"site:tianwan","status":"under_construction","construction_start":2022,"original_cod_target":null,"current_cod_estimate":2027,"milestones":[{"date":"2026-06-16","event":"Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2027","source":"https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide"},{"date":"2024-09-02","event":"Reactor pressure vessel (332 t) installed at Tianwan-8","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/reactor-vessel-installed-at-tianwan-8"},{"date":"2026-08-05","event":"Cold functional tests completed (CNNC via WNN); unit moves from installation into commissioning","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tianwan-8-completes-cold-functional-tests"}],"sources":["https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide","https://pris.iaea.org/pris/","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/reactor-vessel-installed-at-tianwan-8","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tianwan-8-completes-cold-functional-tests"],"last_verified":"2026-09-28","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"Verified 2026-09-28: RPV installed September 2024 per WNN/CNNC/Rosatom; cold tests Aug 2026 (WNN/CNNC, covered by NNN newsroom Aug 10). Sister unit Tianwan-7 in fuel loading (Aug 2026, date conflict noted on unit-7 file); unit 8 grid connection 2027 per WNA table.","tags":["cn","vver-1200"],"updated_at":"2026-09-28","slippage_years":null}}