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CGN begins construction of Hualong

One reactor at San’ao NPP

CHINA CHINA General Nuclear (CGN) has begun to strength of the entire group to give full play to
pour concrete at the nuclear island of the Hua- the advantages of more than 30 years of contin-
long One-design Unit 1 at the San’ao nuclear uous nuclear power construction and the con-
power plant (NPP) in Zhejiang Province. struction experience of the Hualong One, carry
CGN said in a statement that it planned to out the political responsibility for nuclear safety,
build six Hualong One pressurised water reac- and work with all participating units to build
tors at the site. the San’ao nuclear power project into a quality
This project is the first Chinese nuclear power project”.
venture to involve private capital, with Geely In September, China’s State Council also
Technology Group owning a 2% stake in the approved the construction by China National
plant. Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) and China Huaneng
State-owned CGN owns 46% of the shares of Group to build two Hualong One reactors at the
the project company Cangnan Nuclear Power, Changjiang NPP.
with other state-owned enterprises holding the These reactors, dubbed Units 3 and 4, form
remainder. the second phase of the Changjiang project,
Work began following a ceremony held on although construction of this phase has not
December 31 to mark the official start of con- started yet.
struction at the site. The start of construction is good news for a
On the previous day, China’s National Nuclear nuclear sector than has seen a slight slowdown
Safety Administration issued a construction per- since 2015.
mit for the first two units. Although eight new reactors were approved
The country’s State Council on September 2, in 2015, including those at San’ao, only a demon-
2020 approved the construction of units 1 and stration fast breeder reactor was permitted
2, which form the first phase of the San’ao plant. between 2016 and 2018. Three projects were
Development work on the project has been then approved in early 2019.
taking place since May 2015, when the National The start of work at San’ao means that CGN
Energy Administration (NEA) approved the now has seven reactors under construction, rep-
project. resenting 8,210 MW of capacity.
CGN chairman and general manager Yang The state nuclear giant now operates 24 reac-
Changli said the company would “use the tors with 27,140 MW of capacity. ™

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