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Ningde-5 And -6 Will Use Hualong One Design, Says CGN

By David Dalton
30 July 2015

30 Jul (NucNet): The Ningde-5 and -6 nuclear plants in Fujian province, eastern China, will use the country’s indigenous Hualong One design, project operator China General Nuclear Power Company (CGN) said in a statement. First concrete for Ningde-5 is scheduled to be poured in 2016 with commercial operation in 2021, CGN said. Ningde-6 is expected to begin commercial operation in 2022. Hualong One, a 1,000 megawatt pressurised water reactor, is the first Generation III reactor design for which China has owned all intellectual property rights. It is a combination of China National Nuclear Corporation’s ACP1000 and CGN's ACPR1000+ designs. In May 2015 construction of the first Hualong One unit began at the Fuqing nuclear site, also in Fujian province. In December, China’s energy regulator, the National Energy Administration, approved use of the Hualong One design for Fangchenggang-3 and -4 in Guangxi, southern China.

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