25 May (NucNet): The fifth unit of the Yangjiang nuclear power station in China’s southern province of Guangdong has generated power to the grid for the first time, plant owner China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) said.
CGN said the indigenous 1,000-MW ACPR1000 unit was the first new unit to generate power in 2018. Construction began in September 2013.
According to International Atomic Energy Agency statistics there are 39 commercial nuclear units in operation in China and 18, including Yangjiang-5, under construction.
An identical unit, Yangjiang-6, is under construction and is scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2019.
At the same site, Yangjiang-4, a 1,000-MW CPR1000 unit, began commercial operation in March 2017.
Yangjiang-4 was the last of four CPR1000 reactors to be built at the site. Yangjiang-1 began commercial operation in March 2014, followed by Yangjiang-2 in June 2015 and Yangjiang-3 in January 2016.
