China General Nuclear Power (CGN Power) said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it had received approval from the State Council to construct six new nuclear power reactors. These include approval for CGN Power subsidiary Shandong Zhaoyuan Nuclear Power Co Ltd to construct two 1,214 MWe Hualong One reactors as units 1&2 of the Zhaoyuan NPP in Shandong province.
CGN subsidiary CGN Lufeng Nuclear Power Co Ltd was approved to build two 1,245 MWe CAP1000 reactors as units 1&2 of the Lufeng NPP in Guangdong province. CGN Cangnan Second Nuclear Power Co Ltd received approved to build two 1,215 MWe Hualong One reactors as units 3&4 of the Cangnan San’ao NPP in Zhejiang province.
“Currently, the company is carrying out various preparatory work for the construction of the above-mentioned units in an orderly manner, the full construction of which will begin when the Permit for Nuclear Power Station Construction has been obtained from the National Nuclear Safety Administration,” CGN said.
In November 2022 the Ministry of Ecology & Environment announced the formal acceptance of the environmental impact assessment documents covering the site selection stage for Zhaoyuan NPP, which is planned to host six Hualong One units.
Two Hualong One units are already under construction at Lufeng NPP as units 5&6. The site is also to have four CAP 1000 units (1-4), the first two of which have now been approved. The CAP1000 design is the Chinese version of the Westinghouse AP1000.
The San’ao plant is China’s first nuclear power project with private equity participation. The project includes plans to build six units with Hualong One reactors. Units 1&2 are already under construction.
