The Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant () is a
nuclear power station
A nuclear power plant (NPP), also known as a nuclear power station (NPS), nuclear generating station (NGS) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power st ...
under construction in Lieyu Town,
Yunxiao County,
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (, ) is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and (with Quanzhou) surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen.
Nam ...
on the coast of
Fujian
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Province
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, in southeast
China
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.
The plant is owned by CNNC Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Co. Ltd., established in November 2011, which is owned by
China National Nuclear Corporation
The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC; ) is a state-owned enterprise founded in 1955 in Beijing. CNNC's president and vice-president are appointed by the Premier of the People's Republic of China. CNNC oversees all aspects of China's civ ...
(51%) and China Guodian Corporation (49%).
CNNC originally planned to have
AP1000
The AP1000 is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse Electric Company. The plant is a pressurized water reactor with improved use of passive nuclear safety and many design features intended to lower its capital cost and improve ...
light water reactors, but later changed plans to the
Hualong One design.
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued construction licenses for Zhangzhou units 1 and 2 on 9 October 2019, and first concrete for Unit 1 was poured one week later, on 16 October.
China's State Council approved the construction of two Hualong One units as Phase II on 14 September 2022.
Construction of the first began on 22 February 2024.
The first unit began operation on 1 January 2025, 5.2 years after the start of construction.
Reactor data
The Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant consists of 6 planned reactors.
See also
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Nuclear power in China
According to the National Nuclear Safety Administration of China, as of 2024 Dec 31, there are 58 nuclear power-plants operating in mainland China, second only to the US which has 94. The installed power sits at 60.88 GW, ranked third after ...
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