The Chinese company China General Nuclear (CGN) has started operations at the 1 GW Unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant, located in the Guangxi Autonomous Region (southern China). The unit is the second of two CGN-designed Hualong One (HPR-1000) reactors at the site, alongside Unit 3.
CGN obtained the operating license for the unit from the Chinese National Nuclear Safety Administration in late February 2024 and connected Fangchenggang-4 to the grid for the first time in April 2024.
The Fangchenggang nuclear plant is planned to house six reactors. The first phase comprises two CPR-1000 units, which were put into commercial operation in 2016. First concrete was poured for Unit 3 in 2015, while that for unit 4 was poured 2016. Both units (39% owned by Guangxi Investment Group and 61% by CGN) were expected to start operations in 2019 and 2020 respectively, but their start-ups were postponed until 2022. Unit 3 entered commercial operation in March 2023.
At the end of 2023, China’s nuclear capacity reached 56.9 GW and its nuclear power generation reached nearly 435 TWh. China targets 200 GW of nuclear capacity by 2035. The country currently has over 30 GW of nuclear capacity under construction and 174 GW under development.
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