China General Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) has completed fuel loading at the fourth reactor of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in the Liaoning province of China. Construction started at Hongyanhe-4 in August 2009 and the unit is expected to achieve first criticality in the coming weeks.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power plant consists of six CPR-1000 units, rated 1,000 MW each. The first two reactors were commissioned in June 2013 and May 2014, respectively, while units 3 and 4 are under construction and should be commissioned in 2015 (unit-3 was connected to the grid earlier in March 2015). Construction started on the fifth reactor in March 2015; the unit is expected to be commissioned in November 2019 and will be followed by unit 6 in August 2020. When fully operational, the six units are expected to generate 45 TWh/year of electricity, avoiding the consumption of 15 Mt/year of coal and the emissions of 40 MtCO2eq/year.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power plant is owned and operated by Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power, a joint venture between CGNPC and China Power Investment (45% each), with the Dalian Municipal Construction Investment holding the remaining 10%.
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