The fourth unit of the Yangjiang nuclear power plant has completed commissioning tests and is now entering commercial operations (some necessary permits and documentations still to be obtained). The 1,080 MW reactor achieved first criticality in December 2016 and was connected to the national grid in January 2017.
The Yangjiang nuclear project consists of six units of 1,000 MW, including four 1,080 MW CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors and two ACPR-1000 reactors. The first reactor was commissioned in 2014, the second in June 2015, the third unit in January 2016 and the fourth unit in March 2017. Construction started on units 5 and 6 in 2013. The entire project will be operational in early 2019.
Yangjiang Nuclear is currently 46% owned by CGNPC, 30% owned by CGN Power subsidiary GNIC, 7% by CGN Power associate company CGN Industry Investment Fund Phase I, and 17% by Guangdong Yudean Group.
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