The Chinese State Council has approved the development of 10 new nuclear reactors in China, to be built across five projects and requiring an investment estimated at CNY200bn (US$27.4bn). The units, which will each have a capacity of around 1.2 GW, will feature Chinese-built reactors, either the Hualong One or the CAP-1000 reactor.
The projects include phase 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in Guangxi (units 5 and 6) and phase 2 of the Taishan nuclear power plant in Guangdong (units 3 and 4), both developed by CGN, in addition to phase 3 of CNNC’s Sanmen nuclear plant in Zhejiang (units 5 and 6), phase 3 of SPIC’s Haiyang nuclear plant in Shandong (units 5 and 6), and Phase I of Huaneng Power International’s Xiapu nuclear plant in Fujian (units 1 and 2).
It is the fourth consecutive year in which China’s State Council has approved at least 10 new nuclear reactor units. China targets 200 GW of nuclear capacity by 2035.