The state-owned nuclear group China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has installed the reactor pressure vessel at the 1,087 MW Fuqing-5 nuclear reactor in the Fujian province of China. The last steam generators was installed in 2018 and the facility is scheduled to come onstream by 2019.
The Fuqing site will accommodate six reactors, of which four 1,087 MW Chinese-designed CPR-1000 units. The first one was commissioned in November 2014, the second unit in October 2015, the third one in October 2016 and the fourth one in September 2017. In April 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission of China gave its final approval for the construction of two additional Hualong One units, Fuqing-5 and Fuqing-6, which are expected to be commissioned in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The Fuqing nuclear power plant project is owned by China Nuclear Power Company (51%), Huadian Fuxin Energy Company (39%) and Fujian Investment and Development Group (10%).
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