Most of the civil engineering works have been completed at the Hongyanhe-5 nuclear power plant site (China) and the dome of its containment building has been moved into place.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power plant consists of four existing 1087 MWe CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors and two 1080 MWe CGN-designed ACPR1000 reactors which will form the second phase of the plant.
The first two reactors were commissioned in June 2013 and May 2014, respectively, and unit 3 in August 2015. The construction of the fourth unit started in August 2009. It reached criticality in March 2016 and was connected to the grid one month later.
The construction of the reactor 5 and 6 started respectively in March and July 2015. The reactors are expected to be commissioned respectively in November 2019 and in August 2020.
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), while the Dalian Municipal Construction Investment holds 10%.
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