The Chinese state-owned company State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has started the first phase of construction for the Lianjiang nuclear power plant located in the Guangdong Province (southern China), as first concrete has been poured for the 1,250 MW first unit of the plant. For the first phase of the project, two CAP1000 units are planned, but the plant is scheduled to comprise six pressurized water reactors (PWRs) with a life span of 60 years once completed.
The project, estimated to require an investment of CNY130bn (US$18bn), will be able to generate more than 70 TWh/year once completed. Lianjiang will also be China’s first nuclear power plant featuring super-large cooling towers.
At the end of 2022, China’s nuclear capacity reached 55.5 GW and its nuclear power generation reached 418 TWh. China targets 200 GW of nuclear capacity by 2035. The country currently has over 31 GW of nuclear capacity under construction and 176 GW under development.
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