Status Operational Reactor type CPR-1000, HPR-1000 | Commission date 1 January 2016 Construction began 30 July 2010 | |
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Country People's Republic of China Location Hongsha, Gangkou, Fangchenggang, Guangxi Operator(s) Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Group | ||
Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant under construction in Fangchenggang, near Hongshacun Village ( 红沙村 ), autonomous region of Guangxi (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) in the People's Republic of China. A total of six reactors are planned to operate at the Fangchenggang site. Units 1 and 2 are both CPR-1000s, units 3–6 are planned to be based on Hualong One reactors. Fangchenggang 3 and 4 will be the reference plant for the proposed Bradwell B plant in the UK.
The plant is located about 45 kilometres from the border with Vietnam. It is a project of Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Group, a joint venture between China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) and Guangxi Investment Group.
Unit 1 was connected to the electricity grid on 25 October 2015. Unit 1 is commercially operating starting on 1 January 2016.
Construction works for Unit 3 started in December 2015. Unit 3 first concrete pour occurred on 24 December 2015. First concrete for Unit 4 followed one year later, on 23 December 2016.