Official name 福清核电站 Status Operational Construction began 21 November 2008 | Country China Commission date 22 November 2014 | |
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Location Qianxue, Fuqing, Fujian Owner(s) Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Co. Operator China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) | ||
The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 福清核电站; traditional Chinese: 福清核電站; pinyin: Fúqīng Hédiànzhàn) is a nuclear power plant in Fuqing, Fujian Province, PRC. The plant is located on the coast of Xinghua Bay, near Qianxue Village, Sanshan Town. The station will have six 1,000 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The CPR-1000 is an advanced PWR design developed by China from the Areva-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.
The plant will be jointly constructed and operated by China National Nuclear Corporation (51%), China Huadian Corp. (39%) and the Fujian Investment & Development Co Ltd. (10%). The cost of the plant will be about 100 billion yuan (US$14.7 billion).
Construction of the first unit began on 21 November 2008, and is expected to take 5 years. Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the inauguration ceremony. First concrete for Unit 2 was poured on 17 June 2009 — three months ahead of schedule. First concrete for Unit 3 was poured on 31 December 2010. Construction of Unit 4 was to begin in 2011, but was delayed until November 2012 by China's nuclear safety review after the Japanese nuclear accident.
In November 2014 it was announced that units 5 and 6 would be of the Hualong One (updated CPR-1000) design, with unit 5 scheduled to be in operation about 2019. The first concrete was poured for Fuqing 5 on 7 May 2015.