On April 20, unit one of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant, built by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) in Huizhou City, South China’s Guangdong Province, began operation.
This nuclear power unit is the first nuclear establishment to use the “Hualong One” technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is expected to generate more than 9 billion kilowatt-hours annually, enough to meet the annual electricity needs of 1 million residents in the Greater Bay Area.
Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant in Huizhou City, South China’s Guangdong Province, is built by China General Nuclear Power Corporation. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
“The unit one has completed all performance tests as well as a 168-hour continuous operation test with full capacity. Currently, it is in good condition with all parameters normal and stable,” an official of the CGN Huizhou Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., said.
Construction of unit one fully incorporated lessons learned from earlier projects, resulting in 26 major design improvements and more than 8,300 items of feedback from experience being implemented.
This unit has an HL-T67 steam generator and an SH-N non-safety-class DCS platform, both of which were independently developed by CGN. Notably, the newly launched Digital Handover Platform 3.0 uses a three-dimensional digital model to oversee the design, procurement, construction and debugging of the nuclear establishment.
Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant in Huizhou City, South China’s Guangdong Province, is built by China General Nuclear Power Corporation. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
CGN plans to build six nuclear power units with “Hualong One” nuclear technology in three phases for the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant. Once completed, the power plant will be able to generate more than 55 billion kWh of electricity annually, equivalent to reducing the consumption of about 16.65 million metric tons of standard coal and about 50.82 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The power plant will promote the green transition of Guangdong’s energy mix and help achieve the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as scheduled.
As the unit one of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant began operation, CGN now has 29 nuclear power units in operation with a total installed capacity of 33.04 million kilowatts. CGN has another 19 units under construction, which are expected to have 23.02 million kW of installed capacity in total. Seventeen of these units employ the “Hualong One” nuclear technology.
(Executive editor: Zuo Shihan)
