Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant
The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Fuqing, Fujian Province, China.
The plant is located on the coast of Xinghua Bay, near Qianxue Village, Sanshan Town.
The station has four 1,089 megawatt CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors.
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 was jointly constructed and is operated by China National Nuclear Corporation, China Huadian Corp. and the Fujian Investment & Development Co Ltd..
Construction of the first unit began on 21 November 2008 and was completed in 2014.
First concrete for Unit 2 was poured on 17 June 2009 and the unit was started in October 2015.
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 design, with unit 5 scheduled to be in operation about 2019.
The first concrete was poured for Fuqing 5 on 7 May 2015.Reactor data
The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant consist of 4 operational reactors, and 2 reactors under construction.
