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World's first Hualong One unit connects to grid : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News
Unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province was today connected to the grid for the first time, at 00:41 local time, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. The unit - the first of two demonstration Hualong One reactors at the site - had attained a sustained...
Based on what was discussed in this thread:
China to build 6-8 reactors a year
China has recently finalized their own domestic reactor design, the Hualong One, which is based heavily on the French (Areva) EPR units. This is a Generation III reactor and will likely be the dominant reactor design going forward. China has been on a three-year hiatus from approving new...
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And more importantly:
It has started.
The Hualong One borrows heavily from the French EPR. China partnered with Westinghouse and Areva on both the AP1000 and EPR which are light water designs of US and French origin respectively and had them built domestically. They also, in the early 2000's partnered with AECL and have two CANDU 6's at Qinshan and are now looking to build CANDU's abroad. They also have started their own heavy water PWR that I expect they will transition to like they've done here with the HPR1000. The assumed expertise through these partnerships allowed them to greatly expedite the development of "domestic" designs and with that now sorted deployment has begun as well as the pursuit of builds abroad.
The European Nuclear Safety Commission recently approved the Hualong One and the expectation is that it will get built in the UK at Bradwell, while Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C are EPR's.
