Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant
Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant, also known as Fangchenggang Hongsha Nuclear Power Plant, is a nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang, near Hongshacun Village, autonomous region of Guangxi 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 3–4 are Hualong Ones, units 5-6 are planned also to be 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 54 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 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.Reactor data
The Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant consist of 2 operational reactors, 2 reactors under construction, and 2 reactors planned.
