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China’s latest nuclear reactor goes live, first in Greater Bay Area with Hualong One tech
New reactor at Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant launches as Guangdong sees a growing number of reactors built across the province
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Frank Chenin Shanghai
China’s domestic design is fuelling a nuclear reactor-building spree in the country’s largest provincial economy of Guangdong, with a new Hualong One reactor counting down to entering commercial operation this week ahead of peak demand for electricity this summer.
China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) announced that the No. 2 reactor of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant, located less than 100km from Hong Kong in Huizhou, had been plugged into the grid on Saturday.
Many of Guangdong’s nuclear plants, including its first one built more than 30 years ago, imported foreign technologies for their superior Western design but China is increasingly building out its domestic supply chain for nuclear energy.
The nuclear reactor is the first one in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) that incorporates China’s proprietary Hualong flagship third-generation pressurised water reactor design. The GBA is China’s regional integration master plan to connect Hong Kong and Macau to nine mainland cities in Guangdong to form economic and tech synergy.
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