A ground-breaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction of the first phase of the Jinqimen nuclear power plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced.
The construction of two 1200 MWe Hualong One reactors as Phase I of the Jinqimen plant was approved by China’s State Council at a meeting on 29 December last year. CNNC noted that units 1 and 2 of the Jinqimen plant have been included in the national plan and have undergone a comprehensive safety assessment review. CNNC subsidiary CNNC Zhejiang Energy Co Ltd will be responsible for project investment, construction and operations management of the new plant, which will eventually house six Hualong One units. Once all six units have been completed, the total installed capacity of the Jinqimen plant will be about 7.2 GWe, and the annual grid-connected electricity will be some 55 TWh, which according to CNNC is equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 50 million tonnes.
