13 July 2021
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Construction officially started today of the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang nuclear power plant on China s island province of Hainan. China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the project will be the world s first land-based commercial SMR. The multi-purpose 125 MWe pressurised water reactor (PWR) - also referred to as the Linglong One - is designed for electricity production, heating, steam production or seawater desalination.
First concrete being poured for the basemat of the ACP100 demonstration plant at Changjiang (Image: CNNC)
The demonstration ACP100 plant is being built on the north-west side of the existing Changjiang nuclear power plant, according to a March 2019 announcement from China s Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The site is already home to two operating CNP600 PWRs, while the construction of the first of two Hualong One units began in March this year. Both those units are due to enter commercial o
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