China's independent research and development of the third generation of nuclear power technology CAP1400 is about to appear

China's self-developed third-generation nuclear power technology demonstration project is about to land in China
.
On November 20, Xian Chunyu, chief designer of the Hualong No.
1 of CGNPC, revealed at the 10th China Nuclear Power Technology Development Forum that the second phase of the Fangchenggang demonstration project is scheduled to start construction at the end of this year, and the nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang City, Guangxi Province, will be equipped with CGNPC's version of the Hualong No.
1 unit
.

Hualong No.
1 is a third-generation nuclear power technology independently developed by China, which is formed by the fusion of CNNC ACP1000 and CGN ACPR1000+ technologies
.
In May this year, CNNC's "Hualong No.
1" demonstration project officially started, and units 5 and 6 of Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant chose this model
.
Xian Chunyu said that the start time of the second phase of the Fangchenggang project was initially set for December 12, but whether it can proceed as scheduled remains to be decided by the top management
.

The first nuclear power plant
in western China was built in July 2010 and was connected to the grid in October this year, starting construction of units 1 and 2 of the Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant.
If the second phase of the Fangchenggang project starts as planned, the installation will be completed in 2019 and put into commercial operation
in 2020.
The procurement of equipment for the project is currently in full swing, with 16 contracts signed out of 344 packages, and the number is expected to reach approximately 60 by the end of the year
.
The second phase of Fangchenggang will become the reference for the Bradwell B project in the United Kingdom and play an important role
in the export process of "Hualong No.
1".

In October, CGN and EDF signed an investment agreement for a new nuclear power project in the UK, including Bradwell B, and decided to use the "Hualong 1" technology
.
In addition to Fangchenggang Phase II, Units 5 and 6 of Ningde Phase II in Fujian Province will also demonstrate the application of CGNPC's "Hualong No.
1" technology
.

At the same time, another third-generation nuclear power technology project in China, CAP1400, also has the latest progress disclosure
.
In addition to the "Hualong No.
1", CAP1400 is another important option for China's nuclear power "going global" strategy, which belongs to the third generation of nuclear power technology, developed by the National Nuclear Power Technology Corporation from the AP1000 nuclear power technology introduced by Westinghouse in the United States
.

On November 20, Zheng Mingguang, deputy general manager of the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, said that CAP1400 has met all the technical review requirements, but due to weather factors, its demonstration project at the Shidaowan nuclear power plant in Shandong Province cannot yet be started, and it is expected that the project will not be ready
to start construction between the end of March and October next year.

As for the reason why the CAP1400 project has not been approved to start construction before, Zheng Mingguang explained that it is mainly due to the delay in the construction period of the AP1000 project, which is a necessary condition
for the landing of CAP1400 nuclear power technology.
He also said that in the research and development process of CAP1400, an equipment industry chain has been cultivated, and each component equipment has more than two suppliers to ensure that there will be no monopoly and improve the economy of
nuclear power equipment.

Xu Yuming, deputy secretary-general of the China Nuclear Energy Industry Association, believes that third-generation nuclear power technologies such as "Hualong No.
1" and CAP1400 will become the mainstream installed models
in China in the future.
By the end of this year, China's total installed nuclear power capacity will be close to 30GW, surpassing South Korea and Russia and ranking fourth
in the world.

Zhou Weihong, chief economist and general manager of the strategic planning department of CGNPC, reminded that the third generation of nuclear power technology may have technical immaturity, which may lead to an increase in construction period and cost, which will become a new challenge
for the future development of China's nuclear power 。 For example, he said, Finland's OL3 project with third-generation nuclear power technology was planned to be put into operation in the second half of 2009, but since the project has been delayed, its total investment has soared from 3 billion euros (about 20.
4 billion yuan) to 8.
5 billion euros (about 57.
7 billion yuan).
A similar situation occurred with the FA3 project in France, where the commissioning of the plant was delayed from 2013 to 2019, and the total investment increased by about 2 times to 10.
5 billion euros (about 71.
3 billion yuan).