Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant
# Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 防城港核电站; traditional Chinese: 防城港核電站; pinyin: Fángchénggǎng hédiànzhàn), also known as Fangchenggang Hongsha Nuclear Power Plant ( 防城港红沙核电站 ), is a nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang, near Hongshacun Village ( 红沙村 ), autonomous region of Guangxi (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) 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 (CGNPC) 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.

| Unit | Type /Model | Net power | Gross power | Thermal power | Construction start | First criticality | Grid connection | Operation start | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phase I ||||||||||
| Fangchenggang 1 | PWR / CPR-1000 | 1000 MW | 1086 MW | 2905 MW | 2010-07-30 | 2015-10-13 | 2015-10-25 | 2016-01-01 | |
| Fangchenggang 2 | PWR / CPR-1000 | 1000 MW | 1086 MW | 2905 MW | 2010-12-23 | 2016-06-29 | 2016-07-15 | 2016-10-01 | |
| Phase II ||||||||||
| Fangchenggang 3 | PWR / HPR1000 | 1000 MW | 1180 MW | 3150 MW | 2015-12-24 | 2022-12-27 | 2023-01-10 | 2023-03-25 | [11] [12] |
| Fangchenggang 4 | PWR / HPR1000 | 1000 MW | 1180 MW | 3150 MW | 2016-12-23 | | | | |
| Fangchenggang 5 | PWR / HPR1000 | 1000 MW | 1180 MW | 3150 MW | | | | | |
| Fangchenggang 6 | PWR / HPR1000 | 1000 MW | 1180 MW | 3150 MW | | | | | |
