The picture shows the fifth and sixth units of the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, a global demonstration project of Hualong One.Photo courtesy of China National Nuclear Corporation
Sichuan Online reporter Xu Lisha
The reporter learned from China National Nuclear Corporation that on March 25, the second unit of my country’s independent third-generation nuclear power Hualong No. 1 demonstration project, the No. 6 unit of China National Nuclear Corporation’s Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, was officially ready for commercial operation. So far, the Hualong No. 1 demonstration project has been fully completed and put into operation. This is a major achievement in my country’s nuclear power development, marking that my country’s nuclear power technology level and comprehensive strength ranks first in the world, and it strongly supports my country’s leap from a nuclear power country to a nuclear power power.
This is a third-generation pressurized water reactor nuclear power innovation achievement with completely independent intellectual property rights. It has the capacity for batch construction and has become the preferred solution for China’s third-generation nuclear power contribution to the world. Its core parts—the reactor and the primary loop system—are independently developed and designed by the China Nuclear Power Research and Design Institute in Sichuan, which meets the highest international safety standards in terms of safety. Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant No. 5 and No. 6 are the global demonstration projects of Hualong No. 1. Among them, Unit 5 has created the best performance in the construction of the first reactor of the third generation of nuclear power in the world, and was selected into the Centennial Chronicle of the Communist Party of China.
After the Hualong No. 1 demonstration project is fully completed, the annual power generation capacity of the two units will be nearly 20 billion kWh, which is equivalent to reducing the consumption of standard coal by 6.24 million tons and carbon dioxide emissions by 16.32 million tons each year, equivalent to planting 140 million trees. It is of great significance to structure, promote green and low-carbon development, and help achieve the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.
CNNC cooperated with 17 domestic universities and scientific research institutions, 58 state-owned enterprises and more than 140 private enterprises to jointly break through the localization of 411 equipment including core equipment such as reactor pressure vessels, and obtained more than 700 patents and more than 120 items. Software copyright. As a “national business card” for China’s high-end manufacturing industry to go global, Hualong No. 1 has driven more than 5,300 enterprises in the upstream and downstream industry chains, bringing huge economic benefits and opportunities for transformation and upgrading to my country’s high-end equipment manufacturing industry.
At present, CNNC has established cooperation intentions on nuclear power projects with more than 20 countries and regions including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Brazil. Hualong No. 1 overseas demonstration project – Pakistan Karachi Nuclear Power Unit 2 has been put into commercial operation, and Unit 3 has been successfully connected to the grid. Among them, Unit 2 has created the shortest construction period for overseas construction of third-generation nuclear power plants in the world. In 2022, the general contract for the Hualong No. 1 nuclear power project in Argentina was signed.