{"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","terms":"History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Reactor Project Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker"},"unit":{"slug":"changjiang-linglong-1","name":"Linglong One (Changjiang SMR)","plant":"Changjiang","unit":"SMR-1","country":"CN","region":"asia","reactor_type":"PWR","design":"ACP100 (Linglong One)","capacity_mw_net":125,"is_smr":true,"vendor":"CNNC","owner_operator":"CNNC Hainan Nuclear Power","vendor_id":"org:cnnc","owner_operator_ids":["org:hainan-nuclear-power"],"design_id":"design:acp100","site_id":"site:changjiang","status":"commissioning","construction_start":"2021-07-13","original_cod_target":2026,"current_cod_estimate":2027,"milestones":[{"date":"2021-07-13","event":"First concrete — world's first onshore commercial SMR construction start","source":"https://pris.iaea.org/pris/"},{"date":"2025-10-15","event":"Cold functional testing completed","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cold-testing-of-chinese-smr-completed"},{"date":"2025-12-23","event":"Non-nuclear turbine test run passed on first attempt","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinese-smr-completes-non-nuclear-steam-start-up-test"},{"date":"2026-03-10","event":"Hot functional testing underway, per CNNC official at Two Sessions; progressing toward fuel loading","source":"https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-03-10/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDg5NTMw/index.html"},{"date":"2026-09-08","event":"WNN confirms Linglong One still undergoing pre-commissioning tests — no fuel load, criticality or grid connection yet; H1 2026 COD target missed","source":"https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/key-commissioning-tests-completed-at-changjiang-4"}],"sources":["https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide","https://www.nucnet.org/news/china-s-linglong-1-set-to-become-first-land-based-smr-to-begin-operation-12-5-2025","https://pris.iaea.org/pris/","https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2026/technology-nuclear","https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-03-10/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDg5NTMw/index.html","https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/key-commissioning-tests-completed-at-changjiang-4"],"last_verified":"2026-09-15","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"World's first land-based commercial SMR. H1 2026 commercial-operation target has passed with no fuel loading reported; hot functional testing underway since March 2026; trade press reports COD now targeted for early 2027, but no primary CNNC/NNSA schedule update found. Neighboring Changjiang-3 (Hualong One, not the SMR) reached criticality 2026-07-10 and grid connection 2026-08-01 — do not confuse with Linglong One milestones.","tags":["china","smr","acp100","cnnc","first-of-a-kind"],"updated_at":"2026-09-15","slippage_years":1}}