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Jinqimen-1

Hualong One · 1,090 MWe · Under construction · commercial operation est. 2030

Current state

StatusUnder construction
DesignHualong One (PWR)
Net capacity1,090 MWe
CountryChina
VendorCNNC
Owner / operatorCNNC
Construction start2024
Original COD target—
Current COD estimate2030
Schedule slippage—

Notes

Pressurizer relief tank hoisted 2026-08-30 (CINIE, single source) — not asserted. Nuclear-island FCD Aug 2025 per WNN (recorded construction start (2024) is the Feb 2024 groundbreaking and is kept unchanged). Phase I operations slated 2030 (unit 1) per CNNC.

Milestone log

  • 2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2030 (source)

The milestone log is append-only: corrections are recorded as new entries, never rewrites. Full history via /api/v1/changes.

NNN coverage

At Jinqimen Nuclear Power Plant

On the Hualong One (HPR1000) design

Sources

  1. https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-reactor-database/summary/report?report=gen&status=Under%20Construction
  2. https://pris.iaea.org/pris/