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Jinqimen-3

Hualong One 2.0 · 1,126 MWe · Planned

Current state

StatusPlanned
DesignHualong One 2.0 (PWR)
Net capacity1,126 MWe
CountryChina
VendorCNNC
Owner / operatorCNNC (Xiangshan) Nuclear Power Co Ltd
Construction start—
Original COD target—
Current COD estimate—
Schedule slippage—

Notes

CGN's contemporaneous primary release confirms phase-II approval and design; WNN reports CNNC's Phase-II excavation, not first safety-related concrete. WNN names CNNC (Xiangshan) as project owner. Net capacity is a provisional 1126 MWe Hualong One design-typical estimate pending unit-specific publication; CNNC describes total site installed capacity as about 7.2 GWe (not net unit capacity). No credible unit-specific COD target found.

Milestone log

  • 2026-07-31 — State Council approved Jinqimen Phase II units 3 and 4 as Hualong One 2.0 demonstration projects (source)
  • 2026-09-09 — Phase II site levelling and excavation began with first blast; nuclear-island first concrete not reported (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://www.cgnpc.com.cn/cgn/c100944/2026-08/03/content_349a80b88b574b42ba6183c30a11e52b.shtml
  2. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-approves-construction-of-eight-more-reactors
  3. https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/groundwork-begins-for-demonstration-hualong-one-20-units