International edition
Nuclear News Network

Reporting the buildout, from mine to megawatt

Reactor TrackerChina

Taipingling-3

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

Current state

StatusUnder construction
DesignHualong One (PWR)
Net capacity1,090 MWe
CountryChina
VendorCGN
Owner / operatorCGN
Construction start2025-06-10
Original COD target—
Current COD estimate2030
Schedule slippage—

Notes

Six Hualong One units planned at Taipingling (Huizhou, Guangdong); units 1-2 began 2019/2020. Unit 3 first concrete 2025-06-10 per CGN statement reported by WNN. Fifth inner-containment ring installed Aug 2026 (NucNet relay of local/CGN reporting, single origin) — noted, not asserted. Units 1&2 commercial Apr/Aug 2026 (context). COD 2030 per WNA table.

Milestone log

  • 2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2030 (source)
  • 2025-06-10 — First safety-related concrete poured for the reactor building of unit 3, marking official start of construction (phase 2 approved by the State Council 2023-12-29) (source)

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

NNN coverage

At Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant

On the Hualong One (HPR1000) design

Sources

  1. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide
  2. https://pris.iaea.org/pris/
  3. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/construction-under-way-of-third-taipingling-unit