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Taipingling-4

Hualong One · 1,090 MWe · Under construction · commercial operation est. 2031

Current state

StatusUnder construction
DesignHualong One (PWR)
Net capacity1,090 MWe
CountryChina
VendorCGN
Owner / operatorCGN
Construction start2026-05-10
Original COD target—
Current COD estimate2031
Schedule slippage—

Notes

First concrete 2026-05-10 per CGN Power HKEX announcement (reported by WNN). Correction: bulk-seed construction start of 2025 was provisional; confirmed date is 2026-05-10. COD 2031 per WNA table.

Milestone log

  • 2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2031 (source)
  • 2026-05-10 — First concrete date of the main plant declared by CGN Power (HKEX announcement), marking full-scale construction start of Taipingling unit 4 (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-begins-on-fourth-taipingling-unit