Current state
| Status | Under construction |
| Design | Hualong One (PWR) |
| Net capacity | 1,090 MWe |
| Country | China |
| Vendor | CGN |
| Owner / operator | CGN |
| Construction start | 2025-11-18 |
| Original COD target | — |
| Current COD estimate | 2030 |
| Schedule slippage | — |
Notes
First concrete 2025-11-18 per WNN (carried by CNNC) and Wikipedia. Zhaoyuan 2 poured first concrete Sep 5-6 2026 (Global Times + CGN post + Wikipedia) — confirms unit-2 as a future tracker addition; Phase I now fully under construction. First Hualong One with cooling towers (203-m natural-draft). COD 2030 per WNA table.
Milestone log
- 2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2030 (source)
- 2025-11-18 — First safety-related concrete poured for the reactor building of Zhaoyuan unit 1, CGN's first nuclear project in Shandong and its tenth plant site (six HPR1000 units planned; phase 1 approved August 2024) (source)
The milestone log is append-only: corrections are recorded as new entries, never rewrites. Full history via /api/v1/changes.