World’s first Generation IV nuclear power plant

The world’s first Generation IV nuclear power plant began its expansion construction on Sunday in Rongcheng of east China. The first phase of the expansion project is to install another domestically developed third-generation pressurized water reactor Hualong One, which will operate with the gas-cooled one.

The expansion is to add four pressurized water reactors each with a capacity of over one million kilowatts. Upon completion of the expansion, the total installed capacity of the power plant will exceed five million kilowatts, with an annual generation capacity of 35 billion kilowatt-hours, enough for the electricity consumption of over 17 million three-member households for a year.