New Units at Bailong and Lufeng Bring Total Number of Operational and Approved China AP1000-Based Reactors to 16
Cranberry Township, PA, August 29, 2024 – Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) for receiving approval from China’s State Council to add four AP1000® technology-based plants to their growing list of newbuild projects. This brings the total number of operational and approved reactors in China based on AP1000 technology to 16.
Two reactors will be built as a part of the Bailong Nuclear Power Project, which is owned by SPIC in Guangxi Province. The project, which will include a total of six AP1000 technology-based units, can now begin construction at the site with preparatory groundwork.
The other two units were approved for the Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant, located in Guangdong Province and owned by CGN. Sitework is currently underway in preparation for the First Concrete Day (FCD) of the nuclear island foundation.
“Westinghouse AP1000 technology continues to be recognized for its record-breaking operational and availability performance through successful deployments in China and the U.S.,” said Patrick Fragman, Westinghouse President and CEO. “Utilities are clearly seeing the value of the AP1000 platform and are making it a part of their long-term investments to provide safe, clean and reliable base-load electricity. With these new approvals and their delivery schedule, there will be 18 units based on AP1000 technology in operation globally by the end of the decade.”
The AP1000 reactor is the only operating Generation III+ reactor with fully passive safety systems, modular construction design and the smallest footprint per MWe on the market. In addition to the four AP1000 reactors currently setting operational performance and availability records in China with eight additional reactors under construction, there are two operating AP1000 units at the Vogtle site in Georgia. The AP1000 technology has been selected for the nuclear energy programs in Poland, Ukraine and Bulgaria, and is also under consideration at multiple other sites in Central and Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, India, and North America.
