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Hualong One

Nuclear Reactor

The Hualong One is a Chinese Generation III pressurized water nuclear reactor design, jointly developed by the China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The China General Nuclear Power Group's version of the design, and its export variant, is marketed as HPR1000. The design is sometimes mistakenly referred to in media as ACPR1000 or ACP1000, names that in fact belong to earlier, separate reactor design programs by CGN and CNNC. Unit 5 of the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant in China became the first Hualong One reactor to enter commercial service, on 30 January 2021. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Technology Type
Generation III pressurized water reactor 1
Invented Year
2014 1
2014 is the year China's nuclear regulator formally classified the merged CNNC/CGN design as Generation III with independent intellectual property rights; construction of the first unit, Fuqing 5, began 7 May 2015, and it entered commercial operation 30 January 2021.
Classification
Maturity
TRL 7: System Prototype Demonstration in Operational Environment 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hualong One
  • Hualong One, opening definition
    The Hualong One is a Chinese Generation III pressurized water nuclear reactor
  • Hualong One, Development section, August 2014 entry
    In August 2014 the Chinese nuclear regulator review panel classified the design as a Generation III reactor design, with independently owned intellectual property rights.
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