Operating License for Zhangzhou 2 Issued
China has issued the operating license for Zhangzhou 2, enabling fuel loading for the site's second Hualong One reactor.
The unit marks another step in CNNC's multi-unit expansion, with two more reactors under construction and additional units planned.
- China's Ministry of Ecology & Environment has issued an operating license for unit 2 of Zhangzhou NPP in Fujian province.
- The process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of the reactor began the same day, according to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
- The unit is the second of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site with two more planned.
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) began loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of the reactor.
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued construction licenses for Zhangzhou 1&2 in 2019 to CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company.
Author's summary: Zhangzhou 2 licensed to operate.