China begins construction of nuclear power station
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
DALIAN, Aug 20 (CEIS): China Saturday began construction of the main body of a nuclear power station in Dalian, Liaoning province, the first nuclear power station in northeast China.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, located in Donggang Township, is designed to have six generating units of million- kilowatt class.
The first phase of the project consists of four generating units. The first unit, now being built, is expected to start commercial operation in 2012. It will be joined by the other three units in 2014, when annual electricity output of the station will reach 30 billion kwh.
The whole project will cost an estimated 50 billion yuan (6.6 billion US dollars), according to Xu Juncai, deputy general manager of the Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.
The China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Holdings Co. Ltd. and the China Power Investment Corporation each holds a 45- per cent, while the Dalian Municipal Construction Investment Company holds the remaining 10 per cent of the project.
"Construction of the station will help ease the increasing electricity demand in the northeast boosted by the country's strategy of revitalising the region," said Liu Huanxin, deputy director of the Liaoning provincial reform and development commission.
The station will drive development of equipment manufacturing industry in the region, Liu said.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, located in Donggang Township, is designed to have six generating units of million- kilowatt class.
The first phase of the project consists of four generating units. The first unit, now being built, is expected to start commercial operation in 2012. It will be joined by the other three units in 2014, when annual electricity output of the station will reach 30 billion kwh.
The whole project will cost an estimated 50 billion yuan (6.6 billion US dollars), according to Xu Juncai, deputy general manager of the Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.
The China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Holdings Co. Ltd. and the China Power Investment Corporation each holds a 45- per cent, while the Dalian Municipal Construction Investment Company holds the remaining 10 per cent of the project.
"Construction of the station will help ease the increasing electricity demand in the northeast boosted by the country's strategy of revitalising the region," said Liu Huanxin, deputy director of the Liaoning provincial reform and development commission.
The station will drive development of equipment manufacturing industry in the region, Liu said.