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CPR-1000

The CPR-1000 is a Generation II+ pressurised water reactor from China General Nuclear Power Group. 18 units are operating and 0 are under construction, out of 22 on record.

Operating
18
19.7 GW gross
Under construction
0
Planned
0
Cancelled
4
0 retired

CGN's localised development of the French M310 three-loop design, and the workhorse of Chinese nuclear expansion through the 2010s. Built rapidly and in volume, but retained French intellectual property that limited its export.

Design
VendorChina General Nuclear Power Group
Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
GenerationII+
Capacity range1000–1080 MWe gross
CoolantLight water
Typical enrichment3–5% U-235
Where it is built
China 22 units, 18 operating

All CPR-1000 units

UnitCountryStatusGross MWOnline
Fangchenggang nuclear power plant 1-1 China Operating 1,086 2016
Fangchenggang nuclear power plant 1-2 China Operating 1,086 2016
Fangjiashan nuclear power plant 1 China Operating 1,089 2014
Fangjiashan nuclear power plant 2 China Operating 1,089 2015
Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-1 China Operating 1,119 2013
Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-2 China Operating 1,119 2014
Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-3 China Operating 1,119 2015
Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-4 China Operating 1,119 2016
Ling'ao nuclear power plant 2-3 China Operating 1,086 2010
Ling'ao nuclear power plant 2-4 China Operating 1,086 2011
Ningde nuclear power plant 1-1 China Operating 1,089 2013
Ningde nuclear power plant 1-2 China Operating 1,089 2014
Ningde nuclear power plant 1-3 China Operating 1,089 2015
Ningde nuclear power plant 1-4 China Operating 1,089 2016
Yangjiang nuclear power plant 1 China Operating 1,086 2014
Yangjiang nuclear power plant 2 China Operating 1,086 2015
Yangjiang nuclear power plant 3 China Operating 1,086 2016
Yangjiang nuclear power plant 4 China Operating 1,086 2017
Sanming nuclear power plant 1 China Cancelled (inferred) 1,000 —
Sanming nuclear power plant 2 China Cancelled (inferred) 1,000 —
Sanming nuclear power plant 3 China Cancelled (inferred) 1,000 —
Sanming nuclear power plant 4 China Cancelled (inferred) 1,000 —

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