The National Energy Administration approved the Hualong No. 1 technology integration plan

A few days ago, the National Energy Administration has agreed to the "Hualong No.
1 Technology Integration Plan"
reported by Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology Company.
This also means that other domestic nuclear power projects that plan to adopt Hualong No.
1 are one step
closer to the goal of obtaining national approval for construction.

Huang Xiaofei, spokesman for China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC), said that it was learned on August 9 that the National Energy Administration had replied on July 26 to agree to the Hualong No.
1 Technology Integration Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") reported by Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Hualong Company").

He introduced that the National Energy Administration pointed out in its reply that the integrated version of "Hualong No.
1" should have completely independent intellectual property rights, uniformly adopt 177 cores, and adopt unified main parameters, main systems, technical standards and technical requirements
of main equipment.
The safety system adopts a "active plus passive" design, and the specific configuration can consider the market needs, providing two options
.
Both options must meet the latest safety standards and have comprehensive serious accident prevention and mitigation measures
.

Hualong 1 is the world's third-generation nuclear power technology independently developed by China, which is a fusion of ACP1000 nuclear power technology launched by CNNC and ACPR1000+ nuclear power technology launched by CGN a few years ago, mainly to promote China's nuclear power exports
.

Hualong Company was established in this context
.
According to official information, Hualong is led by the National Energy Administration, CNNC and CGN each invested 250 million yuan, registered in Beijing in early 2016, the company aims to fully implement the requirements of "Hualong unified technical route, unified standard, one Hualong and one banner", embody the national will, and maximize
national interests.

In 2015, with the approval of the state, CNNC and CGN started construction of two Hualong No.
1 nuclear power units in Fujian and Guangxi respectively as demonstration projects
for domestic nuclear power exports.
At present, the two demonstration projects are progressing well
.

Before the plan was submitted to the National Energy Administration, official information showed that in the first half of 2016, under the guidance of the National Energy Administration, CNNC, CGN and Hualong carried out multiple rounds of communication, and some progress was made in technology integration, but there were differences
in safety system configuration.

The "Plan" received a reply from the National Energy Administration, which means that the above differences have been resolved
.
At the same time, it also means that other nuclear power projects in China that plan to adopt Hualong 1 are one step
closer to the goal of obtaining national approval for construction.

It is understood that at present, some domestic nuclear power projects that originally planned to use AP1000 (the third-generation nuclear power technology imported by China from the United States) have been changed to Hualong 1
.
For example, the Zhangzhou nuclear power project
in Fujian.
According to official information, the project plans to build six AP1000 nuclear power units, with a total installed capacity of about 7.
5 million kilowatts and a total investment of about 93.
2 billion yuan.

However, recently released official tender information shows that the technology used in the Zhangzhou nuclear power project has been changed to Hualong 1
.
These two technologies are the mainstream third-generation nuclear power technologies
in China.

Many industry insiders said that some nuclear power projects originally planned to use AP1000 were eventually changed to Hualong 1, one of the reasons is that the AP1000 project under construction is progressing slowly
.
Since 2009, China has built two AP1000 units in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province and Haiyang, Shandong Province as support projects, but due to the first application of this technology in the world, and various reasons, the construction period of the two relying projects has been delayed
.
Relatively speaking, the two Hualong No.
1 demonstration projects already under construction in Fujian and Guangxi have been smooth
.

According to the national "13th Five-Year Plan", by 2020, the installed capacity of domestic nuclear power operation will reach 58 million kilowatts, and the construction will reach more than
30 million kilowatts.
According to this calculation, starting this year, the country needs to invest an average of 8 million-kilowatt-level third-generation nuclear power units
every year.

However, the AP1000 has recently seen positive news in China
.
As the main carrier and R&D platform for the introduction, engineering construction and independent development of AP1000, the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "National Nuclear Power") recently disclosed that on July 21, the world's first three-door nuclear power unit 1 of AP1000 successfully passed the comprehensive nuclear safety inspection
before the first load.
That is to say, if all goes well, Sanmen Nuclear Power Unit 1 is not far from successfully achieving grid-connected power generation
.

In a way, the AP1000 and Hualong One are in a race against time
.
For example, Wang Fengxue, general manager of State Nuclear Power, said at the company's mid-year work conference in 2017 that when he talked about the work in the second half of the year, the first thing he said was "to use the efforts of the whole company to ensure that the project is connected to the grid for power generation"; Nuclear power sources familiar with Hualong 1 said CNNC and CGN were waiting for approval for
construction of the new Hualong 1 project.