China (mainland) - World Nuclear Performance Report

Mainland China has 56 operable reactors with a total capacity of 54 GWe, primarily at sites along its southeast coastline. It also had 30 reactors under construction as of July 2024, totalling 32 GWe.

In April 2024 a CGN Hualong One reactor in China, unit 4 at Fangchenggang, was connected to the grid. Five reactors commenced construction during 2023
(Haiyang 4, Lianjiang 1, Lufeng 6, Sanmen 4, Xudabao 1). Six units were approved by China’s state council in August 2023 for construction: Xudabao 1&2 in Liaoning, Ningde 5&6 in Fujian, and Shidaowan 1&2 in Shandong. The State Council approved a further four reactors in January 2024: Taipingling 3&4 in Guangdong and Jinqimen 1&2 in Zhejiang.

In November 2023 the country’s first project to bring nuclear-generated heat to prefecture-level cities began operation in Shandong. Heat is supplied from the
Haiyang nuclear power plant to the cities of Haiyang and Rushan through a 23 km pipeline. In June 2024 China’s first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project entered operation. The project, using steam from the Tianwan nuclear power plant, supplies steam to a nearby petrochemical plant.

Nuclear heat is also being supplied to residents of Shandong province from the demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM), which entered commercial operation in December 2023.

Electricity generation by age of reactor