Construction of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Project is Ready to Start

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). The preparation meeting prior to the official kick-off of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Project, one of the largest nuclear power projects planned in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” of China, was held by the National Development and Reform Commission at Northeast China’s Dalian City on July 21, 2007. Zhang Guobao, deputy director of the NDRC, Liu Guoqiang, vice governor of Liaoning Province and Wang Chengmin, deputy mayor of Dalian City, attended the meeting.

During the meeting, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Company, Limited (CGNPG) (Shenzhen, China) signed major equipment supply agreements with eight suppliers. Just one day later, the signing ceremony for the Civil Construction Contract of Nuclear Islands in Phase I was held at Dalian again. Hu Wenquan, general manager of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Company, Limited (LHNPC) (Dalian, China), Zheng Dongshan, general manager of CGNPG Engineering Company, Limited (Guangdong, China) and Zu Bin, chairman of Huaxing Construction Company of China National Nuclear Corporation (Beijing, China) signed the contract on behalf of the owner, the designer and the contractor, respectively. This juncture reveals that the main body construction of the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Project has entered into the material procurement stage.

According to the approval of the NDRC, four 1,000-megawatt (MW) nuclear power units will be built in Phase I. Construction for the main body of Unit #1 is expected to start this August, and the unit is scheduled to be put into commercial operation in 2012. Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Project is the largest energy project in Liaoning Province, and even the Northeast region, and the first nuclear power project received approval to start pre-stage preparation from the NDRC during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”. LHNPC is jointly established by CGNPG (45%), China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) (Beijing, China) (45%) and Dalian Construction Investment Company (10%). According to the investment agreement, CGNPG will be responsible for the project during the construction period and the first five years of operation.

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