Construction of roads for the first nuclear power plant in
northeast China's Liaoning
Province finished on November 5 amid much celebration and
firecrackers.
The site of Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant is in Donggang Town,
Wafangdian City and the reactor itself is due to be built from
2006.
In the meantime several projects including site leveling and the
installation of water, electricity and communications will
commence.
As one of the state's key energy construction projects, the
plant is being built jointly by China Power Investment Corporation,
Liaoning provincial government and Dalian municipal government with
a total investment of 60 billion yuan (US$7.2 billion). About 228
hectares of land and 1,005 hectares of sea have been requisitioned
for it.
A total of 26 billion yuan (US$3.1 billion) has been committed
to the first stage of the project, which will equip the plant with
two 1 million-kW generators. Upon completion of this phase, the
electricity that it produces annually will satisfy the demands of
two medium-sized cities.
The whole project is due to be completed in six years. When
finished, it will have six 1 million-kW generators and will produce
52.56 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
(China.org.cn by Wang Qian, November 14, 2004)