Hualong One is China’s first domestically developed nuclear reactor. It was connected to the national grid on November 27, 2020.
- It is a domestically developed third-generation reactor design technology.
- The reactor can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year and cut carbon emissions by 8.16 million tons.
- According to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), this marks China breaking the monopoly of foreign nuclear power technology and officially entering the technology’s first batch of advanced countries.
- Its designed lifespan is 60 years. It has 177 reactor cores, which will be replaced every 18 months.
- Nuclear energy contribute less than five percent of China’s annual electricity needs in 2019.
