CCTV.com News: This year marks the tenth anniversary of the start of the world's first reactor of China's independent third-generation nuclear power "Hualong One". Over the past ten years, "Hualong No. 1" has achieved growth from scratch, from the first pile to the batch surpass. On May 14, the world's first reactor of "Hualong No. 1" - China National Nuclear Corporation Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5 achieved continuous safe and stable operation for 1,000 days, and continued to steadily transport more than 37 billion kWh of clean power to the society, once again verifying the safety and advanced nature of "Hualong No. 1".
The world's first shipment of "Hualong One" operates safely for 1,000 days continuously
The world's first reactor of "Hualong No. 1" - Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5 is located in the Fuqing Nuclear Power Base in Fujian. Since its operation on August 18, 2022, it has generated a total of 37 billion kWh of power, and has been operating safely for 1,000 consecutive days. This means that China's nuclear power technology has not only achieved a leap from "following" to "leading", but also has sustainable operation capabilities, contributing the "Chinese solution" to the global clean energy development. Zhu Jingang, deputy director of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant 3, China National Nuclear Corporation, said that since the world's first Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5 was put into commercial operation, it has always maintained safe, stable and efficient operation. The comprehensive index reached full marks in the evaluation of the World Nuclear Power Operators Association, and its excellent operating performance fully verified the safety and advancedness of my country's independent third-generation nuclear power technology.
China's independent R&D technical indicators have reached the international advanced level
"Hualong No. 1" is a third-generation pressurized water reactor nuclear power innovation achievement with completely independent intellectual property rights based on more than 30 years of nuclear power research, design, manufacturing, construction and operation experience, and the technical indicators have reached the international advanced level. With the efficient and reliable construction cycle, as well as the independent and controllable industrial chain and supply chain system, the batch construction of "Hualong No. 1" has been steadily advancing, driving nearly 6,000 upstream and downstream enterprises to form a complete industrial chain supply system. At present, 7 "Hualong No. 1" units have been successfully completed and put into operation at home and abroad, and all core components have been made domestically produced. The relevant person in charge said that the "Hualong One" technology is also being continuously transformed and upgraded.
The annual power generation of a single unit of "Hualong One" reaches 10 billion kilowatt-hours
As the world increasingly attaches importance to the diversification and low-carbonization of the energy structure, nuclear power is becoming the main force in promoting China to fulfill its commitment to "carbon neutrality". It is understood that the annual power generation of a single unit of "Hualong One" reaches 10 billion kilowatt-hours, which can meet the annual production and daily electricity needs of millions of people in middle-developed countries. It is equivalent to equivalently reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 8.16 million tons per year, and planting more than 70 million trees, providing the world with a continuous stream of green power. Up to now, the total number of units under operation and approved for construction at home and abroad has reached 41, making it the third-generation nuclear power technology with the largest number of units under operation and approved for construction in the world.
