Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant

The Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant (Chinese: 廉江核电站) is a nuclear reactor under construction in Cheban town,^[2] Lianjiang, Guangdong province of eastern China. It is planned to house six CAP1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs),^[3] at a projected cost of 130 billion yuan (US$18.1 billion). It will be the first Chinese nuclear plant with cooling towers, to reduce the amount of heat released into the local water.^[4]

Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant
Country	China
Location	Lianjiang, Guangdong
Coordinates	21°33′15″N 109°48′25″E
Status	Under construction
Construction began	September 2022
Construction cost	Unit 1 & 2: $5.6 billion (estimated)[1]
Owner	State Nuclear Power Technology CORP LTD
Operator	State Nuclear Zhanjiang Nuclear Power CO LTD
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Power generation
Units planned	4 × 1160 MW
Units under const.	2 × 1224 MW

Construction

The construction of the first two reactors at the Lianjiang site was approved by China's State Council in September 2022. Excavation work began in the same month.^[3] Construction of the first unit began on 29 September 2023. It is planned to begin operation in 2028.^[5]

Construction of the second unit began on 26 April 2024.^[6]

On February 27th 2025 the reactor pressure vessel was installed at unit 1.^[7]

Reactor data

Unit	Type	Net Capacity	Gross Capacity	Construction start	Operation start (planned)	Notes
Phase I
Lianjiang 1	CAP1000	1224 MW	1224 MW	27 September 2023	2028	[8]
Lianjiang 2	CAP1000	1224 MW	1224 MW	29 April 2024		[9]
Phase II
Lianjiang 3	CAP1000	1160 MW
Lianjiang 4	CAP1000	1160 MW
Lianjiang 5	CAP1000	1160 MW
Lianjiang 6	CAP1000	1160 MW

See also

• China portal
• Energy portal
• Nuclear technology portal

• Nuclear power in China