China General Nuclear Power Group
China General Nuclear Power Group is the nuclear steam supply system vendor for 22 reactor units on record, 18 of them operating, totalling 19.7 GW of gross capacity across 1 country.
Operator of the largest Chinese reactor fleet by unit count and originator of the CPR-1000, a development of the French M310 design. Co-developer of the HPR-1000 with CNNC.
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, China |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Ownership | state |
| Roles in the chain | vendor, operator |
| China | 18 |
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Position in the chain
Downstream
Output from this company feeds the stages below it in the chain, and ultimately 419 operating reactors across these types.
| Reactor type | Operating units |
|---|---|
| Pressurised water reactor | 309 |
| Pressurised heavy water reactor | 46 |
| Boiling water reactor | 45 |
| Gas-cooled reactor | 9 |
| Light water graphite reactor | 7 |
| Fast reactor | 2 |
| High-temperature gas reactor | 1 |
Facilities
China General Nuclear Power Group in context
China General Nuclear Power Group has 1 facility on record in 1 country (Namibia): 1 operating.
China General Nuclear Power Group is the reactor vendor for 18 of the 419 operating units on record (4.3%), 9th of 13 vendors by operating units, 19,698 MW gross in total.
The median age of its operating units is 11.0 years, against 39.0 for the whole operating fleet.
Its 18 finished units with construction and grid dates took a median 5.5 years to build, against 6.0 across all finished reactors.
China General Nuclear Power Group is the vendor of 2 reactor design lines (CPR-1000 and ACPR-1000), covering 26 units on record, 22 of them operating.
How these are worked out: shares and ranks use the world totals cited in the table, and only named companies are ranked (unnamed or country-level entries in a source are not). A facility with no stated capacity is counted as a facility but adds nothing to a capacity figure. Vendor figures count operating units where this company is the recorded reactor vendor; ages count from the start-up year on record, and build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the age and build-times pages.
Design lines
Installed base
| Unit | Country | Status | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-1 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,119 | 2013 | |
| Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-2 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,119 | 2014 | |
| Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-3 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,119 | 2015 | |
| Hongyanhe nuclear power plant 1-4 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,119 | 2016 | |
| Fangjiashan nuclear power plant 1 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,089 | 2014 | |
| Fangjiashan nuclear power plant 2 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,089 | 2015 | |
| Ningde nuclear power plant 1-1 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,089 | 2013 | |
| Ningde nuclear power plant 1-2 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,089 | 2014 | |
| Ningde nuclear power plant 1-3 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,089 | 2015 | |
| Ningde nuclear power plant 1-4 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,089 | 2016 | |
| Fangchenggang nuclear power plant 1-1 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2016 | |
| Fangchenggang nuclear power plant 1-2 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2016 | |
| Ling'ao nuclear power plant 2-3 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2010 | |
| Ling'ao nuclear power plant 2-4 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2011 | |
| Yangjiang nuclear power plant 1 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2014 | |
| Yangjiang nuclear power plant 2 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2015 | |
| Yangjiang nuclear power plant 3 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2016 | |
| Yangjiang nuclear power plant 4 | China | CPR-1000 | 1,086 | 2017 | |
| Sanming nuclear power plant 1 | China | Cancelled (inferred) | CPR-1000 | 1,000 | - |
| Sanming nuclear power plant 2 | China | Cancelled (inferred) | CPR-1000 | 1,000 | - |
| Sanming nuclear power plant 3 | China | Cancelled (inferred) | CPR-1000 | 1,000 | - |
| Sanming nuclear power plant 4 | China | Cancelled (inferred) | CPR-1000 | 1,000 | - |
Sources
- China General Nuclear Power Group, company source
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
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