Taipingling nuclear power plant
Taipingling nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in China with 1 operating unit totalling 1,200 MW gross. The site has 6 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1-1 | PWR | HPR-1000 | 1,200 | 2026 | |
| Unit 1-2 | Under construction | PWR | HPR-1000 | 1,200 | - |
| Unit 2-3 | Under construction | PWR | HPR-1000 | 1,209 | 2028 |
| Unit 2-4 | Under construction | PWR | HPR-1000 | 1,150 | - |
| Unit 3-5 | Announced | PWR | HPR-1000 | 1,150 | - |
| Unit 3-6 | Announced | PWR | HPR-1000 | 1,150 | - |
Taipingling nuclear power plant in context
By gross operating capacity Taipingling nuclear power plant is the 18th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in China, holding 2% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 134th of 172 worldwide.
Its operating unit started up in 2026; the unit is 0.0 years old, younger than the median of 10.0 in China.
The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 6.1 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2020s is 7.7 years.
The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Ling'ao nuclear power plant (45 km), Daya Bay nuclear power plant (47 km) and Lufeng nuclear power plant (85 km).
Build time by unit
| Unit | Construction start | Grid connection | Years | Fleet median, same decade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1-1 | 2019 | 2026 | 6.1 | 7.7 (2020s) |
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ling'ao nuclear power plant | China | 45 km | 4.2 |
| Daya Bay nuclear power plant | China | 47 km | 2.0 |
| Lufeng nuclear power plant | China | 85 km | - |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
Earthquakes nearby
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| Time (UTC) | Mag | Depth | Epicentre | Distance |
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of Taipingling nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Huangbu, Guangdong, China |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 22.6944, 114.9845 |
| Elevation | about 75 mabove sea level |
| Setting | On the sea coast, 0.4 km from the water |
| Region | Eastern Asia |
| Units by status | Operating: 1 Under construction: 3 Announced: 2 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd |
|---|---|
| Operators | CGN Huizhou Nuclear Power CGN Huizhou Second Nuclear Power CGN Huizhou Third Nuclear Power |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data