Ling'ao Nuke Plant Starts Power Generation

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Ling'ao Nuke Plant Starts Power Generation

The first generator with the Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant near Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province went on stream Tuesday evening, 48 days ahead of schedule.
The plant will be able to generate 3.2 billion kw/hours of electricity this year, which will be a boon to the energy-deficient Shenzhen City.

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Construction of Ling��ao Nuclear Power Plant Makes Headway

The first generator with the Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant near Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province went on stream Tuesday evening, 48 days ahead of schedule.

Liu Jinhua, general manager of the Ling'ao Nuclear Power Co.Ltd,said that the generator, with an installed capacity of one million kw, would be put into commercial operation between late May or early June, one and a half months ahead of the schedule.

Ling'ao is the second largest commercial nuclear power plant that is being built in Guangdong, following the one on Daya Bay.

In accordance with a construction blueprint, Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant will be installed with four generators, each with one million kw in installed capacity, and in the first phase, the two generators will be installed.

Workers have been working tensely on installation of the second generator which is scheduled to begin power generation in March 2003.

According to Liu, Ling'ao Nuke Plant will be able to generate 3.2 billion kw/hours of electricity this year, which will be a boon to the energy-deficient Shenzhen City, one of China's key processing trade bases.

At present, four nuclear power projects are being built in China. The other three are the second and third phases of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in east China's Zhejiang Province, and the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, a Sino-Russian joint venture, near Lianyungang Port on China's east coast.

Backgrounder: Four Nuclear Power Stations to Generate Electricity in Next Five Years

Currently, altogether four nuclear power stations are under construction in China, and they are planned to generate electricity within five years. According to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the proportion of homemade equipment for these nuclear power stations will gradually increase and finally will reach 80 percent.

The four nuclear power stations respectively are the 2nd-phase and 3rd-phase projects of Qinshan nuclear power station in Zhejiang Province, Tianwan nuclear power station in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, and Ling'ao nuclear power station in Guangdong Province. Except for the two generating units of Tianwan nuclear power station are scheduled for business operations respectively in 2004 and 2005, the other three stations will produce power before 2003.

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