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24-559: Its headquarters are in Xicheng District, Beijing . The Ministry of Nuclear Industry built China's first atom bomb, hydrogen bomb and nuclear submarine . It functioned as a government bureau for the national nuclear industry and reported directly to the State Council. It oversaw China's nuclear-related corporations, manufacturers, institutions, research institutes, and plants, including those related to nuclear weapons. It

48-405: A 60-year design life, and would use a combination of passive and active safety systems with a double containment. It has a 177 assembly core design with an 18-month refuelling cycle. The power plant's utilisation rate is as high as 90%. CNNC has said its active and passive safety systems, double-layer containment and other technologies meet the highest international safety standards. The Hualong One

72-461: A DHR-400. In July 2019, CNNC announced it would start building a demonstration ACP100 small modular reactor on the north-west side of the existing Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant by the end of the year. Design of the ACP100 started in 2010. It will be a fully integrated reactor module with an internal coolant system, with a 2-year refueling interval, producing 385 MWt and about 125 MWe. In July 2021

96-476: A foreign company that intended to build nuclear power stations in China. As of 2014 CNNC has 100,000 employees and 110 subsidiaries. It has 4 nuclear power plants with 9 reactors in operation with a generation capacity of 6.5 GWe, with a further 12 reactors under construction. In June 2015, CNNC announced it would aim to raise 13.19 billion Chinese yuan in an initial public offering , that if successful, would be

120-645: Is 1.5 billion yuan ($ 230 million), taking three years to build. It is well suited for the existing centralised heating systems of northern Chinese cities, currently often coal fueled. In February 2019, China's State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Baishan municipal government in Jilin province for the Baishan Nuclear Energy Heating Demonstration Project, which would use

144-660: Is a district of the city of Beijing . Its 32 square kilometers (12 sq mi) cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road ; the eastern half is Dongcheng District ), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). Its postal code is 100032. Xicheng is subdivided into 15 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing. The former Xuanwu District was merged into Xicheng in July 2010. The Xidan commercial district, Beijing Financial Street , Beihai Park , Jingshan Park , Shichahai , and Zhongnanhai are all within its jurisdiction. The popular Houhai bar area

168-738: Is also in Xicheng District. One school in Niujie , the Beijing Xuanwu Huimin Elementary School (S: 北京市宣武回民小学, P: Běijīng Shì Xuānwǔ Huímín Xiǎoxué ), serves the Hui people living in the area. It used to be in Xuanwu District . The Beijing Municipal Commission of Education ( simplified Chinese : 北京市教育委员会 ; traditional Chinese : 北京市教育委員會 ; pinyin : Běijīng Shì Jiàoyùwěiyuánhuì ),

192-932: Is also in Xicheng Precinct. Before the 1911 Revolution , most royalty and aristocrats resided in the precinct. The oldest Catholic church in Beijing, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located in Xicheng. There are 15 subdistricts in the district: COSCO has its headquarters in the Ocean Plaza building in Xicheng. The Xinhua News Agency has its headquarters in the Dacheng Plaza (大成大厦 Dàchéng Dàshà ) in Xicheng. In addition Bank of China , China Construction Bank ,

216-600: Is in Xicheng District. The Office of the Government of the HKSAR in Beijing is in Xicheng District. Xicheng is served by seven metro lines of the Beijing Subway : Xicheng is served by one commuter line operated by Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR). The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University is in Xicheng; it was located in Xuanwu District before Xicheng absorbed Xuanwu. Beijing No.4 High School

240-421: Is now largely seen as the replacement for all previous Chinese nuclear reactor designs, and has been exported overseas. CNNC plans to start building Hualong Two by 2024. It will be a more economical version using similar technology, taking a year less to build with about a quarter less in construction costs. In September 2016 it was announced that SNC-Lavalin has signed an agreement in principle with CNNC and

264-821: Is supervised by the State Council via the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission . In August 2020, the United States Department of Defense published the names of companies linked to the People's Liberation Army operating directly or indirectly in the United States. CNNC and CNECC were included on the list. In November 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that

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288-727: The CNP-300 pressurized water reactor, was the first reactor design developed domestically in China. The first unit began operation at Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in 1991. A larger version of the reactor, the CNP-600 was developed based on both the CNP-300 and the M310 reactor design used in Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant . It was installed at Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant , with two units operational from 2015 and 2016, respectively. A Generation III ACP-600 successor

312-542: The Shanghai Electric Group to design, market and build the advanced CANDU reactor . Its ability to use reprocessed uranium will reduce China's stock of spent nuclear fuel . CNNC has developed a pool-type light-water reactor for district heating, called the DHR-400 (District Heating Reactor 400 MWt). It operates at low temperature and air pressure, so is easy to operate and decommission. Building cost

336-573: The State Grid Corporation of China , China National Nuclear Corporation , and Taikang Life Insurance also have their headquarters in Xicheng. The Chinese Ministry of Education is headquartered in Xidan , Xicheng District. The Chinese Academy of Sciences is headquartered in Xicheng District. The China Food and Drug Administration is headquartered in Xicheng District. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office headquarters

360-716: The French Generation II M310 , were 'merged' into one standardised design - the Hualong One . After the merger, both companies retain their own supply chain and their versions of the Hualong One will differ slightly (units built by CGN will retain some features from the ACPR1000) but the design is considered to be standardised. Some 85% of its components will be made domestically. The Hualong One power output will be 1170 MWe gross, 1090 MWe net, with

384-623: The United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included the two companies above. CNNC is the only exporter of Chinese nuclear power plants. The CNP Generation II nuclear reactors (and Generation III successor ACP) were a series of nuclear reactors developed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), and are predecessors of the more current Hualong One design. The CNP series of Generation II reactors started with

408-489: The announcement was made that the construction of the first ACP100 has been started. The beginning of the installation phase was announced in December 2022; by March 2023, the main internal structure of the reactor building was completed. The reactor type is also called Linglong One . Xicheng District, Beijing Xicheng ( Chinese : 西城区 ; pinyin : Xīchéng Qū ; lit. 'West City District')

432-604: The design. As a result of the success of the Hualong One project, no ACP-1000 reactors have been built to date. CNNC had originally planned to use the ACP-1000 in Fuqing reactor 5 and 6 but switched over to the Hualong One. In 2012, central planners in Beijing directed China General Nuclear (CGN) and the other large nuclear builder and operator, CNNC to 'rationalise' their Generation III reactor design programs. This meant CGN's ACPR1000 and CNNC's ACP1000, both of which were based on

456-402: The government via exports. In the mid-1990s, CNNC had 300,000 employees and managed 200 organisations. Kang Rixin , a senior general manager is currently being investigated (as of August 10, 2009) for $ 260 million that was earmarked for the construction of three nuclear plants and allegedly used the funds for the stock market sustaining heavy losses. He is also accused of accepting bribes from

480-606: The largest in China in almost four years previously. In September 2015, CNNC signed a memorandum of understanding with Bill Gates -backed TerraPower for the construction of a traveling wave reactor . In September, CNNC announced a project with the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory to create the Joint Research and Innovation Centre. The centre will investigate aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle . The UK and China will jointly fund

504-543: The local education authority, used to be headquartered in Xicheng District. Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (秦山核电站) is a multi-unit nuclear power plant in Qinshan Town , Haiyan County , in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China. The construction of the units involved three separate phases. Although Fangjiashan Nuclear Power Plant is technically a separate entity from Qinshan,

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528-420: The project over five years at the cost of £50 million. As of 2017, CNNC was developing a 400 MW th heat-only reactor for district heating . In 2018, CNNC acquired nuclear power plant builder China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corp (CNECC). It is one of the two most significant companies in China's uranium mining and nuclear power sectors (the other being China General Nuclear Power Group ). CNNC

552-681: Was also developed but none were built. A three loop, 1000-MW version of the CNP reactor, the CNP-1000, was under development since the 1990s with the help of vendors Westinghouse and Framatome (now AREVA). 4 units of the CNP-1000 were later built at Fuqing NPP . Further work on the CNP-1000 was stopped in favour of the ACP-1000. In 2013, China announced that it had independently developed the Generation III ACP-1000, with Chinese authorities claiming full intellectual property rights over

576-538: Was responsible for the design and operation of nuclear power plants ; nuclear fuel production and supply, including the processing of natural uranium , uranium conversion and enrichment, fuel assembly fabrication, spent fuel reprocessing , and nuclear waste disposal. In 1988 the Ministry of Nuclear Industry was re-organised and became the CNNC. The corporatization was partly carried out to gain funds from outside of

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