China is building the world's first hybrid nuclear power plant with a fourth-generation reactor Construction of the third power unit has begun at the Shuwai NPP site in Jiangsu Province. The Chilong One High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor, jointly developed by state corporation CNNC and Tsinghua University, will be installed here. The site will combine three units: two Hualong One pressurized water reactors with a capacity of 1,208 MW each and one gas-cooled Qilong One with a capacity of 660 MW. The station will operate for 60 years. Once launched, it will generate more than 11.5 billion kilowatts of electricity per year and supply petrochemical plants with up to 32.5 million tons of industrial steam. This will allow replacing 7.26 million tons of fuel equivalent and reducing CO2 emissions by almost 20 million tons per year. Showai is the first project in the world to combine water-cooled reactors and gas-cooled reactors of the fourth generation into one complex. It is also the first commercial nuclear power plant with HTGR (High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor) technology. The main engineering discovery is a cascade heating system: steam from Hualong One with a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius is additionally heated by the heat of the HTGR to the parameters required by the petrochemical industry. This approach protects water-to-water units from extreme loads and at the same time provides the industry with high temperature coolant. High voltage in Telegram | up to MAX.

China is building the world's first hybrid nuclear power plant with a fourth-generation reactor Construction of the third power unit has begun at the Shuwai NPP site in Jiangsu Province. The Chilong One High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor, jointly developed by state corporation CNNC and Tsinghua University, will be installed here. The site will combine three units: two Hualong One pressurized water reactors with a capacity of 1,208 MW each and one gas-cooled Qilong One with a capacity of 660 MW. The station will operate for 60 years. Once launched, it will generate more than 11.5 billion kilowatts of electricity per year and supply petrochemical plants with up to 32.5 million tons of industrial steam. This will allow replacing 7.26 million tons of fuel equivalent and reducing CO2 emissions by almost 20 million tons per year. Showai is the first project in the world to combine water-cooled reactors and gas-cooled reactors of the fourth generation into one complex. It is also the first commercial nuclear power plant with HTGR (High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor) technology. The main engineering discovery is a cascade heating system: steam from Hualong One with a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius is additionally heated by the heat of the HTGR to the parameters required by the petrochemical industry. This approach protects water-to-water units from extreme loads and at the same time provides the industry with high temperature coolant. High voltage in Telegram | up to MAX.