According to China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co. LTD, Hongyan River Nuclear Power Station project in Liaoning Province, the first approved nuclear power project to be constructed during the 11th Five-year Period, has started its phase I at 3:38 yesterday afternoon. This symbolized the Phase I project of Hongyan River Nuclear Power Station formally entering the principal preparatory stage.

The Phase I project is the first nuclear power program in northeast China. The project is designed to have 6 electrical units of millions of kilowatt. The No.1 major power unit is scheduled to begin on September 15, 2007, and estimated to be completed and in use by 2012. When the project is completed, the station will yield electricity of nearly 30 billion kilowatt-hours.

By People's Daily Online