First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at China’s Lufeng Nuclear Power Project in Shanwei City, Guangdong Province – the second of four 1,250 MWe CAP1000 reactors (units 1-4) planned for the site. First concrete was poured for unit 1 in February 2025.
The proposed construction of the four CAP1000 reactors was approved by China’s National Development & Reform Commission in September 2014, but construction of units 1&2 did not receive State Council approval until August 2024, with approval for units 3&4 still pending.
However, in April 2022 the State Council approved construction of two Hualong One units at Lufeng as units 5&6. First concrete for Lufeng 5 was poured the following September and for Lufeng 6 in August 2023. The inner containment domes were installed on unit 5 in April 2024, and unit 6 in July 2025. In October 2025, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) installed the outer containment dome at Lufeng unit 5. The two units are expected to be connected to the grid in 2028 and 2029.
