China’s latest nuclear reactor goes live, first in Greater Bay Area with Hualong One tech

China’s domestic design is fuelling a nuclear reactor-building spree in the country’s largest provincial economy of Guangdong, with a new Hualong One reactor counting down to entering commercial operation this week ahead of peak demand for electricity this summer. China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) announced that the No. 2 reactor of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant, located less than 100km from Hong Kong in Huizhou, had been plugged into the grid on Saturday. Many of Guangdong’s nuclear