First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of Unit 1 at Phase I of China’s Xuwei nuclear power project – a “hybrid” facility that will supply both industrial heat and electricity by coupling a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) with two Hualong One pressurised water reactors (PWRs).

Xuwei Phase I, in Jiangsu province, eastern China, was among 11 reactor projects approved by China’s State Council in August 2024.