China’s CNNC Completes Cold Functional Testing At Linglong-1 Nuclear Plant

Beijing says project will be world’s first commercial land-based SMR

China’s CNNC Completes Cold Functional Testing At Linglong-1 Nuclear Plant
The Linglong-1 small modular reactor demonstration plant  at the Changjiang nuclear power station site in Hainan province, southern China. Courtesy CNEA.

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has completed cold functional testing for its Linglong-1 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration plant project at the Changjiang nuclear power station site in Hainan province, southern China.

The China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) said in a statement that the ACP100 plant will be the world’s first commercial land-based SMR project.

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