CGN says confident UK will OK plan

China General Nuclear Power Corp said it is confident the first phase of the UK government’s assessment of the company’s plan to build a nuclear power plant in southeastern England will be completed by mid-November.

“We plan to submit the preliminary security report to the British government by mid-November and wrap up all the first phase examination work by then,” said Mao Qing, the project manager at CGN responsible for Hualong One’s assessment, at the 12th China International Exhibition on Nuclear Power Industry 2017 in Beijing on Thursday.

“We are confident that Hualong One is not only safe and technically mature, but also economically competitive, and will pass the UK’s strict approval process.”

The UK government asked nuclear regulators to begin the Generic Design Assessment of CGN’s Hualong One reactor design, China’s domestically developed thirdgeneration reactor, in January, a process that industry experts expect to take about

We are confident that Hualong One is not only safe ... but economically competitive ...” Mao Qing, CGN’s project manager for Hualong One

60 months in four phases.

An expert said he believes there are high chances Hualong One meets the British government’s stringent safety, security and design requirements and receiving approval from UK will also make it easier to export Hualong One to other developed nations.

Considering CGN’s