China has issued the operating license for Zhangzhou 2, enabling fuel loading for the site’s second Hualong One reactor.
The unit, the second Hualong One reactor at the site, marks another step in CNNC’s multi-unit expansion, with two more reactors under construction and additional units planned.
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued construction licences for Zhangzhou 1&2 in 2019 to CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company.
Author's summary: Zhangzhou 2 licensed to operate.