A new complex of reactor fuel facilities is planned to be built at Heshan in Guangdong province by the two firms operating nuclear power plants in China. It will provide conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication for China's expanding nuclear power program. Construction costs are estimated to $7.33 billion.
Heshan Nuclear Power Industry Park will feature a conversion plant to prepare uranium for enrichment, which will be carried out at the same site before manufacture into fuel pellets, rods and finished assemblies. These will then be used in the power plants of the park's owners: China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) and China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC). The fuel centre will be built and operated by CGNPC subsidiary China Nuclear Fuel Element Co at the existing Daying Industrial Park.
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