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China Launches Nuclear-Powered Petrochemical Complex in Jiangsu

1/21/2026

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China is building a petrochemical complex in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, powered by a three-reactor nuclear system.
The system blends two third-generation Hualong One pressurized water reactors with a fourth-generation high-temperature gas-cooled reactor.
It can generate ultra-high-temperature steam up to 1,000 degrees Celsius and supply electricity and process heat at an industrial scale.
Construction of the nuclear island for the first phase of the Xuwei project commenced recently with the pouring of concrete.

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China is building a petrochemical complex in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, powered by a three-reactor nuclear system.
The system blends two third-generation Hualong One pressurized water reactors with a fourth-generation high-temperature gas-cooled reactor.
It can generate ultra-high-temperature steam up to 1,000 degrees Celsius and supply electricity and process heat at an industrial scale.
Construction of the nuclear island for the first phase of the Xuwei project commenced recently with the pouring of concrete.