China starts construction of innovative nuclear project

First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 at Phase I of the Xuwei nuclear power project in China's Jiangsu province. The plant will supply both industrial heating and electricity by coupling a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with two Hualong One pressurised water reactors.
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