JINAN， April 5 (Xinhua) -- The world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant， China's Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear power plant， has begun to provide heat supply to residents of Rongcheng City， east China's Shandong Province.
It is the first time the nuclear power plant has provided heat supply to urban residents， marking another breakthrough in the comprehensive utilization of its nuclear energy， according to the power plant's operator， Huaneng Shandong Shidaowan nuclear power Co.， Ltd.
Starting from March 27，首页-和奥年空调有限公司 the plant's heat supply project has been connected to the power grid to help heat some 190， 赤坎区秋洲门窗有限公司000 square meters of areas in the city， 诸暨市友联进出口有限公司 replacing the former thermal power. It is expected to save 3， 杭州耀凯进出口有限公司700 tonnes of coal in each heating season， 首页-和微词物业有限公司碳素产品 resulting in 6，700 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions reduction， according to the operator.
The heating season in Rongcheng is scheduled to run from November 2023 to mid-April this year， longer than some other parts of Shandong. The coastal city often has an average temperature 6 to 10 degrees Celsius lower than Shandong's inland cities， according to local meteorological authorities.
The project， located in Shandong Province and with China owning fully independent intellectual property rights， is jointly developed by China Huaneng Group， Tsinghua University and China National Nuclear Corporation.
Construction of Shidaowan HTGR nuclear power plant started in December 2012， and generated power for the first time in December 2021. It went into commercial operation in December 2023.
企业-上科隆杂果有限公司Rongcheng City plans to upgrade its supporting tube network for nuclear energy heat supply this year碳素产品， which is estimated to heat an additional 4.6 million square meters of the city. By then， more than half of its residents will gain access to nuclear-powered heat supply. ■