Two units at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant are under construction in Chixizhen

Town (China)

When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

, Taishan

Taishan

Taishan is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. The city is part of the Greater Taishan Region....

, Guangdong province, China.
It is planned to go online in 2013 and will be the third site to house Areva

Areva

AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...

's 1,700 megawatt (MW) European Pressurized Reactor

European Pressurized Reactor

The EPR is a third generation pressurized water reactor design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome , Electricité de France in France, and Siemens AG in Germany...

 (EPR) units.
The project is owned by Guangdong Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPC), a joint venture

Joint venture

A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...

, which is 70% owned by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group is a major nuclear power corporation under the SASAC of the State Council.CGNPG currently owns Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station and Ling Ao Nuclear Power Station Phase I with nearly 4000 MWe of installed generating capacity, and there are six new...

 (CGNPC) and 30% by Électricité de France

Électricité de France

Électricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...

(EDF).

On August 26, 2008, excavation work began.
The first concrete for the first unit was poured in October 2009.
Construction of each unit is planned to take 46 months, significantly faster and cheaper than the first two EPRs in Finland and France.

Unit	Type	Construction start	Operation start	Notes
Phase I
Taishan 1	EPR	28 October 2009	December 2013
Taishan 2	EPR	15 April 2010	November 2014