China's Daya Bay Nuclear power station records 15 years of safe operation

The Daya Bay nuclear power station in south China's Guangong Province is seen in this file photo.(Chinese media Photo)
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SHENZHEN, Dec. 28 (Chinese media) -- The Daya Bay nuclear

power station in south China's Guangong Province, which is the first large-scale

commercial nuclear power station on the Chinese mainland, has recorded 15

consecutive years of safe and stable operation.

Construction of the station started in 1987. It went

into commercial operation in 1994. By Sunday, the station had provided 200

billion kilowatt-hours to the power grid, including 137.3 billion kilowatt-hours

to Hong Kong, according to a seminar held in Shenzhen to mark the 30 years

development of the station.

In written instructions, Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the

Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, urged summarizing

experience of the Daya Bay nuclear power station and making further great

strides in China's development of nuclear power.