Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company Limited

Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company Limited
香港核電投資有限公司
Industry Nuclear power
Founded 1983[1]
Headquarters Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Website www.hknuclear.com/hknic

The Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company Limited (HKNIC; Chinese: 香港核電投資有限公司) is a company in Hong Kong. It is a wholly owned subsidiary company of CLP Holdings Limited. The company invests in Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited which owns the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong, supplying 25% of Hong Kong electricity demand.[2]

History

HKNIC was founded in 1983 in British Hong Kong to invest in nuclear power in Guangdong. In January 1985, HKINC signed a contract with Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company Limited to form the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited, to be the owner and operator of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.

In 2003, Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited formed the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Maintenance Company Limited with Ling Ao Nuclear Power Company Limited to operate the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant and Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong.

Activities

HKNIC regularly held their public outreach programs, such as public visits to Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, publication of technical pamphlets, public exhibition on nuclear energy and school talks.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HKNIC - Our Shareholders and Business". Hknuclear.com. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  2. ↑ https://www.hknuclear.com/HKNIC/media/Documents/Press%20Release_e_20120416.pdf
  3. ↑ "HKNIC - Key Milestones". Hknuclear.com. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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