Nuclear power in the United Kingdom became a public limited company, British Nuclear Fuels plc, wholly owned by the UK government. A Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) was opened at Sellafield in 1994. Construction had begun in the 1970s and cost £2.4 billion. The Sizewell B nuclear power plant was built and commissioned between 1987 and 1995, and began producing power for the national grid in February 1995. Its construction followed a four-year, 16 million-word public inquiry. As of 2014 it is the most recent nuclear plant to be constructed in the United Kingdom. Sizewell B was intended to be the first of a series of
China General Nuclear Power Group believed to be the company's best example of what the company has to offer. This has been developed into the Generation III Hualong One design. In February 2007, CGN signed a contract with Areva to build Taishan nuclear station with Areva's EPR, and the Xianning nuclear station will use Westinghouse Electric Company's AP1000. These two events makes this company among the first to build a nuclear station with generation III+ reactors. Operating stations: Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant and Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant phase I. Under construction: Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant, Ningde Nuclear Power Plant, Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station,