Regulatory mapping of the ACP100 small modular reactor project (Linglong One): Structural guide and mapping matrix of the normative-legal framework for nuclear projects in China.

Engineering company NUCON presents a comprehensive scientific and engineering study aimed at ensuring technological and regulatory sovereignty of the Republic of Serbia in the "Point Zero" pre-investment analysis of the Chinese proposal to construct a small-power nuclear power plant.
The work is based on a sovereign methodology of multidimensional regulatory mapping (Regulatory Mapping) and gap analysis, enabling greater transparency of the closed regulatory-technical ecosystem of the PRC.
NUCON specialists conducted a detailed level-by-level decomposition of Chinese nuclear law—from the laws of the NNSA and administrative regulations of the State Council of the PRC (codes HAF/HAD) to highly specialized sectoral engineering standards (codes NB/T and GB/T).
Using the conservative Russian regulatory base (the line of Federal norms and rules of Rostekhnadzor and GOST) as a highly calibrated diagnostic prism, the experts compared Chinese codes with targeted European filters (WENRA regulations, EUR requirements and Eurocodes).
The developed three-way verified conformity matrix allowed at the pre-investment stage to identify critical regulatory clashes, including in the construction management circuit, commissioning works, handling of as-built documentation and pricing.
The study offers the Serbian side ready strategic solutions to overcome the "regulatory trap" of the first-of-its-kind project (FOAK), to resolve the conflict of transferring construction control to foreign plants (Factory vs. Site) and to hard neutralize the risks of long-term technological dependence on a single supplier (Vendor Lock-in).
The final document forms for the Government of Serbia the "Engineering Navigator" for conducting equal-footing intergovernmental negotiations, transforming the foreign commercial offer into a safe, predictable and licensable national asset.