GUANGZHOU - A planned nuclear fuel processing project in South China's Guangdong province has been canceled, according to authorities on Saturday.

The planned Longwan Industrial Park project under China National Nuclear Corporation, located in Zhishan township in Heshan city, was canceled, Xinhua confirmed with the municipal government of Jiangmen, which administers Heshan, and company sources.

The planned industrial park, with a designed capacity of 1,000 tons of uranium in 2020, will feature facilities for uranium conversion, enrichment and manufacturing of nuclear fuel equipment, involving a total investment of 37 billion yuan ($6 billion).