Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
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Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | China |
Location | Qinshan, Zhejiang |
Coordinates | 30°25′59″N 120°57′0″E / 30.43306°N 120.95000°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | March 20, 1985 (I) June 2, 1996 (II-1) April 1, 1997 (II-2) April 28, 2006 (II-3) January 28, 2007 (II-4) June 8, 1998 (III-1) September 25, 1998 (III-2) |
Commission date | April 1, 1994 (I) April 15, 2002 (II-1) May 3, 2004 (II-2) October 5, 2010 (II-3) December 30, 2011 (II-4) December 31, 2002 (III-1) July 24, 2003 (III-2) |
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Nuclear power station | |
Reactors | 2 |
Reactor type | PWR (I; II 1–4) CANDU PHWR (III 1–2) |
Reactor supplier | China National Nuclear Corporation (I; II 1–4) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (III 1–2) |
Cooling source | Hangzhou Bay |
Thermal capacity | 1 × 966 MWth 4 × 1930 MWth 2 × 2064 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 × 308 MW 2 × 610 MW 2 × 619 MW 2 × 677 MW |
Make and model | 1 × CNP-300 (I) 4 × CNP-600 (II 1–4) 2 × CANDU 6 (III 1–2) |
Nameplate capacity | 4110 MW |
Capacity factor | 90.59% (2017) 88.21% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 32,614 GWh (2017) |
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The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (秦山核电站) is a multi-unit nuclear power plant in Qinshan Town, Haiyan County, in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China.
Development
[edit]The construction of the units involved three separate phases.
- Phase I
- Involved construction of the small-scale (≈300 MW) Unit-1 only, but was the first domestically designed and constructed nuclear power plant in the nation (95 percent of components came from domestic manufactures).[8]
- Phase II
- The next set of reactors were mid-scale plants (≈600 MW) but still of Chinese design (CNP-600). The steam generators were made by Babcock & Wilcox of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
- Phase III
- Involved construction of two 728 MW (gross) CANDU-6 series of the CANDU reactor design supplied by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. This was reported to be the largest business venture between Canada and China to that time.[citation needed] In 2001, it was visited by the Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien;[9] both units were online by 2003.[6][7]
Although Fangjiashan Nuclear Power Plant is technically a separate entity from Qinshan, the World Nuclear Association considers it to essentially be an extension of the Qinshan plant due to their proximity and the fact that the original two reactors built at Fangjiashan were initially intended to be built at Qinshan phase IV (which is no longer planned).[10]
Reactor data
[edit]Unit | Type | Model | Net power | Gross power | Thermal power | Start construction | First criticality | Grid connection | Commercial operation | Notes |
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Phase I | ||||||||||
Qinshan I | PWR | CNP-300 | 308 MW | 330 MW | 966 MWt | March 20, 1985 | October 31, 1991 | December 15, 1991 | April 1, 1994 | [1] |
Phase II | ||||||||||
Qinshan II-1 | PWR | CNP-600 | 610 MW | 650 MW | 1930 MWt | June 2, 1996 | November 15, 2001 | February 6, 2002 | April 15, 2002 | [2] |
Qinshan II-2 | PWR | CNP-600 | 610 MW | 650 MW | 1930 MWt | April 1, 1997 | February 25, 2004 | March 11, 2004 | May 3, 2004 | [3] |
Qinshan II-3 | PWR | CNP-600 | 619 MW | 660 MW | 1930 MWt | April 28, 2006 | July 13, 2010 | August 1, 2010 | October 5, 2010 | [4] |
Qinshan II-4 | PWR | CNP-600 | 619 MW | 660 MW | 1930 MWt | January 28, 2007 | November 17, 2011 | November 25, 2011 | December 30, 2011 | [5] |
Phase III | ||||||||||
Qinshan III-1 | PHWR | CANDU 6 | 677 MW | 728 MW | 2064 MWt | June 8, 1998 | September 21, 2002 | November 19, 2002 | December 31, 2002 | [6] |
Qinshan III-2 | PHWR | CANDU 6 | 677 MW | 728 MW | 2064 MWt | September 25, 1998 | January 18, 2003 | June 12, 2003 | July 24, 2003 | [7] |
In 2019 Qinshan 1 was upgraded and uprated to 350 MWe (net) from its original output power of 300 MWe.[12]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "QINSHAN-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 24 Apr 2021. Retrieved 25 Apr 2021.
- ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-3". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-4". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "QINSHAN-3-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "QINSHAN-3-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Qinshan Phase 1, 2 and 3 Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Canadian PM Visits Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant". People's Daily website. 23 October 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "China Nuclear Power | Chinese Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ Kosarenko, Yulia. "TQNPC fact sheet". www.candu.org. CANDU Owners Group Inc. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "China uprates its oldest reactor". World Nuclear News. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.