Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant

Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
Qinshan Phase III Units 1 & 2
Country China
Location Qinshan, Zhejiang
Coordinates 30°25′59″N 120°57′0″E / 30.43306°N 120.95000°E / 30.43306; 120.95000Coordinates: 30°25′59″N 120°57′0″E / 30.43306°N 120.95000°E / 30.43306; 120.95000
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)
Owner(s)
  • Qinshan Nuclear Power[1]
  • Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company[2][3][4][5]
  • The Third Qinshan Joint Venture Company[6][7]
Operator(s)
  • CNNC Nuclear Operation Management[1]
  • Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company[2][3][4][5]
  • The Third Qinshan Joint Venture Company[6][7]
Nuclear power station
Reactor type PWR (I; II 1–4)
CANDU PWHR (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
Power generation
Units operational 1 × 298 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)
Thermal capacity 1 × 966 MWth
4 × 1930 MWth
2 × 2064 MWth
Nameplate capacity 4110 MW
Capacity factor 90.59% (2017)
88.21% (lifetime)
Annual net output 32,614 GWh (2017)

The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (秦山核电站) is a multi-unit nuclear power plant under construction in Qinshan Town, Haiyan County, in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China.

Development

The construction of the units is divided into 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] That unit has so far operated for more than 10 years without an event rating 2 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
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. In 2001, it was visited by the Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien;[9] both units were online by 2003.[6][7]

Breakdown

Reactors[10]
UnitTypeModelNet powerGross powerThermal powerStart constructionFirst criticalityGrid connectionCommercial operationNotes
Phase I
Qinshan IPWRCNP-300298 MW310 MW966 MWtMarch 20, 1985October 31, 1991December 15, 1991April 1, 1994[1]
Phase II
Qinshan II-1PWRCNP-600610 MW650 MW1930 MWtJune 2, 1996November 15, 2001February 6, 2002April 15, 2002[2]
Qinshan II-2PWRCNP-600610 MW650 MW1930 MWtApril 1, 1997February 25, 2004March 11, 2004May 3, 2004[3]
Qinshan II-3PWRCNP-600619 MW660 MW1930 MWtApril 28, 2006July 13, 2010August 1, 2010October 5, 2010[4]
Qinshan II-4PWRCNP-600610 MW660 MW1930 MWtJanuary 28, 2007November 17, 2011November 25, 2011December 30, 2011[5]
Phase III
Qinshan III-1PHWRCANDU 6677 MW728 MW2064 MWtJune 8, 1998September 21, 2002November 19, 2002December 31, 2002[6]
Qinshan III-2PHWRCANDU 6677 MW728 MW2064 MWtSeptember 25, 1998January 18, 2003June 12, 2003July 24, 2003[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 its extreme 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).[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "QINSHAN-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "QINSHAN-2-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "QINSHAN-2-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "QINSHAN-2-3". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "QINSHAN-2-4". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "QINSHAN-3-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "QINSHAN-3-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Qinshan Phase 1, 2 and 3 Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Canadian PM Visits Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant". People's Daily website. 23 October 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Kosarenko, Yulia. "TQNPC fact sheet". www.candu.org. CANDU Owners Group Inc. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "China Nuclear Power | Chinese Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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