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Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant

Not to be confused with Taishan Nuclear Power Plant.
Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
Qinshan Phase III Units 1 & 2
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CountryChina
LocationQinshan, Zhejiang
Coordinates30°25′59″N 120°57′0″E / 30.43306°N 120.95000°E / 30.43306; 120.95000
StatusOperational
Construction beganMarch 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 dateApril 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)
Owners
  • Qinshan Nuclear Power[1]
  • Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company[2][3][4][5]
  • The Third Qinshan Joint Venture Company[6][7]
Operators
  • 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
Reactors2
Reactor typePWR (I; II 1–4)
CANDU PHWR (III 1–2)
Reactor supplierChina National Nuclear Corporation (I; II 1–4)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (III 1–2)
Cooling sourceHangzhou Bay
Thermal capacity1 × 966 MWth
4 × 1930 MWth
2 × 2064 MWth
Power generation
Units operational1 × 308 MW
2 × 610 MW
2 × 619 MW
2 × 677 MW
Make and model1 × CNP-300 (I)
4 × CNP-600 (II 1–4)
2 × CANDU 6 (III 1–2)
Nameplate capacity4110 MW
Capacity factor90.59% (2017)
88.21% (lifetime)
Annual net output32,614 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

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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

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Reactors[11]
Unit Type Model Net power Gross power Thermal power Start construction First criticality Grid connection Commercial operation Notes
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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "QINSHAN-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 24 Apr 2021. Retrieved 25 Apr 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-3". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "QINSHAN-2-4". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "QINSHAN-3-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "China Nuclear Power | Chinese Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  11. ^ Kosarenko, Yulia. "TQNPC fact sheet". www.candu.org. CANDU Owners Group Inc. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  12. ^ "China uprates its oldest reactor". World Nuclear News. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.