The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 福清核电站; traditional Chinese: 福清核電站; pinyin: Fúqīng Hédiànzhàn) is a nuclear power plant in Fuqing, Fujian Province, China. The plant is located on the coast of Xinghua Bay, near Qianxue Village, Sanshan Town.[1] The station has four 1,089 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs).[2] The CPR-1000 is an advanced PWR design developed by China from the Areva-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.[3] The plant was jointly constructed and is operated by China National Nuclear Corporation (51%), China Huadian Corp. (39%) and the Fujian Investment & Development Co Ltd. (10%).
Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Official name | 福清核电站 |
Country | China |
Location | Qianxue, Fuqing, Fujian |
Coordinates | 25°26′45″N 119°26′50″E / 25.44583°N 119.44722°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | November 21, 2008 |
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Owner | Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Co. |
Operator | China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
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Power generation | |
Units operational |
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Make and model | |
Nameplate capacity | 6,656 MWe (6,120 MWe net) |
Annual net output | 2021: 39,394.32 GWh (141,819.6 TJ) (Units 1-5 only) |
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Website | www |
Construction of the first unit began on 21 November 2008[2] and was completed in 2014. First concrete for Unit 2 was poured on 17 June 2009[4] and the unit was started in October 2015. First concrete for Unit 3 was poured on 31 December 2010. Construction of Unit 4 was to begin in 2011, but was delayed until November 2012 by China's nuclear safety review following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
In November 2014 it was announced that units 5 and 6 would be of the Hualong One (updated CPR-1000) design, with unit 5 scheduled to be in operation about 2019.[5] The first concrete was poured for Fuqing 5 on 7 May 2015.[6] Unit 5 achieved criticality in October 2020, the first Hualong One reactor to reach the milestone.[7] The unit was connected to the grid the following month.[8] It began commercial operation on 30 January 2021.[9] Unit 6 achieved criticality in December 2021, was connected to the grid in January 2022,[10] and began commercial operation on 25 March 2022.[11]
Reactor data
editThe Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant consist of 6 operational reactors.
Unit | Type / Model | Net power | Gross power | Thermal power | Start construction | First criticality | Grid connection | Commercial operation | Notes |
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Phase I | |||||||||
Fuqing 1 | PWR / CNP-1000 | 1000MW | 1089MW | 2905MW | 2008-11-21 | 2014-07-24 | 2014-08-20 | 2014-11-22 | [3][12] |
Fuqing 2 | PWR / CNP-1000 | 1000MW | 1089MW | 2905MW | 2009-6-18 | 2015-07-22 | 2015-08-06 | 2015-10-16 | [4][13] |
Phase II | |||||||||
Fuqing 3 | PWR / CNP-1000 | 1000MW | 1089MW | 2905MW | 2010-12-31 | 2016-07-03 | 2016-09-07 | 2016-10-24 | [14][15][16] |
Fuqing 4 | PWR / CNP-1000 | 1000MW | 1089MW | 2905MW | 2012-11-17 | 2017-07-16 | 2017-07-29 | 2017-09-17 | [2][17] |
Fuqing 5 | PWR / HPR-1000 | 1060MW | 1150MW | 3060MW | 2015-05-07 | 2020-10-21 | 2020-11-27 | 2021-01-30 | [6][18] |
Fuqing 6 | PWR / HPR-1000 | 1060MW | 1150MW | 3060MW | 2015-12-22 | 2021-12-13 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-03-25 | [19][20] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Construction of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant commences". People's Daily Online. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b c "Nuclear Power in China". Country Briefings. World Nuclear Association (WNA). October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Construction gets under way at Chinese sites". World Nuclear News. WNA. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Nuclear construction launch in China". World Nuclear News. WNA. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "Hualong One deployment at Fuqing 5". World Nuclear News. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ a b "China starts building first Hualong One unit". World Nuclear News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "China's Fuqing 5 achieves criticality - Nuclear Engineering International". www.neimagazine.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "World's first Hualong One unit connects to grid : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News". world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "China's first Hualong One begins commercial operation". Nuclear Engineering International. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "World's 3rd Nuclear Reactor with Hualong One Tech Connected to Grid_ News_ 福建省人民政府门户网站".
- ^ "Second Fuqing Hualong One enters commercial operation". world-nuclear-news.org. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Fuqing 1". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Fuqing 2". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Nuclear construction builds up". World Nuclear News. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "Fuqing 3". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "China's 37th reactor enters commercial operation". 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
- ^ "Fuqing 4". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Fuqing 5". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Fuqing 6". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Third Hualong One unit connected to grid". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Assn. 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2021-04-26.