Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant

Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
Qinshan Phase III Units 1 & 2
Location of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in China
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Qinshan, Zhejiang
Coordinates	30°25′59″N 120°57′0″E / 30.43306°N 120.95000°ECoordinates: 30°25′59″N 120°57′0″E / 30.43306°N 120.95000°E
Status	Operational
Operator(s)	Qinshan Nuclear Power Company
Nuclear power station
Reactor supplier	various
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 298 MW 4 × 610 MW 2 × 650 MW
Units under const.	2 × 700 MW
Units planned	2 × 700 MW
Nameplate capacity	4,038 MW

The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (秦山核电站) is a multi-unit nuclear plant under construction in Qinshan Town, Haiyan County, Zhejiang, the People's Republic of China. When completed, it may hold the record for the most nuclear reactors on one site; however, since the majority of the units are mid-size, it would likely be surpassed by other plants in terms of generating capacity.

Development

The construction of the units is divided into separate stages.

Stage 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).^[1] That unit has so far operated for more than 10 years without an event rating 2 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

Stage 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.

Stage III involved construction of two 728MW 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; both units were online by 2003.^[2]

Breakdown

Unit	Type	Status	Net MW	Gross MW	First Output
Qinshan I	PWR	operational	298	320	15 Dec 1991
Qinshan II-1	PWR-CNP-600	operational	610	650	06 Feb 2002
Qinshan II-2	PWR	operational	610	650	11 Mar 2004
Qinshan II-3	PWR	operational	610	650	01 Aug 2010[3]
Qinshan II-4	PWR	operational	610	650	25 Nov 2012
Qinshan III-1	PHWR-CANDU reactor	operational	650	728	19 Nov 2002
Qinshan III-2	PHWR-CANDU reactor	operational	650	728	12 Jun 2003
Qinshan IV-1	PHWR	under construction	700	?	—
Qinshan IV-2	PHWR	under construction	700	?	—
Qinshan V-1	PHWR	planned	700	?	—
Qinshan V-2		planned	700	?	—

See also

• Nuclear power in China
• List of power stations in China

References

1. Qinshan Phase 1, 2 and 3
2. Canadian PM Visits Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
3. "Latest Qinshan unit goes commercial". World Nuclear News. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-25.