Sanmen Nuclear Power Station

Sanmen Nuclear Power Station
Location of Sanmen Nuclear Power Station in China
Country People's Republic of China
Location Sanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang
Coordinates 29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E / 29.10111; 121.64194Coordinates: 29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E / 29.10111; 121.64194
Construction began 2009
Owner(s) China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) [1]
Operator(s) Sanmen Nuclear Power Co.
Nuclear power station
Reactor type AP1000 PWR
Power generation
Units under const. 2 x 1100 MW
Units planned 4 x 1100 MW
Website
www.smnpc.com.cn

The Sanmen Nuclear Power Station (Chinese: 三门核电站) is a nuclear power station under construction in Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province in China. Groundbreaking for the first and second units was held February 26, 2008.[2][3]

Sanmen NPS will be the first implementation of the AP1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR) developed by Westinghouse Electric Company. The contract was agreed in July 2007.[4] Announcement of the project start came roughly twelve months after Westinghouse won a bidding contest over other companies. The contract for the new plant involved The Shaw Group (now Chicago Bridge and Iron), a minority shareholder in Westinghouse. Westinghouse is controlled by Japanese Toshiba. The Shaw Group will provide engineering, procurement, commissioning, information management and project management services.[4] The first pair of reactors will cost more than 40 billion yuan (US$5.88 billion).[5]

Excavation for the first unit was completed in September 2008. Quality of the pit was certified, putting the project 67 days ahead of schedule.[6] Construction of Sanmen Unit 1 began on April 19, 2009, as the first 5,200 m³ of concrete were poured for the foundation, in a ceremony attended by State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) chair Wang Binghua and Westinghouse CEO Aris Candris.[7][8] First concrete for Sanmen 2 was poured on December 15, 2009.[9]

In June 2014, China First Heavy Industries completed the first domestically produced AP1000 reactor pressure vessel for the second AP1000 unit.[10]

The units were originally projected to begin operation in 2014 and 2015. As of April 2015, a start date of 2016 is projected for both. [11] One month later, the start date was put back to 2017.[12][13]

Unit Type Construction start Operation start Notes
Phase I
Sanmen 1 AP1000 April 19, 2009 2017 [11]
Sanmen 2 AP1000 December 15, 2009 2017 [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nuclear Power Reactor Details - SANMEN 1". Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  2. ↑ "First 3rd-generation nuclear plant to be built". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Nuclear power in China". Information Papers: Country Briefings. World Nuclear Association (WNA). June 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  4. 1 2 "Westinghouse and Shaw Sign Historic Contracts to Provide Four AP1000 Nuclear Power Plants in China". Business Wire. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "China starts building 3rd-generation nuclear power reactors using Westinghouse technologies". Xinhua. April 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  6. ↑ "Sanmen excavation completed early". World Nuclear News. September 2, 2008.
  7. ↑ "1st phase of Sanmen nuclear plant under construction in E China". Xinhua. April 19, 2009.
  8. ↑ "First concrete at Sanmen". World Nuclear News (WNA). April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  9. ↑ "Sanmen 2 under construction". World Nuclear News (WNA). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  10. ↑ "China produces first AP1000 vessel". World Nuclear News. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "Steam generator installation under way at Sanmen 2". World Nuclear News. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Newbuild: CNNC Reveals New Delay at Sanmen -- to 2017". Nuclear Intelligence Group. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "More delays for China's first AP1000". Nuclear Engineering International. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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