Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
{{Short description|Nuclear power plant in Zhejiang Province, China}}
{{distinguish|Taishan Nuclear Power Plant}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
| name_official =
| image = CANDU at Qinshan.jpg
| image_caption = Qinshan Phase III Units 1 & 2
| image_alt =
| location_map_alt =
| coordinates = {{coord|30|25|59|N|120|57|0|E|type:landmark_region:CN-33_dim:3km|display=inline,title}}
| country = China
| location = Qinshan, Zhejiang
| status = O
| 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)
| commissioned = 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)
| decommissioned =
| cost =
| owner = {{bullet list|Qinshan Nuclear Power|Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company|The Third Qinshan Joint Venture Company}}
| operator = {{bullet list|CNNC Nuclear Operation Management |Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company|The Third Qinshan Joint Venture Company}}
| np_reactor_type = PWR (I; II 1–4)
CANDU PHWR (III 1–2)
| np_reactor_supplier = China National Nuclear Corporation (I; II 1–4)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (III 1–2)
| np_fuel_type =
| np_fuel_supplier =
| ps_cogeneration =
| ps_cooling_source = Hangzhou Bay
| ps_cooling_towers =
| ps_units_operational = 1 × 308 MW
2 × 610 MW
2 × 619 MW
2 × 677 MW
| ps_units_manu_model = 1 × CNP-300 (I)
4 × CNP-600 (II 1–4)
2 × CANDU 6 (III 1–2)
| ps_units_uc =
| ps_units_planned =
| ps_units_cancelled =
| ps_units_decommissioned=
| ps_thermal_capacity = 1 × 966 MWth
4 × 1930 MWth
2 × 2064 MWth
| ps_heating_capacity =
| ps_electrical_capacity = 4110
| ps_electrical_cap_fac = 90.59% (2017)
88.21% (lifetime)
| ps_storage_capacity =
| ps_annual_generation = 32,614 GWh (2017)
| website =
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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
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).[http://www.nti.org/db/china/qinshan.htm Qinshan Phase 1, 2 and 3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014175349/http://www.nti.org/db/china/qinshan.htm |date=October 14, 2007 }}
;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|date=June 2018}} In 2001, it was visited by the Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien;{{cite news|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200110/23/eng20011023_82927.html|title=Canadian PM Visits Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant|website=People's Daily website|date=23 October 2001|access-date=1 July 2018}} both units were online by 2003.
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).{{cite web|title=China Nuclear Power {{!}} Chinese Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association|url=http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-power.aspx|website=www.world-nuclear.org|publisher=World Nuclear Association|access-date=10 May 2017}}
Reactor data
In 2019 Qinshan 1 was upgraded and uprated to 350 MWe (net) from its original output power of 300 MWe.{{cite news |url=http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-uprates-its-oldest-reactor |title=China uprates its oldest reactor |publisher=World Nuclear News |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=19 April 2019}}
See also
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References
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{{Nuclear power in the PRC}}
Category:Nuclear power stations in China
Category:Nuclear power stations using CANDU reactors
Category:Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors