Xianning Nuclear Power Plant
{{Short description|Planned nuclear power plant in Hubei Province, China}}
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| name = Xianning Nuclear Power Plant
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| country = People's Republic of China
| location = Dafan Town, Tongshan County, Xianning, Hubei
| coordinates = {{coord|29.6776|N|114.6842|E|region:CN-42_type:landmark |display=inline,title}}
| owner = Hubei Nuclear Power Co.
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| construction_began = 2010
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| np_reactor_type = CAP1000
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| ps_units_planned = 2 × 1250 MW
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The Xianning Nuclear Power Plant ({{zh|s=咸宁核电站}}), also named Dafan Nuclear Power Plant (大畈核电站), is planned in Dafan Town, Tongshan County, Xianning, Hubei Province, China. It is planned to host at least four 1,250-megawatt (MW) AP1000 pressurized water reactors.
The plant is owned by Hubei Nuclear Power Company, a joint venture of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) and Hubei Energy Group Ltd.
The cost of four AP1000 reactors is put at CNY 60 billion (US$8.8 billion).
Work on the site began in 2010; the first reactor was planned to start construction in 2011 and go online in 2015.{{cite web | url= http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html | title= Nuclear Power in China | date= 6 January 2011 | work= Information Papers | publisher= World Nuclear Association (WNA) | access-date= 2011-01-11 | archive-date= 2012-02-13 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120213105328/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html | url-status= dead }}
While the project is still listed as "planned", construction of the first phase has yet to start as of 2023.{{cite web | url=https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-power.aspx | title=China Nuclear Power | Chinese Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association }}
Reactors
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! Unit !! Type !! Construction start !! Operation start !! Notes | ||||
| Xianning 1 | CAP1000 | |||
| Xianning 2 | CAP1000 |
The plant is described as the first nuclear power plant to be built in China's inland regions (i.e., not near the sea coast).[https://archive.today/20121130182514/http://www.fushuiwater.gov.cn/news.do?method=showNews&newsId=644&netyId=62 咸宁大畈核电公司专程洽商富水水库取水事项] ("Xianning Dafan Nuclear Power company makes a special trip to negotiate Fushui Reservoir water use issues"), Fushui Reservoir Management Company, 2010-10-23 The plant is expected to use the water of the Fushui Reservoir for cooling and various ancillary purposes.
The station's four cooling towers, some of the largest in the world, will have the base diameter of {{convert|169|m}} and the height of {{convert|209|m}}.[http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=29096&terms=xianning Tall order for Hamon],
12 January 2011
Transportation access
There are no railways or navigable waterways within the station's vicinity. (The Fushui River is not navigable.) In order to facilitate the delivery of heavy equipment (such as the reactor pressure vessels or electric generators) to the construction site, a major highway construction and upgrade project is being undertaken. The so-called Xianning Nuclear Plant Site Large Equipment Transport Road ({{lang|zh|咸宁核电厂大件运输公路}}) will connect the station's construction site with the Panjiawan Harbor ({{lang|zh|潘家湾港}}) on the Yangtze River in Jiayu County. The road, which will include sections of existing roadways as well as newly constructed sections, will be {{convert|102.1|km}} long. The road will include a newly constructed {{convert|366|m|adj=on}} long, {{convert|9|m|adj=on}} wide overpass over the Beijing–Guangzhou Railway, designed to carry loads of up to 930 tons.
See also
{{stack|{{Portal|China|Energy|Nuclear technology}}}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.xnnpc.com/ 咸宁核电有限公司] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813150132/http://www.xnnpc.com/ |date=2020-08-13 }} (Xianning Nuclear Power Ltd.) {{in lang|zh}} - company's official site
{{Nuclear power in the PRC}}
Category:Nuclear power stations in China
Category:Power stations in Hubei
Category:Nuclear power stations using AP1000 reactors