Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant

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
Official name福清核电站
CountryChina
LocationQianxue, Fuqing, Fujian
Coordinates25°26′45″N 119°26′50″E
StatusOperational
Construction beganNovember 21, 2008 (2008-11-21)
Commission date
  • Unit 1: August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20)
  • Unit 2: August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06)
  • Unit 3: September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)
  • Unit 4: July 29, 2017 (2017-07-29)
  • Unit 5: November 27, 2020 (2020-11-27)
  • Unit 6: January 1, 2022 (2022-01-01)
Owner(s)Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Co.
Operator(s)China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Thermal capacity
  • 4 × 2,905 MWt
  • 2 × 3,060 MWt
Power generation
Units operational
  • 4 × 1,000 MWe
  • 2 × 1,075 MWe
Make and model
Nameplate capacity6,656 MWe
(6,120 MWe net)
Annual net output2021: 39,394.32 GWh (141,819.6 TJ) (Units 1-5 only)
External links
Websitewww.cnnp.com.cn/cnnp/cydwzd62/fjfqhdyxgs/1101192/index.html

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

The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant consist of 6 operational reactors.

UnitType / ModelNet powerGross powerThermal powerStart constructionFirst criticalityGrid connectionCommercial operationNotes
Phase I
Fuqing 1PWR / CNP-1000 1000MW1089MW2905MW 2008-11-212014-07-242014-08-202014-11-22 [3][12]
Fuqing 2PWR / CNP-1000 1000MW1089MW2905MW 2009-6-182015-07-222015-08-062015-10-16 [4][13]
Phase II
Fuqing 3PWR / CNP-1000 1000MW1089MW2905MW 2010-12-312016-07-032016-09-072016-10-24 [14][15][16]
Fuqing 4PWR / CNP-1000 1000MW1089MW2905MW 2012-11-172017-07-162017-07-292017-09-17 [2][17]
Fuqing 5PWR / HPR-1000 1060MW1150MW3060MW 2015-05-072020-10-212020-11-272021-01-30 [6][18]
Fuqing 6PWR / HPR-1000 1060MW1150MW3060MW 2015-12-222021-12-132022-01-012022-03-25 [19][20]

See also

References
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  17. "Fuqing 4". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
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  19. "Fuqing 6". PRIS. IAEA. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
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