Summary
Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Haiyang, Shandong province, China. It is the second site to house AP1000 units, after the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station.
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| Country | China |
| Location | Haiyang, Yantai, Shandong |
| Coordinates | 36°42.5′N 121°23′E / 36.7083°N 121.383°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2009 |
| Commission date | 2018 |
| Owner(s) | State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC)[1][2] |
| Operator(s) | Shandong Nuclear Power[1][2] (subsidiary of SPIC)[3] |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Cooling source | Yellow Sea |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 3415 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 1170 MW |
| Make and model | Westinghouse AP1000 |
| Units under const. | 2 × 1161 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 2340 MW |
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| Simplified Chinese | 海阳核电站 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 海陽核電站 | ||||||
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History edit
Groundbreaking happened one month ahead of schedule on July 30, 2008.[4] Construction of the first unit began in September 2009.[5] Civil construction of Unit 1 was completed 29 March 2013.[6] Fuel loading at Haiyang 1 began on June 22, 2018.[7] First grid connection was on 17 August 2018.[1] Unit 1 began commercial operation on 22 October 2018.[8]
Construction of unit 2 started in June 2010, at that time the fourth Chinese AP1000 project together with the two units of the Sanmen NPP.[9] Commercial operation began in January 2019, after having completed a full-power test run for a week (168 hours). Both units will provide together about 20 TWh of electricity to the grid of Shandong province.[10]
On July 7, 2022, construction began on unit 3 after authorization had been granted.
Reactor data edit
| Unit | Type /Model | Net power |
Gross power |
Thermal power |
Construction start |
First criticality |
Grid connection |
Operation start |
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| Haiyang 1 | PWR / AP1000 | 1170 MW | 1250 MW | 3415 MW | 2009-09-24 | 2018-08-08 | 2018-08-17 | 2018-10-22 | [1] |
| Haiyang 2 | PWR / AP1000 | 1170 MW | 1250 MW | 3415 MW | 2010-06-20 | 2018-09-29 | 2018-10-13 | 2019-01-09 | [2] |
| Phase II [11] | |||||||||
| Haiyang 3 | PWR / CAP1000 | 1161 MW | 1253 MW | 3400 MW | 2022-07-07 | [12] | |||
| Haiyang 4 | PWR / CAP1000 | 1161 MW | 1253 MW | 3400 MW | 2023-04-22 | ||||
District Heating edit
In September 2020, the plant's owner and a thermal company instigated a plan to heat all of Haiyang city via heat exchange.[13] Two months later, 700,000 square meters of housing had been heated and the project was en route for completion in its entirety in 2021.[14][15] The switch to clean energy[13] is expected to eliminate more than 180,000 tonnes of fossil fuel emissions each year, and the corresponding reduction in air pollution is anticipated to save about 600 lives annually.[16] By November 2022, the plant used 345 MW-thermal effect to heat 200,000 homes, replacing 12 coal heating plants.[17]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d PRIS (2021-04-23). "HAIYANG-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ a b c PRIS (2021-04-23). "HAIYANG-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ 公司简介 [about us] (in Chinese (China)). Shandong Nuclear Power. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ NucNet. Ground Broken At Site Of China’s Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. July 30, 2008.
- ^ "Rapid start for Haiyang construction". World Nuclear News. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ Deng Shasha (29 March 2013). "1st unit of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant completes civil construction". Xinhaunet. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ "Chinese AP1000s pass commissioning milestones". www.world-nuclear-news.org. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Second AP1000 enters commercial operation". World Nuclear News. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ "Construction underway at Haiyang 2". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Fourth Chinese AP1000 enters commercial operation". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Nuclear Power in China". Country Profiles. World Nuclear Association. April 2021. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Haiyang 3, China". www.world-nuclear.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ a b "Haiyang begins commercial-scale district heat supply : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Haiyang nuclear plant furthers nation's green push - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Patel, Sonal (November 1, 2021). "How an AP1000 Plant Is Changing the Nuclear Power Paradigm Through District Heating, Desalination". Power Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Largest nuclear heating project warms China's first carbon-free city". www.districtenergy.org. 21 November 2022.