Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station
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Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station (YPNS) is a nuclear power plant
in the Guangdong
province
of China
. The site is Dongping Town
, Yangjiang
City
in western Guangdong Province.
The station will have six 1,000 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000
pressurized water reactor
s (PWRs).
The CPR-1000 is a PWR design developed by China from the Areva
-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.
Yangjiang marks a step in the development of China's domestic nuclear industry.
Shu Guogang, GM of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Project said, "We built 55 percent of Ling Ao Phase 2, 70 percent of Hongyanhe
, 80 percent of Ningde
and 90 percent of Yangjiang Station."
The site in Yangjiang was selected for nuclear development in 1988. The project was approved in 2004.
The plant was originally to be one of the first in China to host Generation III reactor
s — specifically AP1000 reactors. In 2007 however, revised plans switched the AP1000s for EPR
s, and then for the established CPR-1000 reactor design used at Daya Bay.
Ground was broken for the plant in February 2008; the first concrete for the first unit was poured on 16 December 2008.
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
in the Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
province
Province (China)
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of China
China
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. The site is Dongping Town
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...
, Yangjiang
Yangjiang
Yangjiang , historically known as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. It is famous for being the base of...
City
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
in western Guangdong Province.
The station will have six 1,000 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000
CPR-1000
The CPR-1000 is a Generation II+ pressurized water reactor, based on the French 900 MWe three cooling loop design imported in the 1990s, improved to have a net power output of 1,000 MWe and a 60 year design life....
pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
s (PWRs).
The CPR-1000 is a PWR design developed by China from the Areva
Areva
AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...
-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.
Yangjiang marks a step in the development of China's domestic nuclear industry.
Shu Guogang, GM of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Project said, "We built 55 percent of Ling Ao Phase 2, 70 percent of Hongyanhe
Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant
The Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant is one of the newest NPP projects in the world as of 2007. It is located in Donggang Town, Wafangdian in the Liaoning Province of China. The site is within the Prefecture-level city of Dalian, 104 km north of Dalian City proper...
, 80 percent of Ningde
Ningde Nuclear Power Plant
Ningde Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Fujian province, China.The site is located in Beiwan village in the town of Qinyu, Fuding, Ningde, Fujian....
and 90 percent of Yangjiang Station."
The site in Yangjiang was selected for nuclear development in 1988. The project was approved in 2004.
The plant was originally to be one of the first in China to host Generation III reactor
Generation III reactor
A generation III reactor is a development of any of the generation II nuclear reactor designs incorporating evolutionary improvements in design developed during the lifetime of the generation II reactor designs...
s — specifically AP1000 reactors. In 2007 however, revised plans switched the AP1000s for EPR
European Pressurized Reactor
The EPR is a third generation pressurized water reactor design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome , Electricité de France in France, and Siemens AG in Germany...
s, and then for the established CPR-1000 reactor design used at Daya Bay.
Ground was broken for the plant in February 2008; the first concrete for the first unit was poured on 16 December 2008.
| Unit | Type | Construction start | Operation start | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase I | ||||
| Yangjiang 1 | CPR-1000 | 16 December 2008 | August 2013 | |
| Yangjiang 2 | CPR-1000 | 4 June 2009 | 2014 | |
| Yangjiang 3 | CPR-1000 | 15 November 2010 | 2015 | |
| Yangjiang 4 | CPR-1000 | 15 March 2011 | 2016 | |
| Phase II | ||||
| Yangjiang 5 | CPR-1000 | |||
| Yangjiang 6 | CPR-1000 | 2017 | ||