Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant Explained

Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant should not be confused with Taishan Nuclear Power Plant.

Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant
Coordinates:30.4331°N 120.95°W
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)
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)
Ps Cooling Source:Hangzhou Bay
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 Thermal Capacity:1 × 966 MWth
4 × 1930 MWth
2 × 2064 MWth
Ps Electrical Capacity:4110
Ps Electrical Cap Fac:90.59% (2017)
88.21% (lifetime)
Ps Annual Generation:32,614 GWh (2017)

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).[1]
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. In 2001, it was visited by the Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien;[2] 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).[3]

Reactor data

Reactors[4]
Unit Type Model Net power Gross power Thermal power Start construction First criticality Grid connection Commercial operation Notes
Phase I
Qinshan I 308 MW 330 MW 966 MWt March 20, 1985 October 31, 1991 December 15, 1991 April 1, 1994 [5]
Phase II
Qinshan II-1 610 MW 650 MW 1930 MWt June 2, 1996 November 15, 2001 February 6, 2002 April 15, 2002 [6]
Qinshan II-2 610 MW 650 MW 1930 MWt April 1, 1997 February 25, 2004 March 11, 2004 May 3, 2004 [7]
Qinshan II-3 619 MW 660 MW 1930 MWt April 28, 2006 July 13, 2010 August 1, 2010 October 5, 2010 [8]
Qinshan II-4 619 MW 660 MW 1930 MWt January 28, 2007 November 17, 2011 November 25, 2011 December 30, 2011 [9]
Phase III
Qinshan III-1 677 MW 728 MW 2064 MWt June 8, 1998 September 21, 2002 November 19, 2002 December 31, 2002 [10]
Qinshan III-2 677 MW 728 MW 2064 MWt September 25, 1998 January 18, 2003 June 12, 2003 July 24, 2003 [11] -Qinshan IV-1 PHWR (incorrect?) ? 700 MW (incorrect?) ? ? ? ? ?
Qinshan IV-2 PHWR (incorrect?) ? 700 MW (incorrect?) ? ? ? ? ?
Qinshan V-1 PHWR (incorrect?) ? 700 MW (incorrect?) ? ? ? ? ?
Qinshan V-2 PHWR (incorrect?) ? 700 MW (incorrect?) ? ? ? ? ?-->

In 2019 Qinshan 1 was upgraded and uprated to 350 MWe (net) from its original output power of 300 MWe.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nti.org/db/china/qinshan.htm Qinshan Phase 1, 2 and 3
  2. News: Canadian PM Visits Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant. People's Daily website. 23 October 2001. 1 July 2018.
  3. Web site: China Nuclear Power Chinese Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association. www.world-nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association. 10 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Kosarenko. Yulia. TQNPC fact sheet. www.candu.org. CANDU Owners Group Inc.. 10 May 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170622061310/http://www.candu.org/tqnpc.html. 22 June 2017.
  5. Web site: QINSHAN-1. 24 Apr 2021. 25 Apr 2021. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  6. Web site: QINSHAN-2-1. 30 June 2018. 1 July 2018. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  7. Web site: QINSHAN-2-2. 30 June 2018. 1 July 2018. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  8. Web site: QINSHAN-2-3. 30 June 2018. 1 July 2018. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  9. Web site: QINSHAN-2-4. 30 June 2018. 1 July 2018. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  10. Web site: QINSHAN-3-1. 30 June 2018. 1 July 2018. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  11. Web site: QINSHAN-3-2. 30 June 2018. 1 July 2018. Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency.
  12. News: China uprates its oldest reactor . World Nuclear News . 17 April 2019 . 19 April 2019.

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