Qinshan NPP ( Chinese 秦山 核电站 ) is an operating nuclear power plant in eastern China .
| Qinshan NPP | |
|---|---|
| Chinese 秦山 核电站 | |
 Qinshan Phase 3 with CANDU Reactors | |
| A country |  China |
| Location | Haiyan , Jiaxing , Zhejiang |
| Year of commencement of construction | 1985 |
| Commissioning | 1991 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Electric power, MW | 4,386 MW |
| Equipment specifications | |
| Number of power units | 7 |
| Type of Reactors | PWR , PHWR |
| Operated Reactors | 7 |
| On the map | |
The station is located on the coast of the East China Sea in Haiyan County, Jiaxing Urban District, Zhejiang Province . Near the 1st phase of Qinshan NPP is Fanjashan NPP .
The Qinshan-1 power unit, located on the 1st stage of the nuclear power plant, was not only the first operating nuclear power plant built in China, but also the first nuclear project built entirely using Chinese technologies. 300 MW CNP-300 double- loop tank water-water reactor was developed by Shanghai Atomic Energy Research and Design Institute (SNERDI), another Chinese institute ECEPDI designed the turbine part of the nuclear power plant. The construction of the power unit began in March 1985, and on December 15, 1991, the power unit was launched. Subsequently, similar CNP-300 reactors were delivered by the Chinese to Pakistan at the Chashma nuclear power plant .
In 1996, the construction of the first of four power units with a more powerful CNP-600 reactor, also developed by specialists from the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) , began on the site of the 2nd stage of the nuclear power plant. All four power units of the 2nd phase of Qinshan NPP with the same type of reactors were commissioned in November 2011.
Almost in parallel with the 2nd stage in January 1998, the third stage began the construction of two 750 MW MW CANDU 6 heavy-water reactors developed by the Canadian company AECL . The power units were successfully commissioned in 2002 and 2003.
Thus, after the Qinshan-2-4 power unit was launched in November 2011, the Qinshan NPP capacity was 4386 MW. And in January 2015, with the commissioning of the second power unit at Fanjiashan NPP , located in close proximity to the first phase of Qinshan NPP, the total capacity of the Qinshan - Fanjashan nuclear power cluster was 6546 MW, which makes it one of the largest in the world.
Unit Information
| Power unit | Type of Reactors | Power | Start building | Physical launch | Network connection | Commissioning | Closing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean | Gross | |||||||
| Qinshan-1 [1] | PWR , CNP-300 | 298 MW | 310 MW | 03/20/1985 | 10/31/1991 | 12/15/1991 | 04/01/1994 | - |
| Qinshan-2-1 [2] | PWR , CNP-600 | 610 MW | 650 MW | 06/02/1996 | 11/15/2001 | 02/06/2002 | 04/15/2002 | - |
| Qinshan-2-2 [3] | PWR , CNP-600 | 610 MW | 650 MW | 04/01/1997 | 02/25/2004 | 03/11/2004 | 05.03.2004 | - |
| Qinshan 2-3 [4] | PWR , CNP-600 | 619 MW | 660 MW | 04/28/2006 | 07/13/2010 | 08/01/2010 | 10/05/2010 | - |
| Qinshan-2-4 [5] | PWR , CNP-600 | 610 MW | 660 MW | 01/28/2007 | 11/17/2011 | 11/25/2011 | 12/30/2011 | - |
| Qinshan-3-1 [6] | PWR , CANDU 6 | 677 MW | 728 MW | 01/08/1998 | 09/21/2002 | 11/19/2002 | 12/31/2002 | - |
| Qinshan-3-2 [7] | PWR , CANDU 6 | 677 MW | 728 MW | 09/25/1998 | 01/18/2003 | 06/12/2003 | 07/24/2003 | - |