Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CNP-600
Owner Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company Ltd.
Operator Cnnc Nuclear Operation Management Company Limited

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 28 April 2006
First Criticality Tuesday, 13 July 2010
First Grid Connection Sunday, 1 August 2010
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Specifications

Capacity Net 623 MWe
Capacity Gross 660 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1930 MWt
Design Net Capacity 619 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
2010 610 2685 1465.17 96.30 92.10 92.10 94.80 94.80
2011 610 7226 4434.13 82.50 81.60 84.20 83.00 85.70
2012 610 7977 4846.78 90.80 90.00 86.80 90.40 87.80
2013 610 8243 5076.15 94.10 93.50 88.80 95.00 90.00
2014 619 8078 4929.31 92.20 92.00 89.60 90.90 90.20
2015 619 7410 4519.98 84.60 86.20 88.90 83.40 88.90
2016 619 8584 5259.45 97.70 99.80 90.70 96.70 90.20
2017 619 7804 4768.41 89.10 88.00 90.30 87.90 89.90
2018 619 7756 4767.33 88.50 87.90 90.00 87.90 89.60
2019 619 8664 5341.24 98.90 98.80 91.00 98.50 90.60
2020 619 7870 4753.88 89.60 90.00 90.90 87.40 90.30
2021 619 7768 4788.17 88.70 88.20 90.60 88.30 90.10
2022 619 8760 5468.09 100.00 99.70 91.40 100.80 91.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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