Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant Explained

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant
Coordinates:21.6708°N 108.5583°W
Country:People's Republic of China
Construction Began:30 July 2010
Commissioned:1 January 2016
Status:O
Np Reactor Type:CPR-1000, HPR-1000
Ps Units Operational:4 × 1,000 MW
Ps Units Planned:2 × 1000 MW
Ps Electrical Capacity:4,000

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant, also known as Fangchenggang Hongsha Nuclear Power Plant, is a nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang, near Hongsha Village,[1] autonomous region of Guangxi (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) in the People's Republic of China. A total of six reactors are planned to operate at the Fangchenggang site. Units 1 and 2 are both CPR-1000s, units 3–4 are Hualong Ones, units 5–6 are planned also to be Hualong One reactors. Fangchenggang 3 and 4 will be the reference plant for the proposed Bradwell B plant in the UK.[2]

The plant is located about 54 kilometres from the border with Vietnam. It is a project of Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Group, a joint venture between China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) and Guangxi Investment Group.[3]

Unit 1 was connected to the electricity grid on 25 October 2015.[4] Unit 1 is commercially operating starting on 1 January 2016.[5]

Construction works for Unit 3 started in December 2015.[6] Unit 3 first concrete pour occurred on 24 December 2015.[7] First concrete for Unit 4 followed one year later, on 23 December 2016.[8]

Reactor data

The Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant consist of 4 operational reactors and 2 reactors planned.

Unit Type /Model Net
power
Gross
power
Thermal
power
Construction
start
First
criticality
Grid
connection
Operation
start
Notes
Phase I
Fangchenggang 1 PWR / CPR-10001000 MW 1086 MW 2905 MW2010-07-30 2015-10-13 2015-10-25 2016-01-01[9]
Fangchenggang 2 PWR / CPR-10001000 MW 1086 MW 2905 MW2010-12-23 2016-06-29 2016-07-15 2016-10-01[10]
Phase II
Fangchenggang 3 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW2015-12-24 2022-12-27 2023-01-10 2023-03-25[11] [12]
Fangchenggang 4 PWR / HPR1000 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW2016-12-23 2024-04-03 2024-04-09 2024-05-25[13]
Fangchenggang 5 PWR / HPR10001000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW[14]
Fangchenggang 6 PWR / HPR1000 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: China’s Fangchenggang: natural beauty and port economy . dead . Sino-US.com . 9 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402015639/http://www.sino-us.com/68/Chinas-Fangchenggang-natural-beauty-and-port-economy.html . 2 April 2019 . 20 September 2019.
  2. News: Chinese firms join forces to market Hualong One abroad . World Nuclear News . 31 December 2015 . 4 January 2016.
  3. News: Construction of Fangchenggang plant starts . World Nuclear News . 3 August 2010 . 4 January 2016.
  4. News: First Fangchenggang unit connected to grid . World Nuclear News . 26 October 2015 . 6 February 2016.
  5. News: FANGCHENGGANG-1 Operational Details . International Atomic Energy Agency . 1 January 2016 . 6 February 2016.
  6. News: Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant, Guangxi, China . Kable Intelligence Limited . 6 February 2016.
  7. News: CGN’s Fangchenggang-3 begins construction with first concrete pour . China General Nuclear Power Corporation . 24 December 2015 . 6 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206133225/http://en.cgnpc.com.cn/n1017152/n1017227/c1209063/content.html . 6 February 2016 .
  8. News: Construction starts on second Hualong One . World Nuclear News . 29 December 2016 . 8 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Fangchenggang 1 . 2016-10-24 . Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) . International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) . 25 October 2016 .
  10. Web site: Fangchenggang 2 . 2016-10-24 . PRIS . IAEA . 25 October 2016 .
  11. Web site: Fangchenggang 3 . 2016-10-24 . PRIS . IAEA . 25 October 2016 .
  12. Web site: 中广核广西防城港核电站3号机组首次并网发电 . 2023-01-10 . www.cnnpn.cn.
  13. Web site: Fangchenggang 4 . 2017-01-07 . PRIS . IAEA . 8 January 2017 .
  14. Web site: Nuclear Power in China . December 2016 . Country Briefings . World Nuclear Association (WNA) . 8 January 2017 .