Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 防城港核电站; traditional Chinese: 防城港核電站; pinyin: Fángchénggǎng hédiànzhàn), also known as Fangchenggang Hongsha Nuclear Power Plant ( 防城港红沙核电站 ), is a nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang, near Hongshacun Village ( 红沙村 ),[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]

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Hongsha, Gangkou, Fangchenggang, Guangxi
Coordinates	21°40′15″N 108°33′30″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	30 July 2010
Commission date	1 January 2016
Operator(s)	Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Group
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	CPR-1000, HPR-1000
Cooling source	Gulf of Tonkin
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 1,000 MW
Units planned	2 × 1000 MW
Units under const.	2 × 1000 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,000 MW

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 2 operational reactors, 2 reactors under construction, and 2 reactors planned.

Unit	Type / Model	Construction start	Operation start	Notes
Phase I
Fangchenggang 1	PWR / CPR-1000	30 July 2010	1 Jan 2016	[9]
Fangchenggang 2	PWR / CPR-1000	23 Dec 2010	1 Oct 2016	[10]
Phase II
Fangchenggang 3	PWR / HPR1000	24 Dec 2015	2022	[11]
Fangchenggang 4	PWR / HPR1000	23 Dec 2016		[12]
Fangchenggang 5	PWR / HPR1000			[13]
Fangchenggang 6	PWR / HPR1000			[13]

See also

• Generation III reactor

References

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2. "Chinese firms join forces to market Hualong One abroad". World Nuclear News. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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7. "CGN's Fangchenggang-3 begins construction with first concrete pour". China General Nuclear Power Corporation. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
8. "Construction starts on second Hualong One". World Nuclear News. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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12. "Fangchenggang 4". PRIS. IAEA. 2017-01-07. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
13. "Nuclear Power in China". Country Briefings. World Nuclear Association (WNA). December 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.