Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant

The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 福清核电站; traditional Chinese: 福清核電站; pinyin: Fúqīng Hédiànzhàn) is a nuclear power plant in Fuqing, Fujian Province, China. The plant is located on the coast of Xinghua Bay, near Qianxue Village, Sanshan Town.[1] The station has four 1,089 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs).[2] The CPR-1000 is an advanced PWR design developed by China from the Areva-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.[3] The plant was jointly constructed and is operated by China National Nuclear Corporation (51%), China Huadian Corp. (39%) and the Fujian Investment & Development Co Ltd. (10%).

Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	福清核电站
Country	China
Location	Qianxue, Fuqing, Fujian
Coordinates	25°26′45″N 119°26′50″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	21 November 2008
Commission date	22 November 2014
Owner(s)	Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Co.
Operator(s)	China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Power generation
Units operational	4 × 1089 MW
Units under const.	2 × 1150 MW
Nameplate capacity	4356 MW

Construction of the first unit began on 21 November 2008[2] and was completed in 2014. First concrete for Unit 2 was poured on 17 June 2009[4] and the unit was started in October 2015. First concrete for Unit 3 was poured on 31 December 2010. Construction of Unit 4 was to begin in 2011, but was delayed until November 2012 by China's nuclear safety review following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

In November 2014 it was announced that units 5 and 6 would be of the Hualong One (updated CPR-1000) design, with unit 5 scheduled to be in operation about 2019.[5] The first concrete was poured for Fuqing 5 on 7 May 2015.[6] Unit 5 achieved criticality in October 2020, the first Hualong One reactor to reach the milestone.[7] The unit was connected to the grid the following month.[8] It began commercial operation on 30 January 2021.[9]

Reactor data

The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant consist of 5 operational reactors, and 1 reactor under construction.

Unit	Type / Model	Construction start	Operation start	Notes
Phase I
Fuqing 1	PWR / CNP-1000	21 Nov 2008	22 Nov 2014	[3][10]
Fuqing 2	PWR / CNP-1000	17 June 2009	16 Oct 2015	[4][11]
Phase II
Fuqing 3	PWR / CNP-1000	31 Dec 2010	24 Oct 2016	[12][13][14]
Fuqing 4	PWR / CNP-1000	17 Nov 2012	17 Sep 2017	[2][15]
Fuqing 5	PWR / Hualong One	7 May 2015	27 Nov 2020	[6][16]
Fuqing 6	PWR / Hualong One	22 Dec 2015	(2021)	[5][17]

See also

• Nuclear power in China
• List of nuclear reactors#China

References

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