Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant in Shandong, China
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Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Haiyang, Shandong province, China. It is the second site to house AP1000 units, after the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station.
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| Country | China |
| Location | Haiyang, Yantai, Shandong |
| Coordinates | 36°42.5′N 121°23′E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2009 |
| Commission date | 2018 |
| Construction cost | Unit 1 & 2: CNY 40 billion (estimated) [1] |
| Owner | State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC)[2][3] |
| Operators | Shandong Nuclear Power[2][3] (subsidiary of SPIC)[4] |
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| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Cooling source | Yellow Sea |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 3415 MWth |
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| Units operational | 2 × 1170 MW |
| Make and model | Westinghouse AP1000 |
| Units under const. | 2 × 1161 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 2340 MW |
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| Simplified Chinese | 海阳核电站 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 海陽核電站 | ||||||
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History
Groundbreaking happened one month ahead of schedule on July 30, 2008.[5] Construction of the first unit began in September 2009.[6] Civil construction of Unit 1 was completed 29 March 2013.[7] Fuel loading at Haiyang 1 began on June 22, 2018.[8] First grid connection was on 17 August 2018.[2] Unit 1 began commercial operation on 22 October 2018.[9]
Construction of unit 2 started in June 2010, at that time the fourth Chinese AP1000 project together with the two units of the Sanmen NPP.[10] Commercial operation began in January 2019, after having completed a full-power test run for a week (168 hours). Both units will provide together about 20 TWh of electricity to the grid of Shandong province.[11]
As well as generating electricity, the reactors at Haiyang also power a district heating system.
On July 7, 2022, construction began on unit 3 after authorization had been granted.
Reactor data
| Unit | Type /Model | Net power | Gross power | Thermal power | Construction start | First criticality | Grid connection | Operation start | Notes |
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| Haiyang 1 | PWR / AP1000 | 1170 MW | 1250 MW | 3415 MW | 2009-09-24 | 2018-08-08 | 2018-08-17 | 2018-10-22 | [2] |
| Haiyang 2 | PWR / AP1000 | 1170 MW | 1250 MW | 3415 MW | 2010-06-20 | 2018-09-29 | 2018-10-13 | 2019-01-09 | [3] |
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| Haiyang 3 | PWR / CAP1000 | 1161 MW | 1253 MW | 3400 MW | 2022-07-07 | [13] | |||
| Haiyang 4 | PWR / CAP1000 | 1161 MW | 1253 MW | 3400 MW | 2023-04-22 | ||||
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| Haiyang 5 | PWR / CAP1000 | 1161 MW | 1253 MW | 3400 MW | 2026-4-16 | [14] | |||
| Haiyang 6 | PWR / CAP1000 | 1161 MW | 1253 MW | 3400 MW | 2027-2 | [14] | |||
District Heating
In September 2020, the plant's owner and a thermal company instigated a plan to heat all of Haiyang city via heat exchange.[15] Two months later, 700,000 square meters of housing had been heated and the project was en route for completion in its entirety in 2021.[16][17] The switch to clean energy[15] is expected to eliminate more than 180,000 tonnes of fossil fuel emissions each year, and the corresponding reduction in air pollution is anticipated to save about 600 lives annually.[18] By November 2022, the plant used 345 MW-thermal effect to heat 200,000 homes, replacing 12 coal heating plants.[19]
