Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CPR-1000
Owner Yangjiang Nuclear Power Company
Operator Yangjiang Nuclear Power Company

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 4 June 2009
First Criticality Monday, 2 March 2015
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Commercial Operation Friday, 5 June 2015

Specifications

Capacity Net 1000 MWe
Capacity Gross 1086 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2905 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1000 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 (%)
2015 1000 6017 5683.72 100.00 99.80 99.80 102.20 102.20
2016 1000 6874 6911.71 78.30 77.60 85.80 78.70 87.40
2017 1000 7476 7497.38 85.30 88.00 86.60 85.60 86.70
2018 1000 8760 8910.12 100.00 100.00 90.30 101.70 90.90
2019 1000 7943 7478.07 90.70 90.00 90.30 85.40 89.70
2020 1000 6854 6539.67 78.00 88.50 89.90 74.40 86.90
2021 1000 8760 8783.89 100.00 100.00 91.50 100.30 89.00
2022 1000 8077 8156.58 92.20 91.80 91.50 93.10 89.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


See Also

Nuclear Power in China

Related News

WNN articles on China
Subscribe to receive updates on news