Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant
| Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant | |
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 Location of Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in China
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Location | Changjiang, Hainan |
| Coordinates | 19°27′38.7″N 108°53′59.70″E / 19.460750°N 108.8999167°ECoordinates: 19°27′38.7″N 108°53′59.70″E / 19.460750°N 108.8999167°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2010 |
| Commission date | 25 December 2015 |
| Construction cost | 20 billion yuan (US$3 billion) for Phase I |
| Owner(s) | China National Nuclear Corporation, China Huaneng Group |
| Operator(s) | China National Nuclear Corporation |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Cooling source | Gulf of Tonkin |
| Cooling towers | no |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 650 MW |
| Units planned | 2 × 650 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,300 MW |
Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Tangxing Village of Haiwei Township, Changjiang Li Autonomous County in the province of Hainan. It is the first power plant of its kind in the province.
Construction of the first phase of the plant which consists of two reactors was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in July 2008. Site works began in December 2008 and the first concrete was poured at the first unit on 25 April 2010. The plant was built by China National Nuclear Corporation and China Huaneng Group. Unit 1 was connected to the electricity grid on 7 November 2015 and is commercially operating starting on 25 December 2015.
A 600 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric plant balances the nuclear plant to comply with demand variations.
The plant will be built in two phases, both consisting of two CNP-600 pressurized water reactors, with a capacity of 650 MW each. The first unit was connected to the grid November 7, 2015 and second unit is scheduled for operations start by 2016. More than 70% of the equipment was planned to be indigenously made.
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