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Sanmen Nuclear Power Station
Nuclear plant in Zhejiang, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sanmen Nuclear Power Station (Chinese: 三门核电站) is a nuclear power station in Sanmen County, Zhejiang, China. Sanmen is the first implementation of the AP1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR) developed by Westinghouse Electric Company.
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Country | China |
Location | Sanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang |
Coordinates | 29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | Unit 1: 19 April 2009 Unit 2: 15 December 2009 |
Commission date | Unit 1: 21 September 2018 Unit 2: 5 November 2018 |
Construction cost | 50 billion yuan (7.3 billion USD) for the whole two AP1000 reactor plant [1] |
Owner(s) | China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) [2] |
Operator(s) | Sanmen Nuclear Power[2] (subsidiary of CNNC)[3] |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
Cooling source | Shefan Channel |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 3400 MWth (operational) |
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Units operational | 2 × 1157 MW |
Make and model | Westinghouse AP1000 |
Units under const. | 2 × 1100 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 2314 MW |
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Website | www |
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