Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant

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.

Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant
Official name
  • 海阳核电站
CountryChina
LocationHaiyang, Yantai, Shandong
Coordinates36°42.5′N 121°23′E
StatusOperational
Construction began2009
Commission date2018
Owner(s)State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC)[1][2]
Operator(s)Shandong Nuclear Power[1][2]
(subsidiary of SPIC)[3]
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierWestinghouse
Cooling sourceYellow Sea
Thermal capacity2 × 3415 MWth
Power generation
Units operational2 × 1170 MW
Make and modelWestinghouse AP1000
Units planned6 × 1100 MW[4]
Nameplate capacity2340 MW
Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant
Simplified Chinese海阳核电站
Traditional Chinese海陽核電站

History

Groundbreaking happened one month ahead of schedule on July 30, 2008.[5] Construction of the first unit began in September 2009.[4] Civil construction of Unit 1 was completed 29 March 2013.[6] Fuel loading at Haiyang 1 began on June 22, 2018.[7] First grid connection was on 17 August 2018.[1] Unit 1 began commercial operation on 22 October 2018.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Reactor data
UnitType /ModelNet
power		Gross
power		Thermal
power		Construction
start		First
criticality		Grid
connection		Operation
start		Notes
Phase I
Haiyang 1PWR / AP1000 1170 MW1250 MW3415 MW 2009-09-242018-08-082018-08-172018-10-22 [1]
Haiyang 2PWR / AP1000 1170 MW1250 MW3415 MW 2010-06-202018-09-292018-10-132019-01-09 [2]
Phase II [11]: Nuclear reactors planned 
Haiyang 3PWR / CAP1400
Haiyang 4PWR / CAP1400
Phase III [11]: Nuclear power units proposed 
Haiyang 5PWR / CAP1400
Haiyang 6PWR / CAP1400
Haiyang 7PWR / CAP1400
Haiyang 8PWR / CAP1400

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.[12] Two months later, 700,000 square meters of housing had been heated[13] and the project is en route for completion in its entirety in 2021. The switch to clean energy is expected to eliminate more than 60,000 tones of fossil fuel emissions[12] each year, and the corresponding reduction in air pollution is anticipated to save about 600 lives annually.[14]

See also

References
  1. PRIS (2021-04-23). "HAIYANG-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  2. PRIS (2021-04-23). "HAIYANG-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  3. 公司简介 [about us] (in Chinese (China)). Shandong Nuclear Power. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. "Rapid start for Haiyang construction". World Nuclear News. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  5. NucNet. Ground Broken At Site Of China’s Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. July 30, 2008.
  6. Deng Shasha (29 March 2013). "1st unit of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant completes civil construction". Xinhaunet. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  7. "Chinese AP1000s pass commissioning milestones". www.world-nuclear-news.org. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  8. "Second AP1000 enters commercial operation". World Nuclear News. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  9. "Construction underway at Haiyang 2". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  10. "Fourth Chinese AP1000 enters commercial operation". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  11. "Nuclear Power in China". Country Profiles. World Nuclear Association. April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  12. "Haiyang begins commercial-scale district heat supply : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  13. "Haiyang nuclear plant furthers nation's green push - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  14. "What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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