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Nuclear Power Profile of China

Xu Xiaozhao

Research Institute of Nuclear Power Operation (RINPO)

May 2015, Vienna

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With a land area of 9 561 000 square kilometers, China is rich in coal and

water resources, which are unevenly distributed throughout the country. Coal

deposits are predominant in the north and north-western regions, while water

resources are mainly in the south-western region. In contrast, Southeast

China is densely populated and has extensively developed industry and

agriculture, but is deficient in coal and hydro resources. Environmental

pollution from burning coal has become increasingly severe.

Country Overview

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Annual Average Growth Rate (%)

1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2012 2015 2000-2015

Population (millions) 829.9 987.1 1143.3 1295.3 1307.6 1354.0 1374.6 0.40

Population Density (inhabitants/km2)

86.8 103.2 119.5 135. 5 136.8 141.6 143.8

0.40

Urban Population as % of total

17.3 19.3 26.4 36.1 43.0 52.6 56.1

2.98

Area (1000 km2) 9561

Population

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Contents

Overview of China Nuclear Power Plants Ⅰ

Operating Nuclear Power Units Ⅱ

Nuclear Power Projects under construction Ⅲ

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Chap.

Overview of China Nuclear Power Plants

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7 nuclear power bases have been established

— Qinshan in Zhejiang Province(9 units in operation)

— Daya Bay in Guangdong Province(6 units in operation)

— Tianwan in Jiangsu Province(2 units in operation & 3 units under construction)

— Fuqing in Fujian Province(2 units in operation & 4 units under construction)

— Ningde in Fujian Province(3 units in operation & 1 units under construction)

— Hongyanhe in Liaoning Province (3 units in operation & 3 units under construction)

— Yangjiang in Guangdong Province(2 units in operation & 4 units under construction)

28 nuclear operating units in the mainland of China.

26 units under construction

Overview

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Distribution of NPPs

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Overview

Statistical Distribution for Ratio of

National Electricity Generation in 2015 Statistical Distribution for Ratio of National

Installed Generating Capacity in 2015

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Highlights in 2015

① In 2015, the nuclear power of China entered the important historical

opportunity period of "Step-out" after the development for 30 years by

technology introduction, learning and acquisition, localization and

independent research and development. Karachi NPP Unit 2 of Pakistan,

Bradwell Project B of United Kingdom and Atucha NPP Unit 4 of

Argentina used the technology of Hualong Pressurized Reactor

(HPR1000).

② On January 14, 2015, NEA, NNSA and State Administration of Science,

Technology and Industry for National Defense, jointly published the

Nuclear Safety Culture Policy Statement, which was a major initiative of

whole-industry nuclear safety culture cultivation and development jointly

promoted by the three departments.

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Highlights in 2015

③ In 2015, Unit 5 and 6 of Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Unit 5

and 6 of Fuqing NPP, Unit 3 of Fangchenggang Hongsha NPP and Unit 5

of Tianwan NPP were successively examined and approved and the

construction of these units was commenced.

④ In 2015, Unit 2 of Fangjiashan NPP, Unit 2 of Yangjiang NPP, Unit 3 of

Ningde NPP, Unit 3 of Hongyanhe NPP, Unit 2 of Fuqing NPP and Unit 1

of Changjiang NPP were put into commercial operation successively.

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Chap.

Operating Nuclear Power Units in China

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List of Operating NPPs in China

Name of Nuclear Power Plant Unit number Reactor type Nominal

power MW(e)

Starting date First date of

connection to

the grid

Commercial

operation date

Qinshan NPP CN-01 PWR 310 1985-03-20 1991-12-15 1994-04-01

Daya bay NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-02

CN-03 PWR 2×984

1987-08-07

1988-04-07

1993-08-31

1994-02-07

1994-02-01

1994-05-06

Qinshan Phase II NPP

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

CN-04

CN-05

CN-14

CN-15

PWR 4×650

1996-06-02

1997-04-01

2006-04-28

2007-01-28

2002-02-06

2004-03-11

2010-08-01

2011-11-25

2002-04-15

2004-05-03

2010-10-05

2011-12-30

LingAo NPP

Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-06

CN-07 PWR 2×990

1997-05-15

1997-11-28

2002-02-26

2002-09-14

2002-05-28

2003-01-08

Unit 3

Unit 4

CN-12

CN-13 PWR 2×1080

2005-12-15

2006-06-15

2010-07-15

2011-05-03

2010-09-15

2011-08-07

Third Qinshan NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-08

CN-09 PHWR 2×700

1998-06-08

1998-09-25

2002-11-19

2003-06-12

2002-12-31

2003-07-24

Tianwan NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-10

CN-11 PWR 2×1060

1999-10-20

2000-09-20

2006-05-12

2007-05-14

2007-05-17

2007-08-16

Hongyanhe NPP

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

CN-16

CN-17

CN-26 PWR 3×1080

2007-08-18

2008-03-28

2009-03-07

2013-02-17

2013-12-23

2015-03-23

2013-06-06

2014-05-13

2015-08-16

Ningde NPP

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

CN-18

CN-19

CN-34 PWR 3×1080

2008-02-18

2008-11-12

2010-01-08

2012-12-28

2014-01-04

2015-03-21

2013-04-15

2014-05-04

2015-06-10

Fuqing NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-20

CN-21 PWR 2×1080

2008-11-21

2009-06-17

2014-08-20

2015-08-05

2014-11-22

2015-10-16

Yangjiang NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-22

CN-23 PWR 2×1080

2008-12-16

2009-06-04

2013-12-31

2015-03-10

2014-03-25

2015-06-05

Fangjiashan NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-24

CN-25 PWR 2×1080

2008-12-26

2009-07-17

2014-11-04

2015-01-12

2014-12-15

2015-02-12

Hainan Changjiang NPP Unit 1 CN-36 PWR 650 2010-04-25 2015-11-07 2015-12-25

28 Units 26148

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UCF

Item

NPP

UCF（%）

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Qinshan NPP 88.04 99.94 81.61 92.69 90.92

Daya bay NPP Unit 1 99.98 83.94 86.83 99.66 78.83

Unit 2 86.56 99.97 85.93 75.58 98.65

Qinshan Phase II NPP

Unit 1 73.71 85.24 85.79 83.53 88.93

Unit 2 90.95 79.68 88.74 85.01 90.84

Unit 3 81.60 90.10 93.50 92.00 85.60

Unit 4 / 95.81 84.28 89.77 90.65

LingAo NPP

Unit 1 91.39 93.59 82.94 90.44 86.80

Unit 2 94.05 91.25 88.58 94.55 93.64

Unit 3 72.06 88.45 90.11 89.42 90.10

Unit 4 99.58 80.60 88.95 90.31 90.29

Third Qinshan NPP Unit 1 92.53 96.26 89.91 96.16 83.17

Unit 2 91.02 90.64 99.86 90.14 97.47

Tianwan NPP Unit 1 86.55 86.78 90.70 89.83 91.07

Unit 2 87.05 87.78 89.14 91.11 88.22

Hongyanhe NPP

Unit 1 / / 99.90 70.04 87.75

Unit 2 / / / 75.69 65.53

Unit 3 / / / / 100.00

Ningde NPP

Unit 1 / / 99.95 57.31 88.22

Unit 2 / / / 99.83 80.73

Unit 3 / / / / 94.37

Fuqing NPP Unit 1 / / / / 74.09

Unit 2 / / / / 99.06

Yangjiang NPP Unit 1 / / / 99.93 79.45

Unit 2 / / / / 99.64

Fangjiashan NPP Unit 1 / / / / 83.68

Unit 2 / / / / 93.10

Hainan Changjiang NPP Unit 1 / / / / 100.00

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Unplanned automatic scrams

In 2015, no unplanned automatic scrams occurred in 22 units among 28 commercial operating units.

Year

NPP/Unit No. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Qinshan NPP 1 0 1 0 0

Daya bay NPP Unit 1 0 0 0 1 0

Unit 2 0 0 0 0 0

Qinshan Phase II NPP

Unit 1 1 0 0 0 1

Unit 2 0 0 1 1 1

Unit 3 0 2 1 0 0

Unit 4 0 0 0 0 0

LingAo NPP

Unit 1 0 0 0 0 0

Unit 2 0 0 0 1 0

Unit 3 0 0 0 0 0

Unit 4 0 0 0 0 0

Third Qinshan NPP Unit 1 0 0 0 0 0

Unit 2 1 0 0 0 0

Tianwan NPP Unit 1 0 0 0 0 0

Unit 2 0 0 0 0 1

Hongyanhe NPP

Unit 1 / / 0 1 0

Unit 2 / / / 1 0

Unit 3 / / / / 0

Ningde NPP

Unit 1 / / 0 0 0

Unit 2 / / / 0 0

Unit 3 / / / / 2

Fuqing NPP Unit 1 / / / 0 2

Unit 2 / / / / 1

Yangjiang NPP Unit 1 / / / 0 0

Unit 2 / / / / 0

Fangjiashan NPP Unit 1 / / / 0 0

Unit 2 / / / / 0

Hainan Changjiang NPP Unit 1 / / / / 0

Total 3 2 3 5 8

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Number of events(PC.)

Summary of Licensed Operating Events of the Commercial NPPs from 2011 to 2014

Licensed Operating Events

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Chap.

Nuclear Power Projects under construction

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List of NPPs in China (under construction with CP issued by NNSA)

Name of Nuclear Power Plant Unit

number Reactor type

Nominal

power MW(e)

Starting date First date of

connection to

the grid

Commercial

operation date

Hongyanhe NPP

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

CN-27

CN-49

CN-50 PWR 3×1080

2009-08-15

2015-03-29

2015-07-24

Ningde NPP Unit 4 CN-35 PWR 1080 2010-09-29

Fuqing NPP

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

CN-42

CN-43

CN-51

CN-52

PWR

2×1080

2×1150

2010-12-31

2012-11-17

2015-05-07

2015-12-22

Yangjiang NPP

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

CN-40

CN-41

CN-47

CN-48

PWR 4×1080

2010-11-15

2012-11-17

2013-09-18

2013-12-23

2015-10-18

2016-01-01

Sanmen NPP Unit 1

Unit 2

CN-28

CN-29 PWR 2×1250 2009-04-19

2009-12-15

Haiyang NPP Unit 1

Unit 2 CN-30 CN-31 PWR 2×1250

2009-09-24

2010-06-20

Taishan NPP Unit 1

Unit 2 CN-32 CN-33 PWR 2×1750

2009-11-18

2010-04-15

Hainan Changjiang NPP Unit 2 CN-37 PWR 650 2010-11-21

Fangchenggang Hongsha

NPP

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

CN-38 CN-39

CN-55 PWR

2×1080

1180

2010-07-30

2010-12-23

2015-12-24

2015-10-25

2016-01-01

Shidao Bay NPP

Demonstration project

for high temperature gas-

cooled reaction NPP

CN-44 HTGR 210 2012-12-09

Tianwan NPP

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

CN-45

CN-46

CN-53 PWR

2×1120

1118

2012-12-27

2013-09-27

2015-12-27

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Unit 3 ~6 of Hongyanhe NPP

Unit 3 of Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant completed the performance test

and was put into commercial operation;

Civil construction and installation and 78% commissioning on Unit 4 were

completed. Nuclear island and conventional island construction on Unit 5

and 6 was started; engineering design and equipment procurement &

manufacturing were normal; the whole project was constructed smoothly.

Bird View of Unit 1~4 Bird View of Unit 5&6

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Unit 3&4 of Ningde NPP

Unit 3 of Ningde Nuclear Power Plant was put into commercial operation;

Cold and hot functional tests on unit 4 were completed and initial fuel

loading was conducted. First level of milestones of the project had been

fulfilled well. Till the end of 2015, 98.18% of general construction of Unit 4

had been completed.

Panorama of Ningde NPP Unit 4 Initial Fuel Loading of Ningde NPP

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Unit 2-6 of Fuqing NPP

Unit 2 of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant was put into commercial operation.

Unit 3 was in fuel loading preparation phase.

Unit 4 was in installation pea.

Unit 5 was the key project of Hualong Pressurized Reactor (HRR1000).

Construction on Unit 6 was started and Pouring of layer A of nuclear island

raft foundation was completed.

Unit 1 and 2 of Fuqing NPP Commencement of Unit 5 of Fuqing NPP

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Unit 2-6 of Yangjiang NPP

Unit 2 of Yangjiang Nuclear Power Plant was put into commercial operation;

Initial grid connection of Unit 3 was completed;

Welding of main pipes of Unit 4 was started;

Dome hoisting of Unit 5 was completed;

Nuclear island construction on Unit 6 was completed basically.

Panorama of Yangjiang NPP Unit 2 Initial Fuel Loading of Yangjiang NPP

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Unit 1 and 2 of Sanmen NPP

Design of Unit 1 of Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant was determined and the

total system turn-over quantity achieved 91%. 76% system commissioning

turned-over was completed. Containment leak rate test was completed. Four

main pumps were delivered and the first two main pumps were arrived.

Unit 2 construction was in final stage.

Panorama of Sanmen NPP AP1000 Main Pump of Unit 1 of Sanmen

NPP was Delivered to Site

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Unit 1 and 2 of Haiyang NPP

Unit 1 nuclear island civil construction of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant.

Conventional island civil construction and installation was basically

completed and all packages were transferred; the steam turbine had the

steam admission and impulse starting conditions.

Unit 2 nuclear island civil construction was completed by 90% and the home

and CB20 module were hoisted in place.

Outdoor Scene of Unit 1 Nuclear

Island of Haiyang NPP Outdoor Scene of Unit 2 Nuclear

Island of Haiyang NPP

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Unit 1 and 2 of Taishan NPP

Prefabrication and installation of Unit 1 nuclear island were completed by

96% and joint commissioning was started. Unit 1 conventional island and

BOP system turn-over were nearly completed and in commissioning peak.

Prefabrication and installation of Unit 2 nuclear island were completed by

57% and in installation peak. System turn-over peak of Unit 2 conventional

island was started.

Panorama of Taishan NPP Internal Structure Construction in Conventional

Island on Unit 1 of Taishan NPP

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Unit 1- 3 of Fangchenggang Hongsha NPP

The project plan of Fangchenggang Hongsha Nuclear Power Project were

constructed orderly. Unit 1 fuel loading and grid connection were completed

smoothly.

The cold and hot functional tests on Unit 2 was successfully completed. The

safety quality during project construction was controlled and the target of "no

quality accident and no safety accident" was achieved.

Panorama of Fangchenggang Hongsha NPP Unit 1 Initial Fuel Loading of Fangchenggang

Hongsha NPP

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HTGR NPP demonstration of Shidao Bay NPP

The cover module hoisting was completed in October for the reactor building

and spent fuel of HTGR NPP demonstration; the safety inspection before

bulk equipment hoisting organized by National Nuclear Safety Administration

(NNSA) was passed in December and the bulk equipment hoisting

conditions were met. The steam turbine buildings were capped in October.

Equipment installation was started fully and the equipment introduction of

rooms turned-over was completed.

Construction Field on HTGR NPP

Demonstration of Shidao Bay NPP

Hoisting of the First Roof Truss Module of

Reactor Building

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Unit 3 and 5 of Tianwan NPP

Circular crane of reactor building of Unit 3 of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant

was available; No.2 steam generator was hoisted in place; main pipe

welding was started; main crane of steam turbine building was available and

installation of steam turbine was started.

Internal structure of Unit 4 reactor building and +22.5m floor pouring, +34m

floor pouring were accomplished; home was hoisted wholly; circular crane

was available; steam turbine building operation floor platform concrete

pouring was accomplished; civil structures under +42m were under

construction and is changed to installation phase currently.

Panorama of Tianwan NPP Commencement of Unit 5 of Tianwan NPP

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