Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CNP-600
Owner Nuclear Power Plant Qinshan Joint Venture Company Ltd.
Operator Cnnc Nuclear Operation Management Company Limited

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 2 June 1996
First Criticality Thursday, 15 November 2001
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 6 February 2002
Commercial Operation Monday, 15 April 2002

Specifications

Capacity Net 623 MWe
Capacity Gross 650 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1930 MWt
Design Net Capacity 610 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 (%)
2002 610 4631 2965.29 70.20 81.60 81.60 73.60 73.60
2003 610 7123 4327.30 81.30 80.90 81.20 81.00 77.80
2004 610 7117 4395.68 81.00 80.10 80.80 82.00 79.40
2005 610 7982 4944.77 91.10 90.60 83.40 92.50 82.90
2006 610 4890 2938.16 55.80 55.20 77.50 55.00 77.00
2007 610 5681 3503.00 64.80 64.10 75.20 65.60 75.00
2008 610 7554 4677.61 86.00 85.20 76.70 87.30 76.80
2009 610 7256 4500.99 82.80 82.70 77.40 84.20 77.80
2010 610 8095 4985.39 92.40 91.70 79.10 93.30 79.60
2011 610 6521 4029.39 74.40 73.70 78.50 75.40 79.10
2012 610 7543 4545.92 85.90 85.20 79.10 84.80 79.70
2013 610 7561 4680.90 86.30 85.80 79.70 87.60 80.30
2014 610 7412 4579.16 84.60 83.70 80.00 85.70 80.80
2015 610 7859 4775.88 89.70 89.40 80.70 89.40 81.40
2016 610 7825 4732.19 89.10 91.30 81.40 88.30 81.90
2017 610 8732 5385.37 99.70 99.30 82.50 100.80 83.10
2018 610 7682 4725.63 87.70 87.20 82.80 88.40 83.40
2019 610 7781 4796.97 88.80 88.20 83.10 89.80 83.70
2020 610 8784 5228.19 100.00 99.90 84.00 97.60 84.50
2021 610 8118 5024.61 92.70 92.00 84.40 94.00 85.00
2022 623 7859 4897.42 89.70 88.80 84.60 89.70 85.20
2023 623 8760 5460.89 100.00 99.50 85.30 100.10 85.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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