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 Tuesday, 1 April 1997
First Criticality Wednesday, 25 February 2004
First Grid Connection Thursday, 11 March 2004
Commercial Operation Monday, 3 May 2004

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 (%)
2004 610 6381 3764.39 96.60 96.20 96.20 98.00 98.00
2005 610 7331 4521.51 83.70 82.70 88.10 84.60 90.00
2006 610 7822 4790.44 89.30 88.80 88.40 89.60 89.80
2007 610 7792 4817.01 89.00 88.30 88.40 90.20 89.90
2008 610 7545 4635.51 85.90 84.90 87.60 86.50 89.20
2009 610 7821 4787.80 89.30 88.20 87.70 89.60 89.30
2010 610 7645 4715.04 87.30 86.60 87.60 88.20 89.10
2011 610 8014 4960.23 91.50 90.90 88.00 92.80 89.60
2012 610 7072 4335.54 80.50 79.60 87.00 80.90 88.60
2013 610 7826 4818.51 89.30 88.70 87.20 90.20 88.80
2014 610 7514 4626.25 85.80 85.00 87.00 86.60 88.60
2015 610 7990 4872.99 91.20 95.10 87.70 91.20 88.80
2016 610 7377 4525.57 84.00 83.80 87.40 84.50 88.40
2017 610 7830 4803.39 89.40 88.80 87.50 89.90 88.50
2018 610 8574 5306.28 97.90 97.60 88.20 99.30 89.30
2019 610 7680 4735.26 87.70 87.10 88.10 88.60 89.20
2020 610 8156 4758.46 92.80 90.80 88.30 88.80 89.20
2021 610 8760 5406.39 100.00 99.90 88.90 101.20 89.90
2022 610 8159 5064.37 93.10 92.80 89.10 94.80 90.20
2023 623 8106 5026.63 92.50 94.60 89.40 92.10 90.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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