Sanmen Nuclear Power Station

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Sanmen Nuclear Power Station
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CountryChina
LocationSanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang
Coordinates29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E / 29.10111; 121.64194Coordinates: 29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E / 29.10111; 121.64194
StatusOperational
Construction beganUnit 1: April 19, 2009
Unit 2: December 15, 2009
Commission dateUnit 1: September 21, 2018
Unit 2: November 5, 2018
Construction cost50 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 typePWR
Reactor supplierWestinghouse
Cooling source
Thermal capacity2 × 3400 MWth (operational)
Power generation
Units operational2 × 1157 MW
Make and modelWestinghouse AP1000
Units planned2 × 1100 MW
Nameplate capacity2314 MW
External links
Websitewww.smnpc.com.cn/%20www.smnpc.com.cn
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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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.

History[]

The contract for the plant was agreed in July 2007.[4] Announcement of the project start came roughly twelve months after Westinghouse won a bidding contest over other companies. The contract for the new plant involved The Shaw Group (now Chicago Bridge and Iron), a minority shareholder in Westinghouse. Westinghouse was controlled by Japanese Toshiba. The Shaw Group did provide engineering, procurement, commissioning, information management and project management services.[4]

The first pair of reactors were estimated to cost CNY 32.4 billion yuan, later estimates in 2013 gave figures of CNY 40.1 billion ($6.12 billion USD).[5] The final sum was CNY 10 billion yuan higher.[6]

Groundbreaking for the first and second units was held February 26, 2008.[7][8] Excavation for the first unit was completed in September 2008. Quality of the pit was certified, putting the project 67 days ahead of schedule.[9] Construction of Sanmen Unit 1 began on April 19, 2009, as the first 5,200 m³ of concrete were poured for the foundation, in a ceremony attended by State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) chair Wang Binghua and Westinghouse CEO Aris Candris.[10][11] First concrete for Sanmen 2 was poured on December 15, 2009.[12]

In June 2014, China First Heavy Industries completed the first domestically produced AP1000 reactor pressure vessel for the second AP1000 unit.[13]

The units were originally projected to begin operation in 2014 and 2015. In April 2015, a start date of 2016 was projected for both.[14] One month later, the start date was put back to 2017.[15][16] In January 2017 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the final reactor coolant pump had been installed with start of operations still foreseen for 2017.[17] As of March 2018, Sanmen 1 had completed pre-fuelling safety checks but was not expected to be connected to the grid until the fall of 2018 at the earliest.[18] Hot testing of Sanmen 1 was completed in June 2017, and fuel loading started on April 25, 2018. It subsequently became the first AP1000 reactor in the world to achieve first criticality at 2:09 AM on June 21, 2018,[19] and was connected to the grid on June 30, 2018.[20] Sanmen Unit 1 entered into commercial operation on September 21, 2018.[21]

Sanmen Unit 2 achieved first criticality on August 17, 2018 and was connected to the grid on August 24, 2018. Full-power demonstration testing was completed on November 5, 2018, and the unit is now considered to be in commercial operation.[22][23]

In March 2019 Sanmen Unit 2 shut down because of a reactor coolant pump defect, with the root cause still under investigation.[24] A replacement pump has been shipped from the United States by Curtiss-Wright. There have been previous problems with these pumps with impeller blade quality, which involved the return of three pumps to the U.S. in 2013.[25][26]

Reactor data[]

The Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant consist of 2 operational reactors.[27]

Unit Type / Model Net capacity Gross capacity Thermal capacity Construction
start		 First
criticality		 Grid
connection		 Commercial
operation		 Notes
Phase I
Sanmen 1 PWR / AP1000 1157 MW 1251 MW 3400 MW 2009-04-19 2018-06-21 2018-06-30 2018-09-21 [28]
Sanmen 2 PWR / AP1000 1157 MW 1251 MW 3400 MW 2009-12-15 2018-08-17 2018-08-24 2018-11-05 [29]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nuclear Power Reactor Details – SANMEN 1". Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). International Atomic Energy Agency. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
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  14. ^ "Steam generator installation under way at Sanmen 2". World Nuclear News. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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  22. ^ "Hot testing of Sanmen 2 AP1000 completed". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  23. ^ "Sanmen 2 AP1000 enters commercial operation – World Nuclear News". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  24. ^ "CURTISS-WRIGHT PROVIDES UPDATE ON AP1000 REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS". Curtiss-Wright Corporation. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019. At this time, the root-cause of this situation, presently limited to a single RCP, is unknown and we are in the process of evaluating the cause(s) in conjunction with Westinghouse and China.
  25. ^ "US-designed Chinese nuclear reactor forced to shut by pump defect". Platts. S&P Global. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019. China's Sanmen-2 nuclear reactor, the third US-designed Westinghouse AP1000 unit to begin operating in the world, has been shut temporarily because of a defect in a reactor coolant pump, which is being replaced, a top Chinese nuclear regulator said Thursday. A replacement reactor coolant pump has been shipped from the US ... The pumps were manufactured by US-based Curtiss-Wright. During construction of the Sanmen and Haiyang units in China, several of the pumps were returned from China to the US for repairs after a defect was discovered that resulted in localized heating of the pumps.
  26. ^ "AP1000 pumps China-bound again". World Nuclear News. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  27. ^ "Commissioning milestones at Chinese AP1000s – World Nuclear News". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  28. ^ PRIS (22 April 2021). "SANMEN-1". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  29. ^ PRIS (22 April 2021). "SANMEN-2". Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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