Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant (), also known as Fangchenggang Hongsha Nuclear Power Plant (), is a nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang, near Hongsha Village (), autonomous region of Guangxi (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) in the People's Republic of China. A total of six reactors are planned to operate at the Fangchenggang site. Units 1 and 2 are both CPR-1000s, units 3–4 are Hualong Ones, units 5–6 are planned also to be Hualong One reactors. Fangchenggang 3 and 4 will be the reference plant for the proposed Bradwell B plant in the UK.
The plant is located about 54 kilometres from the border with Vietnam. It is a project of Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Group, a joint venture between China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) and Guangxi Investment Group.
Unit 1 was connected to the electricity grid on 25 October 2015. Unit 1 is commercially operating starting on 1 January 2016.
Construction works for Unit 3 started in December 2015. Unit 3 first concrete pour occurred on 24 December 2015. First concrete for Unit 4 followed one year later, on 23 December 2016.
Reactor data The Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant consist of 4 operational reactors and 2 reactors planned.
Unit Type /Model Net power Gross power Thermal power Construction start First criticality Grid connection Operation start Notes Phase I Fangchenggang 1 PWR / CPR-1000 1000 MW 1086 MW 2905 MW 2010-07-30 2015-10-13 2015-10-25 2016-01-01 Fangchenggang 2 PWR / CPR-1000 1000 MW 1086 MW 2905 MW 2010-12-23 2016-06-29 2016-07-15 2016-10-01 Phase II Fangchenggang 3 PWR / HPR1000 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW 2015-12-24 2022-12-27 2023-01-10 2023-03-25 Fangchenggang 4 PWR / HPR1000 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW 2016-12-23 2024-04-03 2024-04-09 2024-05-25 Fangchenggang 5 PWR / HPR1000 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW Fangchenggang 6 PWR / HPR1000 1000 MW 1180 MW 3150 MW
See also
Generation III reactor
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