Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant

Daya Nuclear Power Plant
Daya Bay Nuclear power plant
Official name	English: Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station Traditional Chinese: 大亞灣核電站 Simplified Chinese: 大亚湾核电站
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Coordinates	22°35′50″N 114°32′40″E / 22.59722°N 114.54444°E / 22.59722; 114.54444
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: August 7, 1987 (1987-08-07) [1] Unit 2: April 7, 1988 (1988-04-07)[2]
Commission date	Unit 1: August 31, 1993 (1993-08-31)[1] Unit 2: February 7, 1994 (1994-02-07)[2]
Owner(s)	Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company (75%) CLP Group (25%)
Operator(s)	Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Co, Ltd.[3]
Nuclear power station
Reactors	2
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Framatome
Cooling source	Seawater (Daya Bay, South China Sea)
Thermal capacity	2 × 2905 MWt[1][2]
Total electricity generated	397.95 TWh (1,432.6 PJ) (As of the end of 2021)[1][2]
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 944 MWe
Make and model	M310
Nameplate capacity	1,888 MWe
Capacity factor	2021: Unit 1: 89.8%[1] Unit 2: 100.6%[2] Lifetime: (Up to 2021) Unit 1: 86.8%[1] Unit 2: 86.8%[2]
Annual net output	15,742.98 GWh (56,674.7 TJ) (2021)[1][2]
External links
Website	Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Daya Nuclear Power Plant (Chinese: 大亚湾核电站; pinyin: Dàyàwān Hédiànzhàn) is a nuclear power plant located in Daya Bay in Longgang District, along the eastern extremity of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; and to the north east of Hong Kong. Daya Bay has two 944 MWe PWR nuclear reactors based on the Framatome ANP French 900 MWe three cooling loop design (M310), were both commissioned in 1993 and started commercial operation in 1993 and 1994 respectively.^[4][1][2]