Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant

Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant
Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	岭澳核电站
Country	China
Location	Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Coordinates	22°36′17.24″N 114°33′05.36″E / 22.6047889°N 114.5514889°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: May 15, 1997; Unit 2: November 28, 1997; Unit 3: December 15, 2005; Unit 4: June 15, 2006;
Commission date	Unit 1: February 26, 2002; Unit 2: September 14, 2002; Unit 3: July 15, 2010; Unit 4: May 3, 2011;
Owner(s)	Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Company
Operator(s)	Lingao Nuclear Power Company Ltd.
Nuclear power station
Reactors	4 (2 in Phase I, 2 in Phase II)
Reactor type	PWR
Cooling source	South China Sea
Thermal capacity	4 x 2905 MWt;
Total electricity generated	448.55 TWh (1,614.8 PJ) (by the end of 2021)
Power generation
Units operational	Net:; 2 x 950 MWe (Units 1-2); 2 x 1007 MWe (Units 3-4); Gross:; 2 x 990 MWe (Units 1-2); 2 x 1080 MWe (Units 3-4);
Make and model	M310 (Units 1-2); CPR-1000 (Units 3-4);
Nameplate capacity	3914 MWe
Capacity factor	2021:; Unit 1: 89.4%; Unit 2: 97.8%; Unit 3: 82.9%; Unit 4: 83.5%; Lifetime:; Unit 1: 88.3%; Unit 2: 88.9%; Unit 3: 86.2%; Unit 4: 86.0%;
Annual net output	30,263.51 GWh (108,948.6 TJ) (2021)
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Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant (岭澳核电站) is located on the Dapeng Peninsula in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, about 60 km north of Hong Kong, 1 km north of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. It is operated by China General Nuclear Power Group. The units on site are separated between phase I and phase II.

The plant was one of China's largest energy projects of the latter 1990s.^[5]^: 45

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