Sanmen Nuclear Power Station

Sanmen Nuclear Power Station
Sanmen Nuclear Power Station
Country	China
Location	Sanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang
Coordinates	29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: 19 April 2009; Unit 2: 15 December 2009
Commission date	Unit 1: 21 September 2018; Unit 2: 5 November 2018
Construction cost	50 billion yuan (7.3 billion USD) for the whole two AP1000 reactor plant
Owner(s)	China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
Operator(s)	Sanmen Nuclear Power; (subsidiary of CNNC)
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Westinghouse
Cooling source	Shefan Channel
Thermal capacity	2 × 3400 MWth (operational)
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 1157 MW
Make and model	Westinghouse AP1000
Units under const.	2 × 1100 MW
Nameplate capacity	2314 MW
External links
Website	www.smnpc.com.cn/%20www.smnpc.com.cn
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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.

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