Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station

Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station
Official name	阳江核电站
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Dongpingzhen, Yangjiang, Guangdong
Coordinates	21°42′30″N 112°15′40″E / 21.70833°N 112.26111°E / 21.70833; 112.26111
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: December 16, 2008 (2008-12-16)[1] Unit 2: June 4, 2009 (2009-06-04)[2] Unit 3: November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15)[3] Unit 4: November 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)[4] Unit 5: September 18, 2013 (2013-09-18)[5] Unit 6: December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23)[6]
Commission date	Unit 1: December 31, 2013 (2013-12-31)[1] Unit 2: March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)[2] Unit 3: October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18)[3] Unit 4: January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)[4] Unit 5: May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)[5] Unit 6: June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)[6]
Construction cost	CNY 70 billion (US$10.2 billion)[citation needed]
Owner	Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company (GNPJVC)[7]
Operator	Yangjiang Nuclear Power Company
Nuclear power station
Reactors	6
Reactor type	PWR
Thermal capacity	6 × 2905 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	6 × 1000 MW
Make and model	CPR-1000 (Units 1–4) ACPR-1000 (Units 5–6)
Nameplate capacity	6000 MW
Capacity factor	2021: Unit 1: 90.5%[1] Unit 2: 100.3%[2] Unit 3: 89.1%[3] Unit 4: 91.1%[4] Unit 5: 93.6%[5] Unit 6: 97.3%[6] Lifetime: Unit 1: 90.0% Unit 2: 89.0% Unit 3: 87.3% Unit 4: 85.0% Unit 5: 85.9% Unit 6: 84.0%
Annual net output	49,215.06 GWh (177,174.2 TJ) (2021)
External links
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The Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station (YNPS; simplified Chinese: 阳江核电站; traditional Chinese: 陽冮核電站; pinyin: Yángjiāng Hédiànzhàn) is a nuclear power plant in Guangdong province, China. The site is Dongping Town, Yangjiang City in western Guangdong Province.^[8] The station has six 1,000 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs).^[9] The plant began commercial operation in March 2014, and as of 2019 is the largest nuclear power station in China.^{[citation needed]}