Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant
Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 石岛湾核电站; traditional Chinese: 石島灣核電廠; pinyin: Shídǎo wān hédiàn chǎng), commonly known as Shidaowan, is a nuclear power plant in Shandong province, China. The site is located near the Xiqianjia village in Ningjin subdistrict, Rongcheng, Weihai, Shandong. The plant is located about 23 kilometres (14 mi) south of Rongcheng City, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of Shidao, and 68 kilometres (42 mi) southeast of Weihai City.
| Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Official name | 石岛湾核电站 |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Location | Rongcheng, Weihai, Shandong |
| Coordinates | 36°58′20″N 122°31′44″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 9 December 2012 |
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| Construction cost | US$16 billion (units 1–7) |
| Owner(s) | China Huaneng Group Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Co., Ltd (HSNPC) Tsinghua University |
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| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | HTGR |
| Cooling source | Yellow Sea |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 200 MW twin reactor |
| Make and model | HTR-PM CAP1400 |
| Units planned | 8 × 200 MW twin reactor |
| Units under const. | 2 × 1400 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 200 MW |
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The plant has the first fourth-generation nuclear reactors in the world: the HTR-PM, a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) concept (36°58′45″N 122°31′50″E). The plant will ultimately have ten 210 MWe (megawatts electrical) units of this type. Each unit is made of two HTR-PM reactors driving a single 210 MWe steam turbine.
The plant also hosts the construction of two 1500 MWe CAP1400 pressurized water reactors (36°57′56″N 122°31′12″E), a design based on the AP1000 jointly developed by Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC).
Shidao Bay nuclear power plant is a joint venture by China Huaneng Group, China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Group, and Tsinghua University. The total investment of 100 billion yuan (US$15.7 billion) and the 20-year construction plan makes it one of China's large nuclear projects.