Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station

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
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: December 16, 2008; Unit 2: June 4, 2009; Unit 3: November 15, 2010; Unit 4: November 17, 2012; Unit 5: September 18, 2013; Unit 6: December 23, 2013;
Commission date	Unit 1: December 31, 2013; Unit 2: March 10, 2015; Unit 3: October 18, 2015; Unit 4: January 8, 2017; Unit 5: May 23, 2018; Unit 6: June 29, 2019;
Construction cost	CNY 70 billion (US$10.2 billion)
Owner(s)	Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company (GNPJVC)
Operator(s)	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%; Unit 2: 100.3%; Unit 3: 89.1%; Unit 4: 91.1%; Unit 5: 93.6%; Unit 6: 97.3%; 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)
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The Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station (YNPS; Chinese: 阳江核电站; pinyin: Yángjiāng Hédiànzhàn) is a nuclear power plant in Guangdong province, China. The site is Dongping Town, Yangjiang City in western Guangdong Province. The station has six 1,000 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The plant began commercial operation in March 2014, and as of 2019 is the largest nuclear power station in China.

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