Sanmen Nuclear Power Station

Sanmen Nuclear Power Station
CountryChina
LocationSanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang
Coordinates29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E / 29.10111; 121.64194
StatusOperational
Construction beganUnit 1: 19 April 2009
Unit 2: 15 December 2009
Commission dateUnit 1: 21 September 2018
Unit 2: 5 November 2018
Construction cost50 billion yuan (7.3 billion USD) for the whole two AP1000 reactor plant
OwnerChina National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
OperatorsSanmen Nuclear Power
(subsidiary of CNNC)
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierWestinghouse
Cooling sourceShefan Channel
Thermal capacity2 × 3400 MWth (operational)
Power generation
Units operational2 × 1157 MW
Make and modelWestinghouse AP1000
Units under const.2 × 1100 MW
Nameplate capacity2314 MW
External links
Websitewww.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.