Ningde Nuclear Power Plant () is a
nuclear power plant
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in
Fujian
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province
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,
China
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. The site is located in Beiwan village in the town of
Qinyu,
Fuding
() is a county-level city in northeastern Ningde prefecture-level city, on Fujian's border with Zhejiang province.
History
Fuding county was established during the Qing Dynasty in 1739 AD.
On December 15, 1950, the Matsu Administrative Office ( ...
,
Ningde
Ningde (; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik), also known as Mindong (; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng; lit. East of Fujian), is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders ...
,
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
. The plant will ultimately have six 1,080
megawatt
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(MWe)
CPR-1000
The CPR-1000, or CPR1000 (Chinese PWR) is a Generation II+ pressurized water reactor, based on the French 900 MWe three cooling loop design (M310) imported in the 1980s, improved to have a slightly increased net power output of 1,000 MWe (1080 MW ...
pressurized water reactor
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s (PWRs).
The first reactor began operation on 18 April 2013.
[The Ningde Nuclear Power project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in 2007.]kilowatt hour
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s per year, for which the plant will charge 0.37 yuan/kW·h (11 billion yuan/year).
Ningde marks a step in the development of China's domestic nuclear industry.
Shu Guogang, GM of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Project said, "We built 55 percent of Ling Ao Phase 2, 70 percent of Hongyanhe, 80 percent of Ningde and 90 percent of Yangjiang Station."
Reactor data
The Ningde Nuclear Power Plant consist of 4 operational reactors, and 2 reactors planned.
See also
*Nuclear power in China
China is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear power. The country ranks third in the world both in total nuclear power capacity installed and electricity generated, accounting for around one tenth of global nuclear power generated. N ...
* List of nuclear reactors#China
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