Commission date 25 December 2015 | Status Operational Construction began 2010 | |
 | ||
Country People's Republic of China Construction cost 20 billion yuan (US$3 billion) for Phase I | ||
Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Tangxing Village of Haiwei Township, Changjiang Li Autonomous County in the province of Hainan. It is the first power plant of its kind in the province.
Contents
History
Construction of the first phase of the plant which consists of two reactors was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in July 2008. Site works began in December 2008 and the first concrete was poured at the first unit on 25 April 2010. The plant was built by China National Nuclear Corporation and China Huaneng Group. Unit 1 was connected to the electricity grid on 7 November 2015 and is commercially operating starting on 25 December 2015.
A 600 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric plant balances the nuclear plant to comply with demand variations.
Technical features
The plant will be built in two phases, both consisting of two CNP-600 pressurized water reactors, with a capacity of 650 MW each. The first unit was connected to the grid November 7, 2015 and second unit is scheduled for operations start by 2016. More than 70% of the equipment was planned to be indigenously made.