Official name 红沿河核电站 Status Operational Opened 28 June 2007 | Country China Reactor type PWR Construction began 2007 | |
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Location Donggangzhen, Wafangdian, Dalian, Liaoning Owner(s) Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. Make and model China General Nuclear Power Group Similar Tianwan Nuclear Power Pl, Qinshan Nuclear Power Pl, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Pl, Sanmen Nuclear Power St, Haiyang Nuclear Power Pl | ||
The Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant (红沿河核电站) is one of the newest Nuclear power plants in the world. It is located in Donggang Town, Wafangdian in the Liaoning Province of China. The site is within the Prefecture-level city of Dalian, 104 kilometres (65 mi) north of Dalian City proper. The first unit started commercial operations in June 2013.
Phase I consists of four CPR-1000 reactors, which is a design developed by China from the Framatome-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.
Phase II is the first construction of two ACPR1000 reactors, a further development of the CPR-1000. This reactor will include a core catcher and double containment as additional safety measures.
Progress
The project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in April 2006, and projected to cost 23 billion yuan ($2.88 billion USD) for the first two units. The cost will be shared between the China Power Investment Corporation, the China General Nuclear Power Group and two Liaoning companies. Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. is managing the construction and will be the operator of the plant once it goes online.
Construction started in summer of 2006 with excavation of two large holes that will have the reactors put in them and a containment built around them. 'First concrete' for the first unit was poured in August 2007. 'Ground breaking' ceremony was held on 28 July 2010 for starting the work of two 1000 MWe CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors of phase II.
On 17 February 2013 Hongyanhe 1 was connected to the grid, having started criticality testing on 16 January 2013. It began commercial operation on 6 June.
On 23 November 2013 Hongyanhe 2 was connected to the grid.
Hongyanhe 4 achieved first criticality on 5 March 2016, was connected to the grid on 1 April 2016, and entered commercial operation on 20 September 2016.