Status Under construction Reactor type PWR | Location Taishan, Guangdong Commission date 2017 (estimated) Construction began 2009 | |
Construction cost 50.2 billion yuan (US$7.5 billion) Owners China General Nuclear Power Group, Électricité de France | ||
Two units at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant (Chinese: 台山核电站; pinyin: Táishān Hédiànzhàn) are under construction in Chixizhen, Taishan, Guangdong province, China. It was planned to go online in 2013 and will be the third site to house Areva's 1,750 megawatt (MW) European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) units. The project is owned by Guangdong Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPC), a joint venture, which is 70% owned by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) and 30% by Électricité de France (EDF).
On August 26, 2008, excavation work began. The first concrete for the first unit was poured in October 2009. Construction of each unit was planned to take 46 months, significantly faster and cheaper than the first two EPRs in Finland and France. These plans have proved elusive as start up has been repeatedly delayed. In February 2017 after 88 months of construction, CGNPC announced that completion of the reactors would be delayed until the second half of 2017 and the first half of 2018.
Each generator delivers 1750 MWe, and said to be the largest single-piece electrical generator. The 495 tonne generator stator is built by Dongfang Electric. Of the 1750 MWe gross delivered, around 90 MWe of this power will be used by plant systems such as the large pumps that circulate cooling water, leaving 1660 MWe net for supply to the grid
