China's nuclear power plants and plans
27 May 2008Reuters News
May 27 (Reuters) - China has signed a $1 billion deal with Russia to build and supply a uranium enrichment plant to provide fuel for its power stations, as the country seeks to boost clean energy supplies and reduce its reliance on coal.
China now has 11 working reactors with 9.07 gigawatts of total capacity. The first one, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, started in 1991.
These plants account for less than 2 percent of China's total installed power capacity, and incorporate technology from Canada, France and Russia, as well as domestic engineering.
China wants to raise its capacity to 60 GW by 2020, over 5 percent of its total installed capacity, enough to power Spain.
The main Chinese nuclear power investors are China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co Ltd. and China Power Investment Corp, parent of Hong Kong-listed China Power International Development Ltd .
The following lists China's nuclear power plants operating, under construction and approved by the state. Capacity in megawatts. Plant (province) Capacity Start-up Technology supplier
Qinshan phase I (Zhejiang) 300 1991 indigenous
Qinshan phase II (Zhejiang) 2x650 2002/04 AECL, Canada
Daya Bay (Guangdong) 984X2 1994 Framatome, France
Ling Ao phase I (Guangdong) 990x2 2003 Framatome
Qinshan phase III (Zhejiang) 700X2 2003 AECL
Tianwan plant I (Jiangsu) 1,060 2006 Rostam, Russia
Tianwan Plant II (Jiangsu) 1,060 2007 Rostam, Russia
TOTAL 9,068
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Qinshan phase II (Zhejiang) 650x2 2011 AECL
Ling Ao phase II (Guangdong) 1,080x2 2010/11 Framatome
Hongyanhe (Liaoning) 1,000X4 2012/14 indigenous
Ningde (Fujian) 1,000X4 2012/15 indigenous
APPROVED
Haiyang (Shandong) 1,000X2 2013 Westinghouse
Sanmen (Zhejiang) 1,000X2 2013 Westinghouse
Guangdong 1,600x2 NA Areva
(Reporting by Jim Bai and Chen Aizhu, editing by Ken Wills)