Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant

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Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant

Country	People's Republic of China
Operator	Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation
Start of commercial operation	May 17, 2006
Reactors
Reactors active	2 (2,120 MW)
Power
Capacity	MW
Total power generation in 2006	1,235 GWh
Net generation	1,235 GWh
Other details
As of June 2, 2007

The Nuclear power station Tianwan (Chinese: 田湾核电站/田灣核電站) is the largest nuclear power station in the People's Republic of China and is on the coast of the Yellow Sea approximately 30 kilometers east the city Lianyungang.

The nuclear power station consists of two blocks with 1,060 MW each achievement, constructed by Russia's Atomstroyexport. The first block is operational since 2006 and the second block is the partial load operation.

1 History
2 Details
3 See also
4 References

[edit] History

Construction on the Tianwan-1 reactor commenced on 20 October 1999, and on 20 October 2000 for the second unit. The first unit went critical on 20 December 2005. Construction on the second unit finished May 2007, and was one of the few reactors to come online during that year.

[edit] Details

Both units use VVER technology supplied from Russia. They cost together approximately 3.3 billion dollars. The units are the Russian type standard reactor types WWER-1000/392 and WWER-1000/320 (also carries the designation of WWER-1000/428) adapted specifically for China. This reactor version was equipped with western control systems and received additional protection from earthquakes.