The CPR-1000 (improved Chinese PWR) is a Generation II+ pressurized water reactor, based on the French 900 MWe three cooling loop design imported in the 1990s, improved to have a net power output of 1,000 MWe (1080 MWe gross) and a 60 year design life.
It is based on the design for units 5 & 6 of the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France.[1]
The CPR-1000 is built and operated by the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company. For the second unit 70% of equipment is produced in China, working toward a 90% future target. The CPR-1000 is being quickly deployed with fifteen units under construction as at June 2010.[2] On 15 July 2010 China’s first CPR-1000 nuclear power plant, Ling Ao-3, was connected to the grid,[3] having started criticality testing on 11 June 2010.[4]
Four interim reactors at Daya Bay and Ling Ao Phase 1 are sometimes called CPR-1000s, but these are closely based on the French 900 MWe design (M310[1]), with net power output below 1,000 MWe, and using mostly imported components.[5]
Some CPR-1000 intellectual property rights are retained by Areva, which limits overseas sales potential.[2] However the Financial Times reported that Areva is considering marketing the CPR-1000 as a smaller and simpler second-generation reactor design alongside the European Pressurized Reactor, for countries that are new to nuclear power.[6][7]
In 2010 the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation announced a further design evolution to a Generation III level, the ACPR-1000, which would also replace intellectual property right limited components. CGNPC aims to be able to independently market the ACPR-1000 for export by 2013.[8]
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