| Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Location | Donggangzhen, Wafangdian, Dalian, Liaoning |
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| Status | C |
| Construction began | 2007 |
| Operator(s) | Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. |
| Reactor information | |
| Reactors under construction | 6 x 1080 MW |
| Reactor type(s) | CPR-1000 PWR |
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The Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant is one of the newest NPP projects in the world as of 2007. It is located in Donggang Town, Wafangdian in the Liaoning Province of China. The site is within the Prefecture-level city of Dalian, 104 km north of Dalian City proper. Construction is underway on the first four of six 1,000 megawatt (MW) CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors (PWRs).[1]
The CPR-1000 is a PWR design developed by China from the Areva-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.[2]
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 Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Holdings Co. Ltd. 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.[3]
'First concrete' for the first unit was poured in August 2007. It is expected that the first two will go into commercial operation in 2012 and 2014,[1] and will contribute to a Chinese plan to rejuvenate an old industrial base in the northeast of the country.
'Ground Breaking' ceremony was held on July 28, 2010 for starting the work of two 1000 MWe CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors of phase II.[4]
| Unit | Type | Construction start | Operation start | Notes |
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| Hongyanhe 1 | CPR-1000 | 18 August 2007 | October 2012 | [5] |
| Hongyanhe 2 | CPR-1000 | 28 March 2008 | 2014 | [6] |
| Hongyanhe 3 | CPR-1000 | 15 March 2009 | [7] | |
| Hongyanhe 4 | CPR-1000 | 15 August 2009 | [8] | |
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| Hongyanhe 5 | CPR-1000 | 27 July 2010 | ||
| Hongyanhe 6 | CPR-1000 | 27 July 2010 | ||
The startup auxiliary boilers used for Hongyanhe are High Voltage Electrode Boilers provided by Precision Boilers from Morristown, TN. These boilers use only electricity to provide high quality steam to start the turbines and provide heat for other uses. There are no carbon emissions from the boilers. For more information about electrode boilers see the website www.precisionboilers.com or www.electrodeboiler.com
These electrode boilers from Precision are also being used for Ninde, Yangiang, Fuqing, and Fangjishan nuclear power plants among others. They have already been installed and have been in use for almost a decade in Ling Ao and Qinshan nuclear power plants.
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