| Sanmen Nuclear Power Station | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Location | Sanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang |
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| Construction began | 2009 |
| Owner(s) | China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) [1] |
| Operator(s) | Sanmen Nuclear Power Co. |
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| Reactors under construction | 2 x 1100 MW |
| Reactors planned | 4 x 1100 MW |
| Reactor type(s) | AP1000 PWR |
| Website www.smnpc.com.cn |
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The Sanmen Nuclear Power Station (Chinese: 三门核电站) is a nuclear power station under construction in Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province in China. Groundbreaking for the first and second units was held February 26, 2008, and construction is planned to start on the third and fourth units during 2009.[2][3] The first unit will come online in 2013 with the other three finished in 2014–15.
Sanmen NPS will be the first implementation of the AP1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR) developed by Westinghouse Electric Company. Announcement of the project start came roughly twelve months after Westinghouse won a bidding contest over other companies including General Electric. The contract for the new plant involves The Shaw Group, a minority shareholder in Westinghouse. Westinghouse is controlled by Japanese giant Toshiba. The Shaw Group will provide engineering, procurement, commissioning, information management and project management services.[4] The first pair of reactors will cost more than 40 billion yuan (US$5.88 billion).[5]
Excavation for the first unit was completed in September 2008. Quality of the pit was certified, putting the project 67 days ahead of schedule.[6] Construction of Sanmen Unit 1 began on April 19, 2009, as the first 5,200 m³ of concrete were poured for the foundation, in a ceremony attended by State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNTPC) chair Wang Binghua and Westinghouse CEO Aris Candris.[7][8] First concrete for Sanmen 2 was poured on December 15, 2009. The State Nuclear Power Technology Company said that the project was six weeks ahead of schedule. It is meant to begin operation in June 2014.[9]
| Unit | Type | Construction start | Operation start | Notes |
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| Sanmen 1 | AP1000 | April 19, 2009 | October 2013 | [8] |
| Sanmen 2 | AP1000 | December 15, 2009 | June 2014 | [9] |
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| Sanmen 3 | AP1000 | |||
| Sanmen 4 | AP1000 | |||
| Sanmen 5 | AP1000 | |||
| Sanmen 6 | AP1000 | |||
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