| Sanmen Nuclear Power Station | |
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| Country | China |
| Location | Sanmen County, Taizhou, Zhejiang |
| Coordinates | 29°6′4″N 121°38′31″E / 29.10111°N 121.64194°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | Unit 1: 19 April 2009 Unit 2: 15 December 2009 |
| Commission date | Unit 1: 21 September 2018 Unit 2: 5 November 2018 |
| Construction cost | 50 billion yuan (7.3 billion USD) for the whole two AP1000 reactor plant [1] |
| Owner | China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) [2] |
| Operators | Sanmen Nuclear Power[2] (subsidiary of CNNC)[3] |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Cooling source | Shefan Channel |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 3400 MWth (operational) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 1157 MW |
| Make and model | Westinghouse AP1000 |
| Units under const. | 2 × 1100 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 2314 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Sanmen Nuclear Power Station (Chinese: 三门核电站) is a nuclear power station in Sanmen County, Zhejiang, China. Sanmen is the first implementation of the AP1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR) developed by Westinghouse Electric Company.
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- ^ a b "Nuclear Power Reactor Details – SANMEN 1". Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). International Atomic Energy Agency. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ 浙江三门核电站 [Zhejiang Sanmen Nuclear Power Station] (in Chinese (China)). China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corporation. Retrieved 1 July 2018.