| Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant 田湾核电站 | |
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 Units one and two in operation, with the construction site for units three and four | |
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| Country | China |
| Coordinates | 34°41′13″N 119°27′35″E / 34.68694°N 119.45972°E |
| Status | Operating / Under construction |
| Construction began | 1999 |
| Commission date | May 17, 2006 |
| Owner | Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Atomstroyexport |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 990 MW 2 × 1060 MW 2 × 1000 MW |
| Units under const. | 2 × 1150 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 6,608 MWe (6,100 MWe net) |
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| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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| Simplified Chinese | 田湾核电站 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 田灣核電站 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tiánwān Hédiànzhàn | ||||||
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Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant (NPP) on the coast of the Yellow Sea, approximately 30 kilometers east of downtown Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China. The plant's owner is Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation, a joint venture with majority owner a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
The plant is planned to have eight Soviet/Russian VVER-type reactor units, and full operation is expected to commence in 2027. Construction began in October 1999, and was the first instance of civilian nuclear cooperation between Russia and China. When all the units are complete, Tianwan will be the world's largest nuclear power plant, with generation capacity exceeding 9,000 MWe.