Two nuclear power plants at Daya Bay, in south China's Guangdong
Province, injected 29.92 billion kwh of electricity into power
grids last year, a record high.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant produced and transferred to the
power grid 14.86 billion kwh of electricity last year, said a press
release from China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co. Ltd., owner
of the two power plants.
Not to be outdone, nearby Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant, which
also has two generating units, generated 15.06 billion kwh of
electricity for the grid, according to the press release.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, the first commercial nuclear power
plant on the Chinese mainland, began operation in May 1994. The two
generating units -- pressurized water reactors -- each has an
installed capacity of 984,000 kw.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant generated and sold 156.4 billion
kwh of electricity up to January 2006, of which 106.16 kwh were
sold to Hong Kong. It has repaid at least US$5.38 billion, or 94.9
percent of the loans needed to build it.
Ling'ao first phase, equipped with two 990,000-kw pressurized
water reactors, is the second commercial nuclear power plant in
Guangdong. It began operation four years ago to the day, and has so
far generated 47.05 billion kwh of electricity up to January 2006.
It has refunded at least US$1.03 billion, or 21.08 percent of the
loans used to build it.
Construction of a third commercial nuclear power plant in
Guangdong, Ling'ao second phase, where two more 1-million-kw
pressurized water reactors will be installed, began in December
2005. The two generating units will go into operation in 2010 and
2011.?
(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2007)