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Ningde nuclear power plant

Ningde nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in China with 4 operating units totalling 4,356 MW gross. The site has 6 units on record in total.

Operating2Pre-construction1circle area ∝ site capacity Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.
Units on record
6
Operating
4
Operating capacity
4,356MW
Country

Units

UnitStatusTypeModelGross MWOnline
Unit 1-1 Operating PWR CPR-1000 1,089 2013
Unit 1-2 Operating PWR CPR-1000 1,089 2014
Unit 1-3 Operating PWR CPR-1000 1,089 2015
Unit 1-4 Operating PWR CPR-1000 1,089 2016
Unit 2-5 Under construction PWR HPR-1000 1,200 -
Unit 2-6 Under construction PWR HPR-1000 1,221 -

Unit by unit

Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.

Ningde nuclear power plant 1-1 Operating

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelCPR-1000
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,089MW
Net capacity1,018MW
Thermal output2,905MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorChina General Nuclear Power Group
OwnerCGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd100%
OperatorFujian Ningde Nuclear Power
Construction start18 Feb 2008
First criticality24 Nov 2012
Grid connection28 Dec 2012
Commercial operation15 Apr 2013

Ningde nuclear power plant 1-2 Operating

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelCPR-1000
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,089MW
Net capacity1,018MW
Thermal output2,905MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorChina General Nuclear Power Group
OwnerCGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd100%
OperatorFujian Ningde Nuclear Power
Construction start12 Nov 2008
First criticality20 Dec 2013
Grid connection4 Jan 2014
Commercial operation4 May 2014

Ningde nuclear power plant 1-3 Operating

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelCPR-1000
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,089MW
Net capacity1,018MW
Thermal output2,905MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorChina General Nuclear Power Group
OwnerCGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd100%
OperatorFujian Ningde Nuclear Power
Construction start8 Jan 2010
First criticality8 Mar 2015
Grid connection21 Mar 2015
Commercial operation10 Jun 2015

Ningde nuclear power plant 1-4 Operating

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelCPR-1000
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,089MW
Net capacity1,018MW
Thermal output2,905MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorChina General Nuclear Power Group
OwnerCGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd100%
OperatorFujian Ningde Nuclear Power
Construction start29 Sep 2010
First criticality16 Mar 2016
Grid connection29 Mar 2016
Commercial operation21 Jul 2016

Ningde nuclear power plant 2-5 Under construction

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelHPR-1000
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,200MW
Net capacity1,200MW
Thermal output3,180MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorChina National Nuclear Corporation
OwnerCGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd100%
OperatorFujian Ningde Nuclear Power
Construction start28 Jul 2024

Ningde nuclear power plant 2-6 Under construction

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelHPR-1000
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,221MW
Net capacity1,117MW
Thermal output3,190MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorChina National Nuclear Corporation
OwnerCGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd100%
OperatorFujian Ningde Nuclear Power
Construction start16 Dec 2025

Ningde nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Ningde nuclear power plant is the 7th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in China, holding 7% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 18th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 2013 and 2016; the median unit is 11.5 years old, older than the median of 10.0 in China.

The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.9 to 5.5 years (median 5.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2010s is 5.9 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Cangnan San'ao nuclear power plant (29 km), Fuqing nuclear power plant (197 km) and Sanmen nuclear power plant (264 km).

Build time by unit

UnitConstruction startGrid connectionYearsFleet median, same decade
Unit 1-1200820124.95.9 (2010s)
Unit 1-2200820145.15.9 (2010s)
Unit 1-3201020155.25.9 (2010s)
Unit 1-4201020165.55.9 (2010s)

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.

Site detail
LocationTaimushan, Fujian, China
Coordinates27.0449, 120.2852
Elevationabout 75 mabove sea level
SettingOn the sea coast, 2 km from the water
RegionEastern Asia
Units by status
Operating: 4
Under construction: 2

Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.

Owners & operators
Owners
CGN Ninghe Investment Co Ltd
Operators
Fujian Ningde Nuclear Power

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