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The Shidao Bay demonstration HTR-PM plant in Shandong province, eastern China. Courtesy CNNC.
The second of the two high-temperature gas-cooled reactors at the Shidao Bay demonstration HTR-PM plant in Shandong province, eastern China, has attained first criticality, China Huaneng said.
According to China Huaneng – the lead organisation in the consortium to build the demonstration unit – the second reactor at the facility, which is also known as Shidaowan, reached first criticality on 11 November and will now follow a similar pathway of tests to those carried out at the first reactor.
Unit 1, which reached first criticality in September, is scheduled to be connected to the electricity grid before the end of this year and to begin generating electricity for the grid in 2022.
According to China Huaneng – the lead organisation in the consortium to build the demonstration unit – the second reactor at the facility, which is also known as Shidaowan, reached first criticality on 11 November and will now follow a similar pathway of tests to those carried out at the first reactor.
Unit 1, which reached first criticality in September, is scheduled to be connected to the electricity grid before the end of this year and to begin generating electricity for the grid in 2022.
The gas-cooled HTR-PM is a Generation-IV reactor design with twin reactor modules of 100 MW each driving a single 200-MW steam turbine.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 16 November 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/reactor-no-2-at-shidao-bay-htr-pm-plant-reaches-first-criticality-11-1-2021
Facility scheduled to begin generating power for grid in 2021
The first of two reactors at the Shidaowan HTR-PM nuclear plant has achieved first criticality. Courtesy China Huaneng.
The first of the two high-temperature gas-cooled reactors at the Shidao Bay demonstration HTR-PM plant in Shandong province, eastern China, attained reached first criticality on Monday, China National Nuclear Corporation said.
The No.1 reactor at the plant, also known as at Shidaowan, achieved first criticality at 09.35 local time on 12 September, CNNC announced. It said the milestone was reached 23 days after the start of fuel loading.
Operators will now perform zero-power physical tests to verify the core and control rod performance and the functionality of monitoring equipment.
The unit is scheduled to be connected to the electricity grid before the end of this year and to begin generating electricity for the grid in 2021.
The No.1 reactor at the plant, also known as at Shidaowan, achieved first criticality at 09.35 local time on 12 September, CNNC announced. It said the milestone was reached 23 days after the start of fuel loading.
Operators will now perform zero-power physical tests to verify the core and control rod performance and the functionality of monitoring equipment.
The unit is scheduled to be connected to the electricity grid before the end of this year and to begin generating electricity for the grid in 2021.
The gas-cooled HTR-PM is a Generation-IV reactor design with twin reactor modules of 100 MW each driving a single 200-MW steam turbine.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 15 September 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/first-reactor-at-shidao-bay-htr-pm-plant-reaches-first-criticality-9-2-2021
Beijing has been developing HTGR technology since the 1970s
The Shidao Bay nuclear stationin eastern China. Photo courtesy CNNC.
The reactor pressure vessel, steam generator and hot gas duct of the second reactor at the Shidao Bay-1 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor-pebble bed module (HTR-PM) demonstration plant under construction in China have been successfully paired and connected, China National Nuclear Corporation said.
The connection for the first of the twin modules was finished on 28 April 2020. The same work had already been finished on 18 March for the second module.
Work on the demonstration HTGR at Shidao Bay in Shandong province, eastern China, began in December 2012.
The connection for the first of the twin modules was finished on 28 April 2020. The same work had already been finished on 18 March for the second module.
Work on the demonstration HTGR at Shidao Bay in Shandong province, eastern China, began in December 2012.
China has been developing HTGR technology since the 1970s. The Shidaowan HTR-PM had been expected to start generation in 2019, which would have made it the first Generation IV reactor to enter operation.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/cnnc-announces-progress-at-generation-iv-shidao-bay-htr-pm-5-2-2020