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Computer generated image of AP1000. The AP1000 is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse Electric Company.The plant is a pressurized water reactor with improved use of passive nuclear safety and many design features intended to lower its capital cost and improve its economics.
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 .
On September 22, 2005 it was announced that Bellefonte was also selected as the site for one or two AP1000 pressurized water reactors to be called Units 3 and 4. TVA filed the necessary applications [6] in November 2007 to begin the design and construction process. For details, see Nuclear Power 2010 Program.
With a power capacity of 4,536 megawatts, it is the largest nuclear power plant in the United States (as of 2013), when construction of Units 3 & 4 began. [5] It is also the only nuclear plant in the country with four units. It is named after a former Alabama Power and Southern Company board chairman, Alvin Vogtle.
It was initially planned to have six 1000-MW AP1000 or CAP1000 light water reactors, [1] but the first two to start construction were changed to VVER-1200s. [2] China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) owns 70% of the project, along with Datang International Power Generation Company (20%), and State Development and Investment Corporation (10% ...
The Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant generates nuclear power in Ukraine. The plant is operated by Energoatom . Two VVER -1000 reactors are operational, each generating 1000 MW (net) of electricity, with two AP1000 reactors under construction.
On February 26, 2008, both reactors were shut down due to the loss of off-site power during a widespread power outage in South Florida, affecting 700,000 customers. [22] The fire occurred at 1:08 PM and caused an automatic shutdown of the power plant. This led to a domino effect that caused outages as far north as Daytona Beach and Tampa. Power ...
As of January 2009, six AP1000 plants had been ordered in the US, and several other customers had chosen the AP1000, if they were to build new nuclear plants, for a combined total of at least 14 new plants, announced by the NuStart Consortium, Duke Power, Progress Energy, Southern Nuclear and SCE&G. [57] In May 2011 after the Fukushima Daiichi ...