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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.
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan, India and Canada). In a PWR, water is used both as a neutron moderator and as coolant fluid for the reactor core.
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 .
The Mitsubishi advanced pressurized water reactor (APWR) is a generation III nuclear reactor design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) based on pressurized water reactor technology. It features several design enhancements including a neutron reflector, improved efficiency and improved safety systems. It has safety features advanced ...
City of San Antonio (40%) City of Austin (16%) Operator: STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) Nuclear power station ; Reactor type: PWR: Reactor supplier: Westinghouse: Cooling source: Main Cooling Reservoir (7,000 acres (2,800 ha), up to 202,600 acre-feet (249,900,000 m 3) of cooling water storage, filled by pumping water from the Colorado ...
The McGuire units use the lake's water for cooling. This plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. It has a capability to produce 2,250 megawatts of net power, with a net generation of 17,514 GW·h in 2005. This represents 44% of the total nuclear power generation for the state of North Carolina. [2]
On 4 May 2023 Westinghouse announced the AP300, which is a 300 MWe, single-loop pressurized water reactor based on the AP1000. Design certification is anticipated by 2027, followed by site specific licensing and construction on the first unit toward the end of the decade.
The first two units are Westinghouse pressurized water reactors (PWR), with a General Electric steam turbine and electric generator. Units 1 and 2 were completed in 1987 and 1989, respectively, and have a gross electricity generation capacity of 1,215 MW, for a combined capacity of 2,430 MW. [6]