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CNNC  |  Zhejiang, China

Sanmen 1 & 2 are the world’s first AP1000 units

Customer Overview

2

AP1000 PWR units in operation
since 2018

Sanmen 1:   1,157 MWe, Commercial Operation Sep 2018
Sanmen 2:   1,157 MWe, Commercial Operation Nov 2018
Average availability factor above 91% since 2020
Both units perform extensively in load follow mode
during operation
Each China AP1000 plant first planned outage has broken the China nuclear fleet record for fastest first outage duration
Video courtesy of Sanmen Nuclear Power Company