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The AP1000 design traces its history to two previous designs, the AP600 and the System 80.. The System 80 design was created by Combustion Engineering and featured a two-loop cooling system with a single steam generator paired with two reactor coolant pumps in each loop that makes it simpler and less expensive than systems which pair a single reactor coolant pump with a steam generator in each ...
The System 80+ was developed into the Korean OPR-1000 and later APR-1400, [3] and contributed design features to the AP1000. [ 4 ] The NRC has certified the System 80+ for the U.S. market, but Westinghouse ceased actively promoting the design for domestic sale, prior to their bankruptcy.
Citing a lack of operating history, he questioned the manufacturer's assertion that the AP1000 reactor's "primary system canned motor pumps" were "maintenance-free" over 60 years, the assumed life of the reactor, and noted that Westinghouse had yet to receive approval from British authorities on an improved version of AP1000. [58]
The Westinghouse AP1000 was planned to be the main basis of China's move to Generation III technology. In July 2018, the first of four AP1000 reactors was connected to the grid. [52] Following Westinghouse's bankruptcy in 2017, it was decided in 2019 to build the Hualong One rather than the AP1000 at Zhangzhou. [53]
50 billion yuan (7.3 billion USD) for the whole two AP1000 reactor plant [1] Owner: China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) [2] Operators: Sanmen Nuclear Power [2] (subsidiary of CNNC) [3] Nuclear power station ; Reactor type: PWR: Reactor supplier: Westinghouse: Cooling source: Shefan Channel: Thermal capacity: 2 × 3400 MW th (operational ...
The design has been scaled up and improved with the AP1000. Certification testing and analysis of the AP600 and AP1000 reactor designs for Westinghouse were conducted at the APEX facility at Oregon State University. The one-quarter scale reduced pressure integral system certified the passively safe systems that cool the reactor core using ...
Westinghouse, Toshiba: AP1000: PWR: 1117 1250 3400 2018-06-30 Sanmen [26] [27] NRC certified Dec 2005. [17] SNPTC, Westinghouse: CAP1400: 1400 1500 4058 The first Chinese co-developed and upsized "native" version/derivative of the AP1000. Westinghouse's co-development agreement gives China the IP rights for all co-developed plants >1350 MWe.
Initial plans called for three AP1000 units at Moorside, which is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse. [28] The design has improved use of passive nuclear safety , featuring fewer valves and pumps than previous PWRs and allowing cooling without intervention for up to 72 hours, relying mostly on natural processes such as ...