Shidao Bay nuclear power plant

Shidao Bay nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Shidao Bay nuclear power plant is the 15th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in China, holding 3% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 110th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 2023 and 2024; the median unit is 2.5 years old, younger than the median of 10.0 in China.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 5.4 to 9.0 years (median 7.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2020s is 7.7 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Haiyang nuclear power plant (107 km).

The current net rating of Unit 1 differs from its design net capacity by -25.0% (200 MW at design, 150 MW now).

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.