goingcritical:shidaowan-htr-pm-1China · Power reactor

Shidaowan HTR-PM (Reactor No. 1)

Developer: China Huaneng / CNEC / Tsinghua University INET

Site: Shidaowan (Shidao Bay), Shandong Province

Status: Critical since September 12, 2021 critical

Summary:

World's first modular pebble-bed high-temperature gas-cooled power reactor

Details

DesignHTR-PM pebble-bed modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor
Capacity200 MWe

Milestone history

  1. Announced —
  2. Construction start December 9, 2012
  3. Fuel load August 2021
  4. First criticality September 12, 2021
  5. Grid connection December 20, 2021
  6. Commercial operation December 6, 2023

References

  1. World Nuclear News, HTR-PM reactor achieves first criticality (9:35 a.m., 12 September 2021)
  2. NucNet, Shidao Bay HTR-PM reactor No. 1 first criticality