Capability Factor

Capability Factor indicates the generation ability at its full capacity in percentage.
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Unit Mar Annual Average (2025)
Unit 1 (%) 100.0% 100.0%
Unit 2 (%) 100.0% 100.0%

As of Mar 2025

Industry Safety

Accident rate: number of accidents per million man hours. Gravity rate: number of accident leave days per thousand man hours.
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Event Mar Average (2025)
Accident rate 0.000 0.000
Gravity rate 0.000 0.000
Number of fires 0     0

As of Mar 2025

Radiation Protection

Station management pays special attention to the radiological protection of workers on-site by constantly monitoring the dose.
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  Mar
Maximum Daily Individual Dose (mSv)     0.068
Annual Accumulation of Power Station Staff Collective Dose (man-mSv)     33.0

As of Mar 2025

Radiation Releases

Station undertakes stringent procedures in managing the radiation releases which is fully compliance with the State requirements and international standards.
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Gaseous Releases Cumulative (2025)
Noble Gas (%) 0.04
Halogen (%) 0.01
Aerosols (%) 0.03
Tritium (%) 0.46
Carbon-14 (%) 1.64
Liquid Releases Cumulative (2025)
Tritium (%) 6.79
Carbon-14 (%) 1.56
Other Radionuclides (%) 0.01

As of Mar 2025

Solid Radioactive Waste

Nuclear power stations produce some of the waste is radioactive which is carefully processed and handled. It is disposed of safely away from the station and given stringent monitoring.
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Volume of waste Mar Accumulation (2025)
In metal drums (m³) 0.48 0.72
In concrete drums (m³) 0 0

As of Mar 2025

Environmental Radiation Monitoring

Station has a comprehensive environmental monitoring programme to safeguard the health of its staff, the surrounding environment, and the general public, to continuously measure the radiation in the environment.
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  Bagang Lingao Yangmeikeng Shuitou Dapeng
Average Ambient Activity
(µGy/h)
 0.108 0.106 0.100 0.113 0.106
  Beta Activity (except Tritium) Tritium
Underground Water Average (Bq/l) 0.18 1.65
Monitoring stations* 1 (AS1) 2 (AS2) 3 (AS3) 4 (AS4) 5 (AS5)
Activity in the Air (mBq/m³) 1.20 1.46 1.29 1.24 1.30
Average Ambient Activity (µGy/h) 0.130 0.134 0.133 0.119 0.137

* Data collected from five outdoor monitoring stations operated continuously and located within the nuclear power station.

As of Mar 2025

Licensing Operational Events

Station follows the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), which is promulgated by the IAEA, for communication of nuclear and radiological events.
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Unit                         No. of Automatic Reactor Shutdowns            INES Rating                    No. of Other Licensing Operational Events            INES Rating               
Unit 1 0 - 0 -
Unit 2 0 - 0 -

As of Mar 2025

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