Xianning Dafan nuclear power plant — China

Xianning Dafan nuclear power plant is a 5,000 MW nuclear power station in Hubei, China. It ranks #55 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 4.6% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_xianningdafan_china.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 5,000 MW, Xianning Dafan nuclear power plant is around the median nuclear plant in China (5,000 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #34 largest nuclear power plant of 72 in China by capacity.

China has 72 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 313,184 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hubei Yangxin power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Hubei
• Jiangxi Xiuhe River Xiafang · Hydro · 36 MW · Jiangxi Sheng
• Huangshi · Solar · 50 MW · Hubei
• Jiangxi Xiushui power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Jiangxi Sheng
• Hubei Chongyang power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Hubei
• Hubei Huangshi (Hanlan) power station · Biomass · 24 MW · Hubei

Location

Coordinates 29.6574, 114.67101 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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