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Tsuruga-1, Japan

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Japan Atomic Power Co.
Model	BWR-2
Operator	Japan Atomic Power Co.
Capacity Net	340 MWe
Capacity Gross	357 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1070 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	24 November 1966
Criticality	3 October 1969
Grid Connection	16 November 1969
Commercial Operation	14 March 1970

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	80.05 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	63.7 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	357	2272.2	7031	72.5	80
1973	342	2396.8	7485	80	85.4
1974	320	1819.1	6009	64.9	68.6
1975	321	1004.4	3301	35.7	37.7
1976	340	2036.3	6676	68.2	76
1977	340	1084	3548	36.4	40.5
1978	340	2039.8	6565	68.5	74.9
1979	321	1818.9	5873	64.7	67
1980	321	2063.1	6669	73.2	75.9
1981	340	663.4	2139	22.3	24.4
1982	340	1614	5245	54.2	59.9
1983	340	1972.14	6464	66.2	73.8
1984	328	2643.12	8129	92.4	92.5
1985	340	1703.64	5088	57.2	58.1
1986	340	2286.26	6863	76.8	78.3
1987	340	2349.19	7052	78.9	80.5
1988	341	2222.91	6611	74.2	75.3
1989	341	2457.65	7298	82.3	83.3
1990	341	1959.85	5822	65.6	66.5
1991	341	2255.92	6742	75.5	77
1992	341	1994.08	5914	66.6	67.3
1993	341	2623.72	7745	87.8	88.4
1994	341	1507.52	4477	50.5	51.1
1995	341	2328.68	7027	78	80.2
1996	341	2514.19	7411	83.9	84.4
1997	341	1936.13	5728	64.8	65.4
1998	341	1870.52	5528	62.6	63.1
1999	341	1845.04	5542	61.8	63.3
2000	341	0	0	0	0
2001	341	2584.5	7594	86.5	86.7
2002	341	2546.63	7495	85.2	85.6
2003	341	2426.34	7135	81.2	81.4
2004	341	2535.9	7395	84.7	84.2
2005	341	2547.58	7568	85.3	86.4
2006	340	2845	8558	95.5	97.7
2007	340	1267.15	3757	42.5	42.9
2008	340	2276.64	6696	76.2	76.2
2009	340	171.42	521	5.8	6
2010	340	2565.13	7568	86.1	86.4
2011	340	203.55	600	6.8	6.8
2012	340	0	0	0	0
Total:		77252.4

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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