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Kuosheng-1, Taiwan

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Tai Power Co.
Model	BWR-6
Operator	Tai Power Co.
Capacity Net	985 MWe
Capacity Gross	1019 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2943 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	19 November 1975
Criticality	1 February 1981
Grid Connection	21 May 1981
Commercial Operation	28 December 1981

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	207.49 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	82.3 %

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Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1975	0	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0	0	0
1985	0	0	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0	0	0
1989	951	5329.05	6447	64	73.6
1990	918	6898.01	8201	85.8	93.6
1991	951	5850.77	6678	70.2	76.2
1992	951	6152.35	7126	73.6	81.1
1993	951	5679.52	6457	68.2	73.7
1994	950	6302.27	7077	75.7	80.8
1995	948	6897.91	7734	83.1	88.3
1996	948	6950.76	7573	83.5	86.2
1997	948	6277.8	6978	75.6	79.7
1998	948	6426.04	7209	77.4	82.3
1999	948	7686.77	8439	92.6	96.3
2000	948	6588.58	7391	79.1	84.1
2001	948	6452.28	7070	77.7	80.7
2002	948	8068.54	8693	97.2	99.2
2003	948	6444.9	6968	77.6	79.5
2004	948	6978.48	7516	83.8	85.6
2005	948	8150.12	8749	98.1	99.9
2006	985	6903.61	7325	81	83.6
2007	985	7104.56	7429	82.3	84.8
2008	985	8384.82	8673	96.9	98.7
2009	985	7558.45	7823	87.6	89.3
2010	985	7949.61	8150	92.1	93
2011	985	8564.68	8760	99.3	100
2012	985	6170.62	6412	71.3	73
Total:		165770.5

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

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