Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (3-loop)
Owner Endesa, Iberdrola
Operator Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellós A.I.E. (Endesa/Id)

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 7 March 1975
First Criticality Wednesday, 11 September 1985
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 23 October 1985
Commercial Operation Monday, 31 March 1986

Specifications

Capacity Net 997 MWe
Capacity Gross 1027 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2941 MWt
Design Net Capacity 888 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1985 898 991 261.81 - - - - -
1986 898 6639 5368.00 78.60 77.70 77.70 74.10 74.10
1987 898 7035 5954.00 80.30 77.30 77.50 75.70 75.00
1988 898 7874 6865.00 89.60 86.80 80.80 87.00 79.40
1989 930 7729 6732.00 88.20 85.70 82.20 82.60 80.30
1990 930 7916 6933.00 90.40 90.40 83.90 85.10 81.30
1991 930 7799 6820.00 89.00 86.50 84.40 83.70 81.70
1992 953 8042 7077.00 91.60 89.90 85.20 84.50 82.20
1993 930 7897 7052.00 90.20 88.60 85.70 86.60 82.70
1994 930 7962 7085.00 90.90 89.50 86.10 87.00 83.20
1995 900 7674 6977.00 87.60 86.20 86.10 88.50 83.80
1996 966 6825 6011.00 77.70 75.10 85.10 71.10 82.50
1997 900 8725 7916.00 99.60 96.20 86.00 100.40 84.00
1998 946 8050 7399.00 91.90 89.90 86.30 89.30 84.40
1999 946 7854 7215.00 89.70 86.40 86.30 87.10 84.60
2000 983 8734 8451.00 99.40 98.60 87.20 97.90 85.60
2001 983 8102 7829.00 92.50 90.60 87.40 90.90 85.90
2002 997 8127 7780.00 92.80 89.40 87.50 89.10 86.10
2003 997 8738 8521.20 99.80 98.70 88.20 97.60 86.80
2004 997 7287 6909.28 83.00 79.60 87.70 78.90 86.40
2005 997 7779 7418.88 88.80 86.10 87.60 85.00 86.30
2006 997 8335 7968.75 95.20 92.40 87.90 91.20 86.50
2007 997 7532 7091.43 86.00 81.90 87.60 81.20 86.30
2008 997 7413 7123.62 84.40 82.00 87.30 81.30 86.10
2009 997 8082 7818.32 92.30 89.50 87.40 89.50 86.20
2010 997 7583 7309.13 86.60 83.70 87.30 83.70 86.10
2011 997 7560 7142.24 86.30 81.80 87.00 81.80 85.90
2012 997 8327 7831.53 94.80 89.40 87.10 89.40 86.10
2013 997 7499 7274.22 85.60 83.30 87.00 83.30 86.00
2014 997 7010 6837.37 80.00 78.00 86.70 78.30 85.70
2015 997 8656 8442.11 98.80 96.30 87.00 96.70 86.10
2016 997 7852 7646.24 89.40 87.10 87.00 87.30 86.10
2017 997 7917 7716.07 90.40 87.80 87.00 88.40 86.20
2018 997 8582 8514.79 98.00 97.30 87.40 97.50 86.50
2019 997 7783 7537.35 88.80 86.50 87.30 86.30 86.50
2020 997 7546 7354.45 85.90 84.80 87.30 84.00 86.40
2021 997 8701 8574.34 99.30 98.80 87.60 98.20 86.80
2022 997 7833 7662.31 89.40 87.70 87.60 87.70 86.80
2023 997 7521 7209.27 85.90 82.40 87.40 82.60 86.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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