Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model VVER V-230
Owner State Enterprise “Radio Active Waste”
Operator Kozloduy NPP Plc

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 April 1970
First Criticality Friday, 22 August 1975
First Grid Connection Sunday, 24 August 1975
Commercial Operation Monday, 10 November 1975
Permanent Shutdown Tuesday, 31 December 2002

Specifications

Capacity Net 408 MWe
Capacity Gross 440 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1375 MWt
Design Net Capacity 408 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 (%)
1975 404 1256 296.90 43.00 36.10 36.10 36.30 36.30
1976 407 7310 2529.70 83.20 75.80 70.10 70.80 65.90
1977 408 7397 2850.60 84.40 79.80 74.60 79.80 72.30
1978 408 7913 3112.38 90.30 90.00 79.40 87.10 77.00
1979 408 8050 2927.90 91.90 81.90 80.00 81.90 78.20
1980 408 7266 2852.80 82.70 79.60 79.90 79.60 78.40
1981 408 7154 2699.60 81.70 79.10 79.80 75.50 78.00
1982 408 7859 2789.20 89.70 89.70 81.20 78.00 78.00
1983 408 8026 2946.90 91.60 91.60 82.50 82.40 78.50
1984 408 7465 2653.17 85.00 82.30 82.40 74.00 78.00
1985 408 7836 2939.60 89.40 89.50 83.10 82.20 78.40
1986 408 7511 2776.86 85.70 84.90 83.30 77.70 78.40
1987 408 7439 2634.48 84.90 84.90 83.40 73.70 78.00
1988 408 6617 1964.86 75.30 74.40 82.70 54.80 76.20
1989 408 7959 2694.61 90.90 84.50 82.90 75.40 76.20
1990 408 7158 2430.30 81.70 79.30 82.60 68.00 75.60
1991 408 7515 2546.56 85.80 82.30 82.60 71.20 75.40
1992 408 101 4.13 1.20 0.10 77.80 0.10 71.00
1993 408 8577 2314.94 97.90 72.60 77.50 64.80 70.60
1994 408 5431 1697.66 62.00 53.40 76.20 47.50 69.40
1995 408 4893 1344.97 55.90 41.20 74.50 37.60 67.80
1996 408 8680 2070.40 98.80 69.00 74.20 57.80 67.40
1997 408 5404 1431.53 61.70 61.90 73.70 40.00 66.10
1998 408 6706 1929.24 76.60 56.10 72.90 54.00 65.60
1999 408 8454 1842.11 96.50 56.60 72.30 51.50 65.00
2000 440 5549 1574.05 63.20 48.00 71.20 40.70 64.00
2001 408 6816 2536.36 77.80 71.00 71.20 71.00 64.30
2002 408 6794 2426.86 77.60 76.80 71.40 67.90 64.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Bulgaria

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