Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model CANDU 6
Owner Qinshan Third Nuclear Power Co., Ltd
Operator Cnnc Nuclear Operation Management Company Limited

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 25 September 1998
First Criticality Saturday, 18 January 2003
First Grid Connection Thursday, 12 June 2003
Commercial Operation Thursday, 24 July 2003

Specifications

Capacity Net 677 MWe
Capacity Gross 728 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2064 MWt
Design Net Capacity 677 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 (%)
2003 - - - - - - - -
2004 665 8236 5358.59 93.80 92.40 92.40 91.70 91.70
2005 665 7014 4604.65 80.10 80.10 86.30 79.00 85.40
2006 650 7721 5038.17 88.10 86.70 86.40 88.50 86.40
2007 650 8559 5675.70 97.70 97.60 89.20 99.70 89.70
2008 650 7697 5083.41 87.60 87.20 88.80 89.00 89.60
2009 650 8359 5523.74 95.40 95.40 89.90 97.00 90.80
2010 650 8099 5341.46 92.40 92.10 90.20 93.80 91.20
2011 650 7951 5261.09 90.80 90.30 90.20 92.40 91.40
2012 650 7980 5210.75 90.80 90.40 90.20 91.30 91.40
2013 650 8760 5794.09 100.00 99.80 91.20 101.80 92.40
2014 650 7892 5223.32 90.10 90.00 91.10 91.70 92.30
2015 677 8553 5623.82 97.60 97.30 91.60 94.80 92.50
2016 677 6979 4555.03 79.40 79.30 90.60 76.60 91.30
2017 677 8580 5598.62 98.00 98.20 91.20 94.40 91.50
2018 677 7183 4685.15 82.00 81.60 90.50 79.00 90.60
2019 677 8686 5716.87 99.20 98.00 91.00 96.40 91.00
2020 677 8014 5261.05 91.20 91.00 91.00 88.50 90.90
2021 677 8540 5607.86 97.50 98.60 91.40 94.60 91.10
2022 677 7573 4979.49 86.40 84.60 91.10 84.00 90.70
2023 677 8760 5737.33 100.00 98.60 91.50 96.70 91.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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