Also known as Chornobyl-3

Details

Reactor Type Light Water Graphite Reactor (or LWGR)
Model RBMK
Owner Se “Nnegc “Energoatom”
Operator Mintopenergo Of Ukraine - Ministry Of Fuel And Energy Of Ukraine

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 March 1976
First Criticality Tuesday, 2 June 1981
First Grid Connection Thursday, 3 December 1981
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 8 June 1982
Permanent Shutdown Friday, 15 December 2000

Specifications

Capacity Net 925 MWe
Capacity Gross 1000 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3200 MWt
Design Net Capacity 925 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 (%)
1981 925 694 260.00 - - - - -
1982 925 7542 5829.69 90.80 84.00 84.00 84.00 84.00
1983 925 7338 6314.28 83.80 77.60 80.00 77.90 80.20
1984 925 7562 6722.35 86.10 82.40 80.90 82.70 81.20
1985 925 7163 6457.49 81.80 79.20 80.40 79.70 80.80
1986 925 1890 1664.25 21.60 95.50 83.70 20.50 67.60
1987 1000 584 338.03 6.70 3.90 68.50 3.90 55.50
1988 925 7432 6450.98 84.60 82.20 70.60 79.40 59.10
1989 925 7148 6252.85 81.60 76.80 71.40 77.20 61.40
1990 925 6976 6348.62 79.60 77.10 72.00 78.40 63.40
1991 925 6737 6070.28 76.90 74.10 72.20 74.90 64.60
1992 925 3715 4010.29 42.30 40.40 69.30 49.40 63.10
1993 925 7781 6983.37 88.80 85.90 70.70 86.20 65.10
1994 925 6178 5222.64 70.50 64.10 70.20 64.50 65.10
1995 925 6530 6007.59 74.50 73.70 70.40 74.10 65.70
1996 925 6749 5659.26 76.80 69.60 70.40 69.60 66.00
1997 925 4735 4057.45 54.00 49.70 69.00 50.10 65.00
1998 925 4961 4378.00 56.60 53.50 68.10 54.00 64.30
1999 925 3503 3047.32 40.00 37.40 66.40 37.60 62.80
2000 925 7577 6187.79 92.80 81.80 67.10 82.10 63.80
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