Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model 2-loop WE
Owner Eletronuclear S.A.
Operator Eletronuclear S.A.

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 May 1971
First Criticality Saturday, 13 March 1982
First Grid Connection Thursday, 1 April 1982
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 1 January 1985

Specifications

Capacity Net 609 MWe
Capacity Gross 640 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1882 MWt
Design Net Capacity 626 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 (%)
1982 626 413 51.70 - - - - -
1983 626 1127 162.50 - - - - -
1984 626 3771 1545.48 - - - - -
1985 626 6847 3169.38 78.20 57.80 57.80 57.80 57.80
1986 626 512 132.36 5.80 3.70 30.80 2.40 30.10
1987 626 1958 910.56 22.40 19.70 27.10 16.60 25.60
1988 626 1488 566.64 16.90 18.50 24.90 10.30 21.80
1989 626 5362 1695.10 61.20 61.30 32.20 30.90 23.60
1990 626 7400 2055.34 84.50 82.50 40.60 37.50 25.90
1991 626 5046 1306.35 57.60 57.20 43.00 23.80 25.60
1992 626 4275 1506.37 48.70 47.90 43.60 27.40 25.80
1993 626 1524 402.70 17.40 17.20 40.60 7.30 23.80
1994 626 305 41.45 3.50 3.50 36.90 0.80 21.50
1995 626 8127 2333.64 92.80 42.60 37.40 42.60 23.40
1996 626 5063 2288.84 57.60 55.20 38.90 41.60 24.90
1997 626 6219 2989.97 71.00 53.20 40.00 54.50 27.20
1998 626 6976 3093.82 79.60 56.40 41.20 56.40 29.30
1999 626 8429 3631.68 96.20 64.80 42.80 66.20 31.70
2000 626 6514 3164.93 74.20 58.70 43.80 57.60 33.40
2001 626 7295 3614.43 83.30 82.90 46.10 65.90 35.30
2002 626 7595 3775.19 86.70 85.90 48.30 68.80 37.10
2003 626 6551 3137.06 74.80 57.20 48.80 57.20 38.20
2004 626 7968 3890.16 90.70 70.80 49.80 70.80 39.80
2005 626 7275 3520.38 83.00 83.00 51.40 64.20 41.00
2006 626 6743 3205.23 77.00 64.00 52.00 58.40 41.80
2007 520 5481 2553.47 62.60 62.80 52.40 56.10 42.30
2008 491 6967 3314.53 79.30 78.60 53.30 76.80 43.40
2009 609 5256 2668.92 60.00 57.40 53.40 50.90 43.70
2010 609 7055 4076.72 80.50 77.00 54.30 76.40 45.00
2011 609 7789 4452.48 88.90 88.60 55.60 83.50 46.40
2012 609 8734 5134.91 99.40 97.40 57.10 96.00 48.20
2013 609 6765 3734.79 77.20 70.90 57.50 70.00 48.90
2014 609 7857 4706.85 89.70 88.20 58.60 88.20 50.20
2015 609 6619 3867.66 75.60 73.20 59.00 72.50 50.90
2016 609 7951 4807.12 90.50 90.00 60.00 89.90 52.10
2017 609 6633 3966.79 75.70 74.20 60.40 74.40 52.80
2018 609 7793 4695.30 89.00 88.10 61.20 88.00 53.80
2019 609 8668 5239.68 98.90 99.50 62.30 98.20 55.10
2020 609 7299 4347.14 83.10 82.70 62.90 81.30 55.80
2021 609 8014 4845.93 91.50 90.40 63.60 90.80 56.70
2022 609 7603 4602.31 86.80 85.80 64.20 86.30 57.50
2023 609 7508 4515.48 85.70 83.90 64.70 84.60 58.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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