Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model VVER V-270
Owner Ministry Of Energy And Natural Resources Of Armenia
Operator Closed Joint Stock Company Armenian Npp

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 July 1975
First Criticality Tuesday, 1 January 1980
First Grid Connection Saturday, 5 January 1980
Commercial Operation Saturday, 3 May 1980
Long-term Shutdown Saturday, 18 March 1989
Restart Sunday, 5 November 1995

Specifications

Capacity Net 416 MWe
Capacity Gross 448 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1375 MWt
Design Net Capacity 375 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 (%)
1980 - - - - - - - -
1981 - - - - - - - -
1982 - - - - - - - -
1983 - - - - - - - -
1984 - - - - - - - -
1985 - - - - - - - -
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 408 7040 2629.08 80.40 79.30 - 73.60 -
1988 376 6741 2254.53 76.70 73.40 - 68.30 -
1989 376 1838 671.28 85.10 99.60 - 82.70 -
1990 - - - - - - - -
1991 - - - - - - - -
1992 - - - - - - - -
1993 - - - - - - - -
1994 - - - - - - - -
1995 - - - - - - - -
1996 376 7561 2097.98 86.10 63.60 - 63.50 -
1997 376 5700 1429.96 65.10 43.40 - 43.40 -
1998 376 6408 1416.47 73.20 44.60 - 43.00 -
1999 376 6193 1890.37 70.70 57.40 - 57.40 -
2000 376 5699 1841.51 64.90 55.80 61.20 55.80 58.90
2001 376 5660 1815.41 64.60 55.10 60.50 55.10 58.40
2002 376 6961 2078.90 79.50 63.20 60.80 63.10 58.90
2003 376 6120 1997.55 69.90 60.60 60.80 60.60 59.10
2004 376 7135 2196.58 81.20 64.20 61.10 66.50 59.70
2005 376 7658 2504.49 87.40 76.20 62.30 76.00 61.10
2006 376 7632 2421.62 87.10 76.10 63.30 73.50 62.00
2007 376 7447 2347.83 85.00 73.80 64.10 71.30 62.60
2008 376 7013 2265.89 79.80 69.00 64.40 68.60 63.00
2009 375 7408 2290.42 84.60 69.80 64.70 69.70 63.40
2010 375 7535 2286.54 86.00 69.70 65.00 69.60 63.80
2011 375 7552 2356.84 86.20 73.70 65.50 71.80 64.20
2012 375 7052 2123.50 80.30 66.40 65.50 64.50 64.20
2013 375 7237 2167.63 82.60 64.40 65.50 66.00 64.30
2014 375 7542 2265.64 86.10 67.30 65.60 69.00 64.50
2015 375 7859 2571.10 89.70 77.40 66.10 78.30 65.20
2016 375 6756 2194.85 76.90 65.40 66.10 66.60 65.20
2017 375 7341 2411.39 83.80 71.40 66.30 73.40 65.60
2018 375 7169 1898.08 81.80 55.80 65.90 57.80 65.20
2019 375 6252 2028.96 71.40 57.20 65.50 61.80 65.10
2020 415 7295 2551.80 83.00 70.30 65.70 70.00 65.30
2021 448 5028 1850.04 57.40 49.50 65.10 50.20 64.70
2022 416 7110 2630.85 81.20 68.20 65.20 72.20 65.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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