Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP1
Owner Eskom
Operator Eskom

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 1 July 1976
First Criticality Wednesday, 14 March 1984
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 4 April 1984
Commercial Operation Saturday, 21 July 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 924 MWe
Capacity Gross 964 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2775 MWt
Design Net Capacity 921 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 (%)
1984 920 5063 3949.53 95.30 91.30 91.30 86.40 86.40
1985 920 4986 4004.30 56.90 53.50 64.60 49.70 60.50
1986 922 4575 3418.99 52.20 53.60 60.10 42.30 53.00
1987 920 4337 2864.54 49.50 61.60 60.50 35.50 47.90
1988 920 6791 5964.44 77.30 76.00 64.00 73.80 53.80
1989 922 5655 4498.08 64.00 63.20 63.90 55.20 54.00
1990 920 5360 3852.07 61.20 52.70 62.20 47.80 53.10
1991 920 6886 5976.84 78.60 74.60 63.80 74.20 55.90
1992 920 5697 3992.53 64.90 50.30 62.20 49.40 55.10
1993 920 6010 4097.94 68.60 50.50 61.00 50.80 54.70
1994 920 8422 5933.92 96.10 74.90 62.30 73.60 56.50
1995 920 5853 4576.86 66.80 56.80 61.80 56.80 56.50
1996 920 7260 5672.79 82.60 70.40 62.50 70.20 57.60
1997 920 7676 6610.69 87.60 82.30 64.00 82.00 59.40
1998 920 8552 7248.29 97.60 90.10 65.80 89.90 61.60
1999 920 7848 7051.70 89.60 83.30 66.90 87.50 63.20
2000 920 7250 5629.15 82.70 70.20 67.10 69.80 63.60
2001 920 7303 6042.50 83.40 77.10 67.70 75.00 64.30
2002 900 8417 7328.60 96.10 93.10 69.00 93.00 65.80
2003 900 7398 6413.36 84.40 81.90 69.70 81.40 66.60
2004 900 7358 6388.00 83.80 81.10 70.20 80.80 67.30
2005 900 6726 5821.02 76.80 74.70 70.40 73.80 67.60
2006 900 5435 4682.78 62.00 59.80 70.00 59.40 67.20
2007 900 6609 5747.01 75.40 73.60 70.10 72.90 67.40
2008 900 8689 7691.88 98.90 98.30 71.30 97.30 68.70
2009 900 6307 5467.97 72.00 70.10 71.20 69.40 68.70
2010 900 6085 5291.74 69.50 67.80 71.10 67.10 68.60
2011 930 8315 7622.37 94.90 94.30 72.00 94.00 69.60
2012 930 6975 6384.83 79.40 78.50 72.20 78.20 69.90
2013 930 6084 5527.64 69.40 68.20 72.00 67.80 69.80
2014 930 8760 8102.87 100.00 99.60 73.00 99.50 70.80
2015 930 5860 5321.75 66.90 65.50 72.70 65.30 70.60
2016 930 7759 7051.38 88.30 86.80 73.20 86.30 71.10
2017 930 8760 8103.47 100.00 99.50 74.00 99.50 72.00
2018 930 5838 5090.34 66.60 62.50 73.60 62.50 71.70
2019 930 6049 5510.90 69.00 67.70 73.50 67.60 71.60
2020 930 8572 7719.38 97.60 94.50 74.00 94.50 72.20
2021 924 4664 4120.92 53.20 50.70 73.40 50.70 71.60
2022 924 8236 7280.79 94.00 90.10 73.80 90.00 72.10
2023 924 1041 752.77 11.90 9.40 72.20 9.30 70.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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