Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model VVER V-230
Owner Bulgarian Energy Holding Company
Operator Kozloduy NPP Plc

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 October 1973
First Criticality Thursday, 4 December 1980
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 17 December 1980
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 20 January 1981
Permanent Shutdown Sunday, 31 December 2006

Specifications

Capacity Net 408 MWe
Capacity Gross 440 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1375 MWt
Design Net Capacity 408 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 408 7845 2896.70 90.30 89.80 89.80 84.50 84.50
1982 408 7743 2652.30 88.40 88.40 89.10 74.20 79.10
1983 408 7324 2748.90 83.60 83.60 87.20 76.90 78.40
1984 408 8206 3135.37 93.40 93.40 88.80 87.50 80.70
1985 408 8253 3204.80 94.20 94.20 89.90 89.70 82.50
1986 408 8173 2688.07 93.30 77.40 87.80 75.20 81.30
1987 408 7239 2752.65 82.60 82.40 87.00 77.00 80.70
1988 408 8181 3119.00 93.10 92.30 87.70 87.00 81.50
1989 408 6520 2429.01 74.40 72.60 86.00 68.00 80.00
1990 408 7715 2606.92 88.10 78.20 85.20 72.90 79.20
1991 408 5607 2171.85 64.00 61.70 83.10 60.80 77.60
1992 408 7727 2336.48 88.00 73.00 82.20 65.20 76.50
1993 408 7416 1933.03 84.70 52.20 79.90 54.10 74.80
1994 408 4255 1082.65 48.60 40.30 77.00 30.30 71.60
1995 408 8682 2747.18 99.10 86.90 77.70 76.90 71.90
1996 408 3193 1020.99 36.40 82.20 78.00 28.50 69.20
1997 408 7020 2225.35 80.10 80.10 78.10 62.30 68.80
1998 408 8584 2149.98 98.00 59.30 77.10 60.20 68.30
1999 408 4656 1684.75 53.20 48.80 75.60 47.10 67.20
2000 440 6736 2166.93 76.70 63.00 74.90 56.10 66.60
2001 408 8712 2249.84 99.40 62.50 74.30 63.00 66.40
2002 408 5574 1779.71 63.60 63.40 73.80 49.80 65.70
2003 408 7392 2477.89 84.40 82.90 74.20 69.30 65.80
2004 408 7160 2531.02 81.50 81.20 74.50 70.60 66.00
2005 408 8021 2974.78 91.60 91.10 75.20 83.20 66.70
2006 408 7676 3053.04 87.60 85.50 75.60 85.40 67.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Bulgaria

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