Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model M (2-loop)
Owner Kansai Electric Power Co.
Operator Kansai Electric Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 29 May 1968
First Criticality Monday, 10 April 1972
First Grid Connection Friday, 21 April 1972
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 25 July 1972
Permanent Shutdown Monday, 27 April 2015

Specifications

Capacity Net 470 MWe
Capacity Gross 500 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1456 MWt
Design Net Capacity 470 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 (%)
1972 500 4528 1598.70 75.70 69.40 69.40 60.80 60.80
1973 470 5569 2509.30 63.60 63.30 65.20 61.00 60.90
1974 470 6766 3122.80 77.20 77.00 70.00 75.80 67.00
1975 470 818 260.30 9.30 6.40 51.60 6.30 49.40
1976 470 7011 2828.20 79.80 68.70 55.40 68.50 53.70
1977 470 3679 1648.00 42.00 40.00 52.60 40.00 51.20
1978 470 5852 2648.70 66.80 64.50 54.40 64.30 53.20
1979 470 1944 867.10 22.20 21.10 50.00 21.10 48.90
1980 470 6622 3032.70 75.40 73.30 52.70 73.50 51.80
1981 470 5982 2762.90 68.30 66.90 54.20 67.10 53.40
1982 470 4958 2238.90 56.60 54.20 54.20 54.40 53.50
1983 470 3262 1433.80 37.20 34.70 52.50 34.80 51.90
1984 470 8458 3937.29 96.30 96.30 56.00 95.40 55.40
1985 470 6219 2898.32 71.00 70.20 57.10 70.40 56.50
1986 470 7100 3301.50 81.00 80.00 58.70 80.20 58.20
1987 470 5927 2766.17 67.70 67.70 59.30 67.20 58.70
1988 470 6850 3223.10 78.00 77.80 60.40 78.10 59.90
1989 470 7112 3325.25 81.20 81.20 61.60 80.80 61.10
1990 470 6594 3077.09 75.30 72.70 62.20 74.70 61.80
1991 470 950 447.12 10.80 10.00 59.50 10.90 59.20
1992 470 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 56.60 0.00 56.30
1993 470 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.00 0.00 53.70
1994 470 2522 1186.32 28.80 29.90 52.90 28.80 52.60
1995 470 7138 3335.02 81.50 80.50 54.00 81.00 53.80
1996 470 8024 3762.38 91.40 90.50 55.60 91.10 55.30
1997 470 6417 3005.99 73.20 72.60 56.20 73.00 56.00
1998 470 7228 3396.28 82.50 82.00 57.20 82.50 57.00
1999 470 5821 2746.41 66.40 66.30 57.50 66.70 57.40
2000 470 8137 3839.71 92.60 92.50 58.80 93.00 58.60
2001 470 6177 2911.33 70.50 70.30 59.20 70.70 59.00
2002 470 7648 3611.26 87.30 87.20 60.10 87.70 60.00
2003 470 7182 3400.24 82.00 81.50 60.80 82.60 60.70
2004 470 6170 2942.31 70.20 70.20 61.00 71.30 61.00
2005 470 7470 3525.35 85.30 84.80 61.80 85.60 61.80
2006 470 6671 3110.89 76.20 75.00 62.10 75.60 62.20
2007 470 4811 2294.21 54.90 54.80 61.90 55.70 62.00
2008 470 3678 1713.14 41.90 41.60 61.40 41.50 61.40
2009 470 6688 3161.56 76.40 75.80 61.80 76.80 61.80
2010 470 5099 2356.31 58.20 56.30 61.60 57.20 61.70
2011 470 8187 3864.00 93.50 92.80 62.40 93.80 62.50
2012 470 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.90 0.00 61.00
2013 470 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.40 0.00 59.50
2014 470 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 0.00 58.10
2015 470 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.60 0.00 57.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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