Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (4-loop)
Owner Kansai Electric Power Co.
Operator Kansai Electric Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 26 October 1972
First Criticality Friday, 2 December 1977
First Grid Connection Friday, 23 December 1977
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 27 March 1979
Permanent Shutdown Thursday, 1 March 2018

Specifications

Capacity Net 1120 MWe
Capacity Gross 1175 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3423 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1120 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 (%)
1977 - - - - - - - -
1978 1120 2638 1551.70 - - - - -
1979 1120 4337 4497.80 48.30 45.60 45.60 45.80 45.80
1980 1120 3635 3890.50 41.40 39.30 42.00 39.60 42.20
1981 1120 2938 3035.40 33.50 30.90 38.00 30.90 38.10
1982 1120 6076 6659.80 69.40 67.50 45.80 67.90 46.00
1983 1120 7282 8212.60 83.10 83.00 53.60 83.70 54.00
1984 1120 6292 7015.14 71.60 70.80 56.60 71.30 57.00
1985 1120 5217 5794.07 59.60 58.70 56.90 59.10 57.30
1986 1120 4664 5138.82 53.20 52.20 56.30 52.40 56.70
1987 1120 8430 9421.71 96.20 95.30 60.80 96.00 61.20
1988 1120 3053 3282.37 34.80 34.80 58.10 33.40 58.30
1989 1120 2587 2744.94 29.50 29.50 55.40 28.00 55.50
1990 1120 4919 5446.54 56.20 52.90 55.20 55.50 55.50
1991 1120 5160 5706.26 58.90 55.80 55.30 58.20 55.70
1992 1120 4957 5488.21 56.40 55.40 55.30 55.80 55.70
1993 1120 4535 5010.31 51.80 50.70 55.00 51.10 55.40
1994 1120 6202 6929.93 70.80 69.90 55.90 70.60 56.40
1995 1120 6010 6537.86 68.60 66.10 56.50 66.60 57.00
1996 1120 6305 7026.33 71.80 70.70 57.30 71.40 57.80
1997 1120 7080 7998.76 80.80 80.80 58.60 81.50 59.00
1998 1120 8359 9406.49 95.40 95.00 60.40 95.90 60.90
1999 1120 6136 6933.71 70.00 70.00 60.90 70.70 61.40
2000 1120 5668 6323.55 64.50 63.60 61.00 64.30 61.50
2001 1120 8273 9333.13 94.40 94.20 62.50 95.10 63.00
2002 1120 7038 7935.82 80.30 80.20 63.20 80.90 63.70
2003 1120 7142 8118.71 81.50 81.80 64.00 82.80 64.50
2004 1120 6825 7777.05 77.70 77.70 64.50 79.00 65.10
2005 1120 6510 7272.48 74.30 75.10 64.90 74.10 65.40
2006 1120 8530 9628.26 97.40 97.30 66.00 98.10 66.60
2007 1120 5796 6522.95 66.20 65.50 66.00 66.50 66.60
2008 1120 7344 8316.87 83.60 83.30 66.60 84.50 67.20
2009 1120 6040 6817.31 69.00 68.60 66.70 69.50 67.30
2010 1120 5824 6540.13 66.50 66.10 66.70 66.70 67.20
2011 1120 3026 3390.74 34.50 34.10 65.70 34.60 66.20
2012 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.70 0.00 64.30
2013 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.90 0.00 62.40
2014 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.20 0.00 60.70
2015 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.50 0.00 59.00
2016 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.00 0.00 57.50
2017 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.50 0.00 56.00
2018 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.30 0.00 55.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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