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 Friday, 8 December 1972
First Criticality Thursday, 14 September 1978
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 11 October 1978
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 5 December 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 (%)
1978 1120 845 347.50 - - - - -
1979 1120 4043 3940.20 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.70 100.70
1980 1120 4976 5466.40 56.60 55.20 58.70 55.60 59.10
1981 1120 4668 5031.70 53.30 51.00 55.00 51.30 55.40
1982 1120 7877 8648.60 89.90 87.60 65.60 88.20 66.00
1983 1120 6670 7443.80 76.10 75.20 67.90 75.90 68.40
1984 1120 5208 5793.48 59.30 58.50 66.10 58.90 66.50
1985 1120 6260 6842.96 71.50 69.20 66.60 69.80 67.00
1986 1120 8760 9858.92 100.00 99.50 71.20 100.50 71.80
1987 1120 5789 6238.14 66.10 65.30 70.50 63.60 70.80
1988 1120 5525 6112.27 62.90 62.90 69.60 62.10 69.80
1989 1120 8707 9828.02 99.40 99.40 72.60 100.20 72.80
1990 1120 6069 6685.67 69.30 66.10 72.00 68.10 72.40
1991 1120 5903 6409.49 67.40 69.40 71.80 65.30 71.80
1992 1120 6178 6973.26 70.30 70.20 71.70 70.90 71.70
1993 1120 7903 8863.88 90.20 89.50 72.90 90.30 73.10
1994 1120 5929 6679.98 67.70 67.90 72.60 68.10 72.70
1995 1120 3060 3273.53 34.90 33.30 70.20 33.40 70.30
1996 1120 8662 9738.16 98.60 98.00 71.80 99.00 72.00
1997 1120 4753 5316.54 54.30 53.70 70.80 54.20 71.00
1998 1120 5760 6501.26 65.80 65.60 70.50 66.30 70.70
1999 1120 3994 4511.08 45.60 45.60 69.30 46.00 69.50
2000 1120 6987 7796.83 79.50 78.60 69.70 79.20 70.00
2001 1120 6302 7163.52 71.90 71.30 69.80 73.00 70.10
2002 1120 7326 8265.61 83.60 83.60 70.40 84.20 70.70
2003 1120 8760 10075.59 100.00 100.00 71.60 102.70 72.00
2004 1120 7324 8408.28 83.40 83.40 72.10 85.50 72.60
2005 1120 6139 6970.44 70.10 70.60 72.00 71.00 72.50
2006 1120 6085 7003.67 69.50 69.10 71.90 71.40 72.50
2007 1120 6768 7759.90 77.30 76.80 72.10 79.10 72.70
2008 1120 8784 10041.52 100.00 99.10 73.00 102.10 73.70
2009 1120 5201 5960.71 59.40 59.00 72.60 60.80 73.30
2010 1120 4803 5483.80 54.80 54.20 72.00 55.90 72.70
2011 1120 8392 9684.13 95.80 95.70 72.70 98.70 73.50
2012 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.50 0.00 71.30
2013 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.40 0.00 69.20
2014 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 66.50 0.00 67.20
2015 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.60 0.00 65.40
2016 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 62.90 0.00 63.60
2017 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.20 0.00 62.00
2018 1120 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.00 0.00 61.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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