Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model CANDU 6
Owner Qinshan Third Nuclear Power Co., Ltd
Operator Cnnc Nuclear Operation Management Company Limited

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 8 June 1998
First Criticality Saturday, 21 September 2002
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 19 November 2002
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 31 December 2002

Specifications

Capacity Net 677 MWe
Capacity Gross 728 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2064 MWt
Design Net Capacity 677 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 (%)
2002 - - - - - - - -
2003 650 7977 5174.75 91.10 86.60 86.60 90.90 90.90
2004 650 6745 4405.52 76.80 75.60 81.10 77.20 84.00
2005 650 7249 4781.60 82.80 82.40 81.50 84.00 84.00
2006 650 8484 5577.79 96.80 96.30 85.20 98.00 87.50
2007 650 7597 5020.40 86.70 86.40 85.50 88.20 87.60
2008 650 8051 5328.57 91.70 91.10 86.40 93.30 88.60
2009 650 8076 5326.22 92.20 91.90 87.20 93.50 89.30
2010 650 7884 5216.34 90.00 89.70 87.50 91.60 89.60
2011 650 8131 5388.51 92.80 92.60 88.10 94.60 90.10
2012 650 8462 5544.58 96.30 96.20 88.90 97.10 90.80
2013 650 7949 5237.40 90.70 89.90 89.00 92.00 90.90
2014 650 8451 5594.85 96.50 96.10 89.60 98.30 91.60
2015 677 7292 4758.34 83.20 83.20 89.10 80.20 90.60
2016 677 8351 5476.06 95.10 94.90 89.50 92.10 90.80
2017 677 7000 4542.77 79.90 78.60 88.80 76.60 89.80
2018 677 8657 5729.05 98.80 98.80 89.40 96.60 90.20
2019 677 7709 5061.34 88.00 86.00 89.20 85.30 89.90
2020 677 8699 5714.70 99.00 99.00 89.80 96.10 90.30
2021 677 7745 5073.94 88.40 89.50 89.70 85.60 90.00
2022 677 8760 5778.63 100.00 98.10 90.20 97.40 90.40
2023 677 8067 5291.35 92.10 90.30 90.20 89.20 90.30

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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