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 Sunday, 25 April 1982
First Grid Connection Monday, 17 May 1982
Commercial Operation Sunday, 20 June 1982
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 (%)
1982 408 5527 1802.80 99.80 92.60 92.60 92.60 92.60
1983 408 8116 2867.20 92.60 92.70 92.60 80.20 84.40
1984 408 8238 3252.57 93.80 93.70 93.00 90.80 86.90
1985 408 7812 3030.96 89.20 86.30 91.10 84.80 86.30
1986 408 8154 3168.05 93.10 92.30 91.40 88.60 86.80
1987 408 8080 3026.25 92.20 91.20 91.30 84.70 86.40
1988 408 8139 2901.96 92.70 87.80 90.80 81.00 85.60
1989 408 8129 2842.12 92.80 86.40 90.20 79.50 84.80
1990 408 7223 2569.09 82.40 78.70 88.80 71.90 83.30
1991 408 5661 2170.64 64.60 64.40 86.30 60.70 80.90
1992 408 6997 2316.92 79.70 70.20 84.80 64.60 79.40
1993 408 6277 2081.33 71.70 65.90 83.10 58.20 77.50
1994 408 4112 1094.39 46.90 31.40 79.00 30.60 73.80
1995 408 7424 2516.39 84.80 81.50 79.20 70.40 73.50
1996 408 8743 2401.05 99.50 71.20 78.60 67.00 73.10
1997 408 4338 1524.39 49.50 49.50 76.70 42.60 71.10
1998 408 6633 1929.16 75.70 57.40 75.60 54.00 70.10
1999 408 8736 1938.48 99.70 55.70 74.40 54.20 69.20
2000 440 6922 2418.37 78.80 69.80 74.20 62.60 68.80
2001 408 5777 1777.91 66.00 49.60 72.90 49.70 67.80
2002 408 6589 2025.58 75.20 74.90 73.00 56.70 67.30
2003 408 6735 2526.98 76.90 76.60 73.20 70.70 67.40
2004 408 7921 2943.37 90.20 89.60 73.90 82.10 68.10
2005 408 8058 2739.28 92.00 89.20 74.60 76.60 68.40
2006 408 8134 3136.85 92.90 90.80 75.20 87.80 69.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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