Koeberg 2

Operable

Details

Reactor Type	Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model	CP1
Owner	Eskom
Operator	Eskom

Timeline

Construction Start	Thursday, 1 July 1976
First Criticality	Sunday, 7 July 1985
First Grid Connection	Thursday, 25 July 1985
Commercial Operation	Saturday, 9 November 1985

Specifications

Capacity Net	930 MWe
Capacity Gross	970 MWe
Thermal Capacity	2775 MWt
Design Net Capacity	921 MWe

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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 (%)
1985	920	2006	1389.80	37.90	37.20	37.20	35.90	35.90
1986	922	5969	5408.99	68.10	67.30	63.00	67.00	62.50
1987	920	4193	3352.78	47.90	48.60	56.40	41.60	52.90
1988	920	5626	4552.69	64.00	63.10	58.50	56.30	54.00
1989	922	8115	6620.21	91.90	89.20	65.90	81.30	60.60
1990	920	5933	4614.34	67.70	58.40	64.50	57.30	59.90
1991	920	5067	3191.94	57.80	40.30	60.60	39.60	56.60
1992	920	8439	5308.06	96.10	66.30	61.40	65.70	57.90
1993	920	4654	3212.30	53.10	40.40	58.80	39.90	55.70
1994	920	5944	3755.92	67.80	49.40	57.80	46.60	54.70
1995	920	8640	6710.53	98.60	83.20	60.30	83.30	57.50
1996	920	7177	6084.93	81.70	75.80	61.70	75.30	59.10
1997	920	7409	6016.36	84.60	75.20	62.80	74.60	60.40
1998	920	7194	6333.04	82.10	79.00	64.00	78.60	61.80
1999	920	7509	6413.89	85.70	75.70	64.80	79.60	63.00
2000	920	8687	7365.91	98.90	91.20	66.60	91.20	64.90
2001	920	5461	4662.84	62.30	60.10	66.20	57.90	64.40
2002	900	5439	4688.80	62.10	59.60	65.80	59.50	64.20
2003	900	7150	6255.50	81.60	79.40	66.50	79.30	65.00
2004	900	8784	7896.70	100.00	99.80	68.20	99.90	66.80
2005	900	7330	6416.81	83.70	81.60	68.90	81.40	67.50
2006	900	7003	5391.37	79.90	71.40	69.00	68.40	67.50
2007	900	8422	6853.86	96.10	87.30	69.80	86.90	68.40
2008	900	5960	5055.87	67.80	64.20	69.60	64.00	68.20
2009	900	7079	6105.80	80.80	77.90	69.90	77.40	68.60
2010	900	8565	7608.20	97.80	98.00	71.00	96.50	69.70
2011	900	6254	5316.17	71.40	68.00	70.90	67.40	69.60
2012	930	6911	6012.70	78.70	76.30	71.10	75.80	69.80
2013	930	8760	8112.97	100.00	99.80	72.10	99.60	70.90
2014	930	7462	6659.83	85.20	82.00	72.50	81.80	71.30
2015	930	6328	5643.39	72.20	69.40	72.40	69.30	71.20
2016	930	8784	8158.09	100.00	100.00	73.30	99.90	72.10
2017	930	7878	6983.82	89.90	85.60	73.70	85.70	72.60
2018	930	6320	5496.77	72.20	67.50	73.50	67.50	72.40
2019	930	8760	8091.67	100.00	99.40	74.20	99.30	73.20
2020	930	4667	3896.22	53.10	47.70	73.50	47.70	72.50
2021	930	8760	8077.98	100.00	99.20	74.20	99.20	73.20
2022	930	3239	2842.90	37.00	34.90	73.10	34.90	72.20
2023	930	8203	7401.06	93.60	90.90	73.60	90.80	72.70