Details

Reactor Type Light Water Graphite Reactor (or LWGR)
Model RBMK-1000
Owner Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Operator Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 June 1970
First Criticality Tuesday, 6 May 1975
First Grid Connection Friday, 11 July 1975
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 11 February 1976
Permanent Shutdown Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Specifications

Capacity Net 925 MWe
Capacity Gross 1000 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3200 MWt
Design Net Capacity 925 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 (%)
1975 925 2744 1639.95 - - - - -
1976 925 7654 5492.29 86.00 67.90 67.90 65.50 65.50
1977 925 7337 5413.69 83.80 67.10 67.40 66.80 66.20
1978 925 8008 6310.80 91.40 78.80 71.30 77.90 70.20
1979 925 6954 5633.67 79.40 70.10 71.00 69.50 70.00
1980 925 7960 6351.84 90.60 78.60 72.60 78.20 71.70
1981 925 6057 5177.19 69.10 62.00 70.80 63.90 70.40
1982 925 8125 7266.78 92.80 89.90 73.50 89.70 73.20
1983 925 7479 6790.78 85.40 83.60 74.80 83.80 74.50
1984 925 7881 7145.90 89.70 87.40 76.20 88.00 76.00
1985 925 6604 5962.57 75.40 74.30 76.00 73.60 75.80
1986 925 7914 7152.34 90.30 88.10 77.10 88.30 76.90
1987 1000 7513 7228.20 85.80 83.00 77.70 82.50 77.40
1988 925 7417 6814.92 84.40 83.60 78.10 83.90 77.90
1989 925 7102 6111.49 81.10 75.60 77.90 75.40 77.70
1990 925 8125 5998.30 92.80 75.30 77.80 74.00 77.50
1991 925 7204 4410.75 82.20 56.30 76.40 54.40 76.00
1992 925 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.90 0.00 71.60
1993 925 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.90 0.00 67.60
1994 925 660 164.10 7.50 2.30 64.50 2.00 64.20
1995 925 8280 6812.05 94.50 86.20 65.60 84.10 65.10
1996 925 7922 7244.91 90.20 89.10 66.70 89.20 66.30
1997 925 7342 6587.14 83.80 82.60 67.40 81.30 67.00
1998 925 6643 5916.70 75.80 72.40 67.60 73.00 67.20
1999 925 7299 6557.78 83.30 80.20 68.20 80.90 67.80
2000 925 7972 7252.55 90.80 88.60 69.00 89.30 68.70
2001 925 7904 7073.50 90.20 86.60 69.60 87.30 69.40
2002 925 7961 7024.86 90.90 86.60 70.30 86.70 70.00
2003 925 8298 7134.43 94.70 88.00 70.90 88.00 70.70
2004 925 7832 6711.54 89.20 82.90 71.30 82.60 71.10
2005 925 4557 3763.24 52.00 46.60 70.50 46.40 70.30
2006 925 1760 1461.44 20.10 18.10 68.80 18.00 68.60
2007 925 7077 6461.37 80.80 79.00 69.10 79.70 68.90
2008 925 7810 7017.53 88.90 88.10 69.70 86.40 69.40
2009 925 8310 7278.61 94.90 93.40 70.40 89.80 70.00
2010 925 7352 6434.67 83.90 79.60 70.70 79.40 70.30
2011 925 8362 7751.04 95.50 94.30 71.30 95.70 71.00
2012 925 6317 5326.19 71.90 65.40 71.20 65.60 70.90
2013 925 5181 3311.25 59.10 41.60 70.40 40.90 70.10
2014 925 4406 3213.99 50.30 40.50 69.60 39.70 69.30
2015 925 7316 6558.58 83.50 82.00 69.90 80.90 69.60
2016 925 6037 5602.15 68.70 67.70 69.90 69.00 69.60
2017 925 7160 6331.28 81.70 78.60 70.10 78.10 69.80
2018 925 6265 5668.25 71.50 69.70 70.10 70.00 69.80
2019 925 6791 5996.32 77.50 73.90 70.20 74.00 69.90
2020 925 5555 4754.95 72.90 68.30 70.10 67.50 69.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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