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TIHANGE-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
Framatome 3 loops reactor
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
962
MW
e
870
MW
e
1009
MW
e
2873
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jun, 1970
21 Feb, 1975
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
07 Mar, 1975
01 Oct, 1975
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
314.56 TW.h
80.1 %
83.6 %
19.9 %
80.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2023
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1975
3096.300
870
5360
94.5
76.2
76.2
76.2
76.2
1976
4409.500
870
6354
72.3
57.5
61.3
57.7
61.4
1977
5842.300
870
7234
82.6
76.7
68.1
76.7
68.2
1978
6371.000
870
7582
86.6
84.3
73.1
83.6
72.9
1979
5159.000
870
6121
69.9
67.6
71.8
67.7
71.7
1980
6173.000
870
7337
83.5
80.7
73.5
80.8
73.4
1981
6414.200
870
7762
88.6
83.8
75.1
84.2
75.1
1982
6164.800
870
7269
83.0
80.8
75.9
80.9
75.9
1983
5843.000
870
7135
81.4
76.5
76.0
76.7
76.0
1984
6374.000
870
7774
88.5
83.4
76.8
83.4
76.8
1985
5979.000
870
8077
92.2
81.1
77.2
78.4
77.0
1986
4005.000
870
5429
62.0
54.8
75.2
52.6
74.8
1987
7337.000
870
8733
99.7
97.6
77.0
96.3
76.6
1988
6310.000
870
7520
85.6
83.9
77.6
82.6
77.0
1989
6508.000
870
7854
89.7
87.8
78.3
85.4
77.6
1990
6683.000
870
8082
92.3
88.4
79.0
87.7
78.3
1991
6163.000
870
7714
88.1
81.0
79.1
80.9
78.4
1992
6059.000
870
7807
88.9
79.1
79.1
79.3
78.5
1993
7317.000
870
8459
96.6
96.4
80.0
96.0
79.4
1994
6737.000
863
8018
91.5
90.0
80.5
89.1
79.9
1995
5442.000
931
6488
74.1
70.0
80.0
70.4
79.4
1996
7210.660
931
7823
89.1
88.2
80.4
88.2
79.9
1997
7942.570
962
8385
95.7
94.3
81.1
94.2
80.6
1998
7264.000
962
7777
88.8
86.3
81.3
86.2
80.9
1999
7272.000
962
7905
90.2
85.5
81.5
86.3
81.1
2000
8457.000
962
8782
100.0
99.3
82.3
100.1
81.9
2001
6969.000
962
7481
85.4
82.5
82.3
82.7
82.0
2002
7047.150
962
7631
87.1
83.9
82.4
83.6
82.0
2003
7990.420
962
8552
97.6
95.1
82.8
94.8
82.5
2004
7106.470
962
7456
84.9
84.5
82.9
84.1
82.6
2005
6810.950
962
7403
84.5
80.2
82.8
80.8
82.5
2006
8186.910
962
8693
99.2
98.8
83.4
97.2
83.0
2007
7055.900
962
7627
87.1
85.1
83.4
83.7
83.0
2008
7264.540
962
7650
87.1
85.2
83.5
86.0
83.1
2009
8269.540
962
8679
99.1
97.8
83.9
98.1
83.6
2010
7316.100
962
7752
88.5
86.4
84.0
86.8
83.7
2011
6848.280
962
7333
83.7
81.2
83.9
81.3
83.6
2012
6763.300
962
8784
100.0
79.4
83.8
80.0
83.5
2013
6878.120
962
7203
82.2
80.4
83.7
81.6
83.5
2014
7192.760
962
7503
85.6
84.5
83.7
85.4
83.5
2015
5927.290
962
6211
70.9
69.7
83.4
70.3
83.2
2016
2871.030
962
3026
34.4
33.7
82.1
34.0
81.9
2017
3409.970
962
3675
42.0
40.4
81.0
40.5
80.9
2018
7633.870
962
8024
91.6
89.8
81.3
90.6
81.1
2019
8319.240
962
8714
99.5
98.2
81.7
98.7
81.5
2020
303.850
962
434
4.9
3.6
79.8
3.6
79.7
2021
8384.090
962
8760
100.0
99.0
80.3
99.5
80.2
2022
4685.630
962
4940
56.4
55.3
79.7
55.6
79.6
2023
8242.060
962
8760
100.0
97.4
80.1
97.8
80.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15
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