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BARAKAH-3
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
APR-1400
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
Nawah Energy Company
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1337
MW
e
1310
MW
e
1417
MW
e
3983
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
24 Sep, 2014
22 Sep, 2022
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
08 Oct, 2022
24 Feb, 2023
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
21.72 TW.h
90.5 %
91.7 %
9.5 %
91.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2024
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
2022
1189.530
1337
1703
2023
10442.830
1337
7865
97.7
96.8
96.8
97.7
97.7
2024
10083.680
1337
7611
86.6
85.2
90.5
85.9
91.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2026-01-17
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