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TIHANGE-3
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH 3LP
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1030
MW
e
1020
MW
e
1089
MW
e
3000
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1978
05 Jun, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
15 Jun, 1985
01 Sep, 1985
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
297.10 TW.h
86.1 %
87.9 %
13.9 %
85.8 %
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
1985
Data Not Provided
1986
7558.000
1020
7733
88.3
85.6
85.6
84.6
84.6
1987
7829.000
1020
7872
89.9
87.3
86.4
87.6
86.1
1988
7623.000
1020
7773
88.5
85.0
86.0
85.1
85.8
1989
7749.000
1020
7790
88.9
87.0
86.2
86.7
86.0
1990
7794.000
1020
7924
90.5
87.1
86.4
87.2
86.2
1991
7649.000
1020
7903
90.2
86.2
86.4
85.6
86.1
1992
8335.000
1020
8246
93.9
93.3
87.4
93.0
87.1
1993
7748.000
1020
7874
89.9
88.1
87.4
86.7
87.1
1994
7480.000
1015
7666
87.5
84.7
87.1
84.1
86.8
1995
7559.000
1015
7632
87.1
84.7
86.9
85.0
86.6
1996
7189.000
1015
7142
81.3
81.1
86.4
80.6
86.0
1997
8357.000
1015
8342
95.2
94.4
87.0
94.0
86.7
1998
6738.000
1015
6903
78.8
75.9
86.2
75.8
85.9
1999
8799.000
1015
8686
99.2
98.9
87.1
99.0
86.8
2000
7597.000
1015
7656
87.2
84.9
87.0
85.2
86.7
2001
7729.000
1015
7929
90.5
86.5
86.9
86.9
86.7
2002
8340.470
1015
8368
95.5
93.7
87.3
93.8
87.1
2003
7661.540
1015
7846
89.6
86.5
87.3
86.2
87.1
2004
7936.430
1015
7969
90.7
89.2
87.4
89.0
87.2
2005
8707.530
1015
8753
99.9
99.6
88.0
97.9
87.7
2006
7237.590
1015
7592
86.7
83.3
87.8
81.4
87.4
2007
7339.400
1015
7406
84.5
83.0
87.5
82.5
87.2
2008
8385.260
1015
8365
95.2
93.9
87.8
94.0
87.5
2009
7717.150
1054
7480
85.4
84.6
87.7
84.6
87.4
2010
7563.230
1046
7489
85.5
81.9
87.4
82.0
87.1
2011
8981.890
1046
8701
99.3
98.0
87.9
98.0
87.6
2012
7974.730
1046
7800
88.8
87.8
87.9
86.8
87.5
2013
8094.070
1046
7839
89.5
88.3
87.9
88.3
87.6
2014
8800.740
1046
8550
97.6
96.6
88.2
96.0
87.9
2015
7336.420
1038
7264
82.9
80.4
87.9
80.5
87.6
2016
7835.570
1038
7623
86.8
85.8
87.8
85.9
87.6
2017
8963.790
1038
8737
99.7
98.5
88.2
98.6
87.9
2018
2221.560
1038
2138
24.4
24.4
86.2
24.4
86.0
2019
8945.120
1038
8758
100.0
98.4
86.6
98.4
86.3
2020
5838.220
1038
5686
64.7
64.0
85.9
64.0
85.7
2021
9001.860
1038
8760
100.0
99.2
86.3
99.0
86.1
2022
7366.370
1038
7297
83.3
81.1
86.2
81.0
85.9
2023
7544.130
1030
7389
84.4
83.0
86.1
83.1
85.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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