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KAKRAPAR-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
Horizontal Pressure Tube type
NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA, LTD.
NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA, LTD.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
202
MW
e
202
MW
e
220
MW
e
801
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Apr, 1985
08 Jan, 1995
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
04 Mar, 1995
01 Sep, 1995
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
34.73 TW.h
71.8 %
79.7 %
28.2 %
69.4 %
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
1995
825.530
195
5401
85.8
88.2
88.2
79.3
79.3
1996
1326.810
195
7663
87.2
77.5
80.2
77.5
77.9
1997
1093.450
195
6139
70.1
63.8
73.2
64.0
72.0
1998
1291.620
195
6932
79.1
76.6
74.2
75.6
73.1
1999
1512.280
195
7955
90.8
91.1
78.1
88.5
76.6
2000
1489.850
195
7697
87.6
85.6
79.5
87.0
78.6
2001
1685.440
195
8500
97.0
95.3
82.0
98.7
81.7
2002
1597.130
202
7940
90.6
89.2
83.0
90.3
82.9
2003
1613.170
202
8515
97.2
92.3
84.2
91.2
84.0
2004
1142.040
202
7658
87.2
90.9
84.9
64.4
81.8
2005
1255.040
202
7979
91.1
72.2
83.6
70.9
80.7
2006
865.760
202
6473
73.9
53.1
80.9
48.9
77.9
2007
1011.680
202
8447
96.4
63.2
79.4
57.2
76.2
2008
938.120
202
8596
97.9
60.1
78.0
52.9
74.4
2009
780.390
202
7506
85.7
47.6
75.8
44.1
72.2
2010
751.120
202
7530
86.0
45.9
73.8
42.4
70.3
2011
1641.960
202
8568
97.8
96.0
75.2
92.8
71.7
2012
1517.710
202
7639
87.0
86.4
75.9
85.5
72.5
2013
1689.370
202
8682
99.1
98.6
77.1
95.5
73.7
2014
1439.300
202
7748
88.4
83.6
77.5
81.3
74.1
2015
780.650
202
4259
48.6
45.8
75.9
44.1
72.6
2016
0.000
202
0
0.0
0.0
72.3
0.0
69.2
2017
0.000
202
0
0.0
0.0
69.0
0.0
66.1
2018
456.840
202
2411
27.5
29.7
67.3
25.8
64.3
2019
1777.010
202
8760
100.0
100.0
68.7
100.4
65.8
2020
1709.800
202
8546
97.3
96.9
69.8
96.4
67.0
2021
1490.010
202
7383
84.3
83.6
70.3
84.2
67.7
2022
1685.860
202
8315
94.9
94.6
71.2
95.3
68.7
2023
1533.030
202
7583
86.6
86.3
71.8
86.6
69.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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