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RAJASTHAN-3
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 Feb, 1990
24 Dec, 1999
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
10 Mar, 2000
01 Jun, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
31.03 TW.h
76.8 %
86.3 %
23.2 %
73.4 %
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
2000
893.760
200
4794
77.6
76.4
76.4
77.6
77.6
2001
1366.080
200
7317
83.5
83.6
80.9
78.0
77.8
2002
1317.950
202
6715
76.7
75.5
78.8
74.5
76.5
2003
1442.060
202
8285
94.6
84.5
80.4
81.5
77.9
2004
1260.330
202
7711
87.8
72.3
78.6
71.0
76.4
2005
1487.920
202
8581
98.0
84.6
79.7
84.1
77.8
2006
985.600
202
7323
83.6
57.8
76.4
55.7
74.4
2007
1043.010
202
7934
90.6
61.1
74.4
58.9
72.4
2008
952.900
202
7707
87.7
61.8
72.9
53.7
70.2
2009
1011.510
202
8338
95.2
65.5
72.1
57.2
68.8
2010
1282.090
202
7699
87.9
74.2
72.3
72.4
69.2
2011
1675.450
202
8307
94.8
94.9
74.3
94.7
71.4
2012
1581.040
202
7932
90.3
90.2
75.5
89.1
72.8
2013
1729.790
202
8603
98.2
98.2
77.2
97.8
74.6
2014
1563.280
202
7991
91.2
89.5
78.0
88.4
75.6
2015
1585.870
202
8431
96.2
92.0
79.0
89.6
76.5
2016
1345.940
202
7519
85.6
83.0
79.2
75.8
76.4
2017
1592.740
202
8758
100.0
95.0
80.1
90.0
77.2
2018
1335.050
202
7489
85.5
79.9
80.1
75.4
77.1
2019
1502.330
202
8514
97.2
86.5
80.4
84.9
77.5
2020
1397.320
202
8662
98.6
86.2
80.7
78.8
77.6
2021
1199.710
202
7362
84.0
75.6
80.5
67.8
77.1
2022
1197.780
202
7198
82.2
74.8
80.2
67.7
76.7
2023
0.000
202
0
0.0
0.0
76.8
0.0
73.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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