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KAIGA-1
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 Sep, 1989
26 Sep, 2000
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
12 Oct, 2000
16 Nov, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
31.78 TW.h
78.6 %
91.4 %
21.4 %
77.9 %
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
192.320
200
1173
75.9
100.0
100.0
74.5
74.5
2001
1241.140
200
6316
72.1
70.4
72.7
70.8
71.1
2002
1692.930
202
8082
92.3
92.4
82.2
95.7
83.0
2003
1336.020
202
7255
82.8
83.4
82.6
75.5
80.5
2004
1344.920
202
8181
93.1
77.8
81.4
75.8
79.4
2005
1183.580
202
7580
86.5
66.5
78.5
66.9
76.9
2006
1167.310
202
8524
97.3
67.0
76.6
66.0
75.1
2007
946.250
202
7250
82.8
54.4
73.4
53.5
72.0
2008
1103.030
202
8784
100.0
63.2
72.2
62.2
70.8
2009
842.140
202
6953
79.4
48.6
69.6
47.6
68.3
2010
998.550
202
8535
97.4
57.4
68.4
56.4
67.1
2011
1124.790
202
7900
90.2
64.6
68.0
63.6
66.8
2012
1303.280
202
8719
99.3
74.4
68.6
73.4
67.3
2013
1440.990
202
8049
91.9
82.2
69.6
81.4
68.4
2014
1433.140
202
8751
99.9
82.0
70.5
81.0
69.3
2015
1740.460
202
8492
96.9
96.1
72.2
98.4
71.2
2016
1589.320
202
7904
90.0
89.0
73.2
89.6
72.4
2017
1758.470
202
8760
100.0
99.9
74.8
99.4
74.0
2018
1748.630
202
8759
100.0
98.7
76.1
98.8
75.3
2019
1360.540
202
6811
77.8
76.8
76.1
76.9
75.4
2020
1736.350
202
8639
98.4
98.0
77.2
97.9
76.5
2021
1460.860
202
7530
86.0
83.6
77.5
82.6
76.8
2022
1671.760
202
8760
100.0
95.5
78.4
94.5
77.6
2023
1472.230
202
7787
88.9
83.2
78.6
83.2
77.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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