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KAIGA-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 Dec, 1989
24 Sep, 1999
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
02 Dec, 1999
16 Mar, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
32.64 TW.h
78.1 %
90.1 %
21.9 %
77.7 %
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
1999
Data from a trial operation not provided
2000
1086.470
200
5975
79.4
80.6
80.6
76.4
76.4
2001
1308.570
200
6670
76.1
74.2
77.0
74.7
75.4
2002
1559.240
202
7455
85.1
85.8
80.2
88.1
80.0
2003
1412.990
202
7535
86.0
86.9
82.0
79.8
80.0
2004
1290.240
202
7732
88.0
74.7
80.4
72.7
78.5
2005
1509.370
202
8428
96.2
82.9
80.9
85.3
79.6
2006
1064.230
202
7806
89.1
61.1
78.0
60.1
76.8
2007
1083.130
202
8757
100.0
62.2
75.9
61.2
74.8
2008
816.510
202
7040
80.2
47.0
72.6
46.0
71.4
2009
969.970
202
8589
98.0
55.8
70.9
54.8
69.7
2010
794.660
202
7031
80.3
45.9
68.6
44.9
67.4
2011
1193.280
202
8466
96.6
71.0
68.8
67.4
67.4
2012
1129.230
202
7940
90.4
64.6
68.4
63.6
67.1
2013
1533.500
202
8613
98.3
87.6
69.8
86.7
68.6
2014
1313.470
202
7979
91.1
75.2
70.2
74.2
68.9
2015
1592.280
202
7788
88.9
88.2
71.3
90.0
70.3
2016
1784.910
202
8585
97.7
97.2
72.9
100.6
72.1
2017
1530.480
202
7792
89.0
86.9
73.7
86.5
72.9
2018
1777.580
202
8759
100.0
100.0
75.1
100.5
74.4
2019
1618.540
202
7860
89.7
89.8
75.8
91.5
75.2
2020
1500.830
202
7291
83.0
82.9
76.2
84.6
75.7
2021
1574.620
202
7799
89.0
88.6
76.7
89.0
76.3
2022
1532.820
202
7752
88.5
87.3
77.2
86.6
76.8
2023
1759.870
202
8760
100.0
99.4
78.1
99.4
77.7
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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