TARAPUR-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
490 MWe
502 MWe
540 MWe
1730 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
12 May, 2000
21 May, 2006
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
15 Jun, 2006
18 Aug, 2006

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
59.65 TW.h
80.8 %
89.2 %
19.2 %
79.9 %
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
2006 1037.770 490 3599 80.5 58.8 58.8 61.1 61.1
2007 2482.810 490 7967 91.0 66.2 64.3 57.8 58.6
2008 1594.380 490 7465 85.0 44.3 55.8 37.0 49.4
2009 2225.010 490 8022 91.6 60.1 57.1 51.8 50.1
2010 2794.030 490 7972 91.0 65.1 58.9 65.1 53.6
2011 4122.200 490 8760 100.0 95.8 65.8 96.0 61.5
2012 3779.470 490 7923 90.2 87.7 69.3 87.8 65.7
2013 3447.260 490 7200 82.2 80.2 70.8 80.3 67.7
2014 4129.970 490 8463 96.6 95.8 73.8 96.2 71.1
2015 4046.110 490 8352 95.3 94.1 75.9 94.3 73.6
2016 3728.320 490 7688 87.5 86.4 77.0 86.6 74.8
2017 3328.060 490 6785 77.4 76.9 77.0 77.5 75.1
2018 3954.150 490 7992 91.2 91.0 78.1 92.1 76.5
2019 3461.870 490 7054 80.5 79.6 78.2 80.6 76.8
2020 3525.170 490 7140 81.3 81.1 78.4 81.9 77.1
2021 4095.660 490 8302 94.8 94.5 79.4 95.4 78.3
2022 3621.420 490 7381 84.3 83.9 79.7 84.4 78.7
2023 4286.260 490 8703 99.4 99.3 80.8 99.9 79.9
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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