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TARAPUR-4
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
MW
e
502
MW
e
540
MW
e
1730
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
08 Mar, 2000
06 Mar, 2005
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
04 Jun, 2005
12 Sep, 2005
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
57.15 TW.h
73.6 %
84.8 %
26.4 %
72.5 %
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
2005
990.440
490
2770
76.0
73.8
73.8
65.7
65.7
2006
1762.120
490
5454
62.3
39.0
47.7
41.0
47.2
2007
2032.970
490
6797
77.6
54.4
50.6
47.4
47.3
2008
1709.820
490
8022
91.3
47.4
49.6
39.7
45.0
2009
2229.280
490
8187
93.5
60.0
52.0
51.9
46.6
2010
2571.830
490
7526
85.9
59.9
53.5
59.9
49.1
2011
2518.860
490
6568
75.0
58.8
54.3
58.7
50.6
2012
3402.670
490
8440
96.1
79.1
57.7
79.1
54.5
2013
3530.420
490
7779
88.8
82.2
60.6
82.2
57.8
2014
3722.250
490
8409
96.0
86.7
63.4
86.7
60.9
2015
3762.170
490
7881
90.0
87.8
65.8
87.6
63.5
2016
4027.880
490
8381
95.4
93.6
68.2
93.6
66.2
2017
1876.840
490
3951
45.1
44.7
66.3
43.7
64.4
2018
3687.880
490
7494
85.6
85.3
67.8
85.9
66.0
2019
4308.000
490
8717
99.5
99.4
70.0
100.4
68.4
2020
4088.130
490
8280
94.3
94.0
71.5
95.0
70.1
2021
3358.570
490
6806
77.7
77.2
71.9
78.2
70.6
2022
4133.620
490
8364
95.5
95.4
73.2
96.3
72.1
2023
3425.530
490
6964
79.5
79.1
73.6
79.8
72.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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