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KAKRAPAR-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 Dec, 1984
03 Sep, 1992
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
24 Nov, 1992
06 May, 1993
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
32.99 TW.h
64.4 %
68.6 %
35.6 %
62.2 %
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
1992
Data from a trial operation not provided
1993
Data Not Provided
1994
130.280
194
1049
12.0
12.0
12.0
7.7
7.7
1995
1089.070
195
6225
71.1
66.5
39.3
63.8
35.8
1996
1295.820
195
7539
85.8
75.6
51.5
75.6
49.1
1997
906.720
195
5140
58.7
52.9
51.8
53.1
50.1
1998
1090.620
195
5987
68.3
63.1
54.1
63.8
52.9
1999
1407.120
195
7450
85.0
85.1
59.2
82.4
57.8
2000
1645.420
195
8445
96.1
94.5
64.3
96.1
63.3
2001
1517.450
195
7690
87.8
86.5
67.1
88.8
66.5
2002
1697.790
202
8488
96.9
96.7
70.5
96.0
69.8
2003
1419.430
202
7622
87.0
81.9
71.6
80.2
70.9
2004
1064.420
202
7416
84.4
89.1
73.3
60.0
69.9
2005
1089.400
202
7969
91.0
63.1
72.4
61.6
69.2
2006
985.550
202
7316
83.5
59.8
71.4
55.7
68.1
2007
828.700
202
6867
78.4
53.3
70.1
46.8
66.6
2008
438.120
202
4210
47.9
30.0
67.4
24.7
63.7
2009
0.000
202
0
0.0
0.0
63.1
0.0
59.7
2010
0.000
202
0
0.0
3.5
59.5
0.0
56.1
2011
1621.390
202
8177
93.3
93.0
61.4
91.6
58.1
2012
1640.690
202
8186
93.2
93.4
63.1
92.5
59.9
2013
1711.810
202
8387
95.7
95.9
64.8
96.7
61.8
2014
1719.700
202
8543
97.5
97.6
66.4
97.2
63.5
2015
1541.280
202
7699
87.9
87.9
67.4
87.1
64.6
2016
337.720
202
1676
19.1
19.1
65.2
19.0
62.6
2017
0.000
202
0
0.0
0.0
62.5
0.0
60.0
2018
0.000
202
0
0.0
3.5
60.1
0.0
57.5
2019
887.730
202
4723
53.9
53.6
59.8
50.2
57.2
2020
1600.120
202
8417
95.8
92.3
61.1
90.2
58.5
2021
1655.510
202
8370
95.6
93.0
62.2
93.6
59.7
2022
1617.430
202
8009
91.4
91.1
63.2
91.4
60.8
2023
1764.710
202
8760
100.0
99.6
64.4
99.7
62.2
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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