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BUSHEHR-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
VVER V-446
Nuclear Power Production and Development Co. of Iran
Nuclear Power Production and Development Co. of Iran
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
915
MW
e
915
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3000
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
Construction Suspension Date
Construction Restart Date
01 May, 1975
08 May, 2011
01 Jan, 1978
01 Jan, 1996
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
03 Sep, 2011
23 Sep, 2013
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
58.03 TW.h
73.7 %
68.4 %
26.3 %
66.2 %
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
2011
97.980
915
361
2012
1328.310
915
1930
2013
3893.670
915
4523
95.5
95.1
95.1
95.4
95.4
2014
3723.600
915
5181
59.1
56.4
64.2
46.5
56.3
2015
3198.240
915
3992
45.6
64.4
64.3
39.9
49.0
2016
5923.970
915
6615
75.3
73.9
67.2
73.7
56.6
2017
6366.210
915
6971
79.6
80.0
70.2
79.4
62.0
2018
6300.120
915
6851
78.2
77.5
71.6
78.6
65.2
2019
5865.730
915
6611
75.5
72.5
71.8
73.2
66.4
2020
5792.220
915
6349
72.3
71.0
71.7
72.1
67.2
2021
3235.970
915
3665
41.8
69.3
71.4
40.4
64.0
2022
6008.020
915
6544
74.7
91.8
73.6
75.0
65.2
2023
6071.160
915
6605
75.4
74.8
73.7
75.7
66.2
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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