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PICKERING-8
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 500B
Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Power Generation
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
516
MW
e
516
MW
e
540
MW
e
1744
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1976
17 Dec, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
21 Jan, 1986
28 Feb, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
126.34 TW.h
75.9 %
79.0 %
24.1 %
75.7 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2022
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
1986
3792.310
516
8086
97.7
96.3
96.3
95.7
95.7
1987
3759.360
516
7585
86.6
83.3
89.2
83.2
88.9
1988
3710.380
516
7296
83.1
82.2
86.8
81.9
86.4
1989
4295.190
516
8569
97.8
95.4
89.0
95.0
88.6
1990
3014.650
516
6743
77.0
66.6
84.4
66.7
84.1
1991
4484.970
516
8759
100.0
98.9
86.9
99.2
86.7
1992
4211.990
516
8280
94.3
93.0
87.8
92.9
87.6
1993
3670.540
516
7233
82.6
81.7
87.0
81.2
86.8
1994
4341.880
516
8579
97.9
96.8
88.1
96.1
87.8
1995
4012.080
516
8066
92.1
89.0
88.2
88.8
87.9
1996
1300.260
516
2597
29.6
28.7
82.7
28.7
82.5
1997
360.810
516
995
11.3
8.0
76.4
8.0
76.2
1998
3493.620
516
7009
80.0
77.3
76.4
77.3
76.2
1999
3509.060
516
7077
80.8
77.6
76.5
77.6
76.3
2000
2711.210
516
5508
62.7
59.9
75.4
59.8
75.2
2001
3502.190
516
6999
79.9
77.5
75.5
77.5
75.4
2002
3605.360
516
7244
82.7
80.0
75.8
79.8
75.6
2003
3921.290
516
8026
91.6
86.9
76.4
86.8
76.2
2004
2489.460
516
5182
59.0
55.1
75.3
54.9
75.1
2005
4195.240
516
8431
96.2
93.4
76.2
92.8
76.0
2006
2908.540
516
5853
66.8
64.8
75.7
64.4
75.4
2007
3843.210
516
8015
91.5
85.5
76.1
85.0
75.9
2008
2918.750
516
6116
69.6
64.4
75.6
64.4
75.4
2009
4115.230
516
8520
97.3
91.0
76.2
91.0
76.0
2010
3081.070
516
6427
73.4
68.2
75.9
68.2
75.7
2011
4051.720
516
8345
95.3
89.6
76.4
89.6
76.3
2012
2936.380
516
5967
67.9
64.9
76.0
64.8
75.8
2013
3879.060
516
7979
91.1
86.0
76.4
85.8
76.2
2014
2411.290
516
5223
59.6
53.3
75.6
53.4
75.4
2015
4289.300
516
8440
96.4
94.9
76.2
94.9
76.0
2016
2197.880
516
4367
49.7
48.4
75.3
48.5
75.2
2017
3870.800
516
7787
88.9
85.7
75.6
85.6
75.5
2018
2626.930
516
5427
62.0
58.1
75.1
58.1
75.0
2019
4363.550
516
8571
97.8
96.4
75.7
96.5
75.6
2020
4070.630
516
8022
91.3
89.9
76.1
89.8
76.0
2021
2459.850
516
4932
56.3
54.5
75.5
54.4
75.4
2022
3941.060
516
7789
88.9
87.4
75.9
87.2
75.7
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-06-06
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