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DARLINGTON-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 850
Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Power Generation
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
878
MW
e
881
MW
e
934
MW
e
2776
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1981
05 Nov, 1989
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
15 Jan, 1990
09 Oct, 1990
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
185.93 TW.h
72.1 %
75.6 %
27.9 %
71.9 %
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
1990
1153.470
881
1608
80.7
64.9
64.9
65.7
65.7
1991
51.480
881
102
1.2
0.7
12.6
0.7
12.7
1992
1290.160
881
2418
27.5
16.7
14.4
16.7
14.5
1993
6370.160
881
7594
86.7
82.7
35.6
82.5
35.6
1994
6750.760
881
8069
92.1
88.5
48.1
87.5
47.8
1995
6952.960
881
8104
92.5
90.6
56.2
90.1
55.9
1996
6705.750
881
7752
88.2
87.2
61.2
86.6
60.9
1997
4710.390
881
7069
80.7
61.5
61.3
61.0
60.9
1998
6227.930
881
7492
85.5
80.7
63.6
80.7
63.3
1999
6469.080
881
7824
89.3
83.8
65.8
83.8
65.5
2000
6885.420
881
8221
93.6
89.0
68.1
89.0
67.8
2001
5826.450
881
7030
80.2
75.5
68.7
75.5
68.5
2002
7268.930
881
8627
98.5
94.2
70.8
94.2
70.6
2003
6084.100
881
7245
82.7
79.3
71.5
78.8
71.2
2004
7038.380
881
8737
99.5
91.4
72.9
91.0
72.6
2005
6056.210
878
7031
80.3
78.9
73.3
78.7
73.0
2006
7548.390
878
8745
99.8
98.6
74.8
98.1
74.6
2007
6364.830
878
7327
83.6
82.8
75.3
82.8
75.0
2008
7560.940
878
8696
99.0
98.2
76.5
98.0
76.3
2009
6745.270
878
7769
88.7
87.7
77.1
87.7
76.9
2010
6234.300
878
7248
82.7
81.1
77.3
81.1
77.1
2011
7503.510
878
8719
99.5
97.7
78.3
97.6
78.0
2012
7157.950
878
8467
96.4
93.0
78.9
92.8
78.7
2013
5138.760
878
6131
70.0
67.0
78.4
66.8
78.2
2014
7412.530
878
8522
97.3
96.4
79.2
96.4
79.0
2015
6405.950
878
7428
84.8
83.4
79.3
83.3
79.1
2016
5728.840
878
6793
77.3
74.4
79.1
74.3
78.9
2017
0.000
878
0
0.0
0.0
76.2
0.0
76.0
2018
0.000
878
0
0.0
0.0
73.5
0.0
73.4
2019
0.000
878
0
0.0
0.0
71.0
0.0
70.8
2020
4218.910
878
5144
58.6
54.7
70.5
54.7
70.3
2021
7158.020
878
8568
97.8
93.5
71.2
93.1
71.0
2022
5985.000
878
7018
80.1
78.1
71.4
77.8
71.2
2023
7240.390
878
8621
98.4
94.4
72.1
94.1
71.9
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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