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CERNAVODA-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 6
Ministerul Economiei, Comertului si mediului de Afaceri
SOCIETATEA NATIONALA NUCLEARELECTRICA, S.A.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
650
MW
e
650
MW
e
706
MW
e
2180
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
31 Mar, 1983
16 Apr, 1996
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
11 Jul, 1996
02 Dec, 1996
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
140.00 TW.h
89.8 %
91.4 %
10.2 %
90.0 %
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
1996
1186.440
645
2686
100.0
94.4
94.4
99.6
99.6
1997
4953.290
646
7753
88.5
86.7
87.3
87.5
88.4
1998
4908.680
655
7585
86.6
85.2
86.3
85.6
87.0
1999
4813.030
655
7389
84.4
83.5
85.4
83.9
86.0
2000
5053.350
655
7791
88.7
87.6
85.9
87.8
86.5
2001
5049.860
655
7717
88.1
87.5
86.2
88.0
86.8
2002
5106.220
655
7854
89.7
88.6
86.6
89.0
87.1
2003
4541.420
655
7024
80.2
78.7
85.5
79.2
86.0
2004
5142.310
655
7892
89.8
89.1
86.0
89.4
86.4
2005
5112.960
655
7878
89.9
89.3
86.3
89.1
86.7
2006
5177.960
655
7987
91.2
90.3
86.7
90.2
87.1
2007
5518.350
655
8527
97.3
96.5
87.6
96.2
87.9
2008
4805.480
650
7411
84.4
83.8
87.3
84.2
87.6
2009
5661.650
650
8709
99.4
98.9
88.2
99.4
88.5
2010
5167.230
650
7982
91.1
90.2
88.3
90.8
88.6
2011
5633.140
650
8694
99.2
98.4
89.0
98.9
89.3
2012
4948.200
650
7652
87.1
87.1
88.9
86.7
89.2
2013
5622.010
650
8681
99.1
98.2
89.4
98.7
89.7
2014
5164.380
650
8032
91.7
90.2
89.4
90.7
89.8
2015
5504.930
650
8612
98.3
96.1
89.8
96.7
90.1
2016
4765.820
650
7489
85.3
83.4
89.5
83.5
89.8
2017
5485.440
650
8637
98.6
96.1
89.8
96.3
90.1
2018
4928.500
650
7920
90.4
86.6
89.6
86.6
90.0
2019
5292.670
650
8600
98.2
92.8
89.8
93.0
90.1
2020
4963.250
650
7666
87.3
86.1
89.6
86.9
90.0
2021
5450.510
650
8588
98.0
95.5
89.9
95.7
90.2
2022
4606.580
650
7394
84.4
80.9
89.5
80.9
89.8
2023
5410.940
650
8695
99.3
95.5
89.8
95.0
90.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22
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