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 MWe
650 MWe
706 MWe
2180 MWt
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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