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CERNAVODA-2
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
705
MW
e
2180
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1983
06 May, 2007
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
07 Aug, 2007
01 Nov, 2007
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
86.85 TW.h
93.5 %
94.8 %
6.5 %
93.6 %
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
2007
1560.200
650
2729
94.2
93.0
93.0
93.2
93.2
2008
5528.110
650
8669
98.7
96.8
96.3
96.8
96.3
2009
5158.250
650
8044
91.8
90.6
93.7
90.6
93.7
2010
5537.520
650
8551
97.6
96.9
94.7
97.2
94.8
2011
5177.840
650
8052
91.9
90.8
93.8
90.9
93.9
2012
5615.320
650
8701
99.1
98.1
94.6
98.4
94.7
2013
5073.740
650
7905
90.2
88.8
93.7
89.1
93.8
2014
5589.300
650
8680
99.1
98.0
94.3
98.2
94.4
2015
5204.740
650
8179
93.4
91.5
93.9
91.4
94.1
2016
5622.380
650
8784
100.0
98.5
94.4
98.5
94.5
2017
5094.710
650
7963
90.9
89.4
93.9
89.5
94.0
2018
5530.840
650
8658
98.8
97.2
94.2
97.1
94.3
2019
5075.540
650
7910
90.3
89.0
93.8
89.1
93.9
2020
5611.820
650
8737
99.5
98.2
94.1
98.3
94.2
2021
4950.650
650
7742
88.4
87.1
93.6
87.0
93.7
2022
5615.460
650
8760
100.0
98.5
94.0
98.6
94.0
2023
4901.200
650
7686
87.7
86.3
93.5
86.1
93.6
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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