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 MWe
650 MWe
705 MWe
2180 MWt
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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