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DARLINGTON-3
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, 1984
09 Nov, 1992
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
07 Dec, 1992
14 Feb, 1993
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
186.70 TW.h
78.5 %
81.0 %
21.5 %
78.2 %
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
1992
Data from a trial operation not provided
1993
6003.390
881
7141
89.1
89.2
89.2
85.0
85.0
1994
6528.540
881
7642
87.2
85.3
87.2
84.6
84.8
1995
7061.530
881
8219
93.8
92.2
88.9
91.5
87.1
1996
7391.570
881
8574
97.6
96.7
90.9
95.5
89.2
1997
4010.780
881
6314
72.1
52.1
83.0
52.0
81.7
1998
7244.910
881
8593
98.1
93.9
84.8
93.9
83.7
1999
5629.080
881
6929
79.1
72.9
83.1
72.9
82.2
2000
6517.020
881
7822
89.0
84.2
83.3
84.2
82.4
2001
6577.970
881
7901
90.2
85.2
83.5
85.2
82.7
2002
6371.770
881
7595
86.7
82.6
83.4
82.6
82.7
2003
6827.190
881
8004
91.4
88.6
83.9
88.5
83.2
2004
6601.580
881
7649
87.1
85.6
84.0
85.3
83.4
2005
7562.050
878
8760
100.0
98.3
85.1
98.2
84.6
2006
5573.100
878
6452
73.6
72.5
84.2
72.5
83.7
2007
7221.130
878
8311
94.9
93.9
84.9
93.9
84.4
2008
7654.590
878
8784
100.0
99.2
85.8
99.2
85.3
2009
5657.160
878
6590
75.2
73.6
85.0
73.6
84.6
2010
7500.900
878
8643
98.7
97.5
85.7
97.5
85.3
2011
7558.560
878
8707
99.4
98.4
86.4
98.3
86.0
2012
6377.610
878
7419
84.5
83.0
86.2
82.7
85.8
2013
7334.600
878
8470
96.7
95.6
86.7
95.4
86.3
2014
7501.600
878
8708
99.4
97.8
87.2
97.5
86.8
2015
4992.100
878
5787
66.1
65.0
86.2
64.9
85.9
2016
6716.910
878
7832
89.2
87.0
86.2
87.1
85.9
2017
7219.880
878
8442
96.4
94.3
86.6
93.9
86.2
2018
5781.750
878
6718
76.7
75.2
86.1
75.2
85.8
2019
7026.630
878
8178
93.4
91.6
86.3
91.4
86.0
2020
4483.410
878
5087
57.9
57.8
85.3
58.1
85.0
2021
0.000
878
0
0.0
0.0
82.4
0.0
82.1
2022
0.000
878
0
0.0
0.0
79.6
0.0
79.3
2023
3440.410
878
4177
47.7
44.7
78.5
44.7
78.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-25
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