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KURSK-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
LWGR
RBMK-1000
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
925
MW
e
925
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3200
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jun, 1972
25 Oct, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
19 Dec, 1976
12 Oct, 1977
Permanent Shutdown Date
19 Dec, 2021
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
231.07 TW.h
64.0 %
72.3 %
36.0 %
64.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2021
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
1976
2.410
925
312
1977
3644.870
925
6899
85.9
79.1
79.1
71.4
71.4
1978
5058.110
925
7573
86.4
63.0
66.2
62.4
64.2
1979
5930.250
925
7528
85.9
73.1
69.3
73.2
68.2
1980
6477.670
925
7669
87.3
79.7
72.5
79.7
71.8
1981
6132.760
925
7885
90.0
76.4
73.4
75.7
72.7
1982
7010.420
925
7788
88.9
85.7
75.7
86.5
75.3
1983
6720.270
925
7456
85.1
82.2
76.8
82.9
76.5
1984
6659.970
925
7369
83.9
81.4
77.4
82.0
77.3
1985
6346.780
925
7186
82.0
76.8
77.3
78.3
77.4
1986
5675.790
925
6598
75.3
69.2
76.4
70.0
76.6
1987
7022.680
1000
7407
84.6
82.6
77.1
80.2
77.0
1988
6637.980
925
7350
83.7
81.8
77.5
81.7
77.4
1989
5745.430
925
6582
75.1
68.2
76.8
70.9
76.9
1990
5090.510
925
6817
77.8
65.7
75.9
62.8
75.8
1991
4163.080
925
7038
80.3
52.5
74.3
51.4
74.1
1992
3669.240
925
6103
69.5
46.2
72.5
45.2
72.2
1993
4809.410
925
8145
93.0
61.8
71.8
59.4
71.4
1994
1560.590
925
2686
30.7
19.8
68.8
19.3
68.4
1995
0.000
925
0
0.0
0.0
65.1
0.0
64.7
1996
0.000
925
0
0.0
0.0
61.7
0.0
61.4
1997
27.760
925
61
0.7
0.5
58.7
0.3
58.4
1998
4508.630
925
7845
89.6
57.4
58.6
55.6
58.2
1999
4557.040
925
7464
85.2
57.6
58.6
56.2
58.1
2000
3449.690
925
5531
63.0
43.6
57.9
42.5
57.5
2001
1296.070
925
2042
23.3
16.4
56.2
16.0
55.8
2002
2462.700
925
3439
39.3
30.8
55.2
30.4
54.8
2003
6452.710
925
7262
82.9
78.9
56.1
79.6
55.7
2004
6601.330
925
7363
83.8
81.1
57.0
81.2
56.6
2005
6219.960
925
7651
87.3
77.0
57.7
76.8
57.4
2006
5837.690
925
7089
80.9
72.2
58.2
72.0
57.8
2007
6736.180
925
7670
87.6
82.8
59.0
83.1
58.7
2008
6464.580
925
7596
86.5
81.4
59.8
79.6
59.4
2009
7161.200
925
8068
92.1
90.0
60.7
88.4
60.2
2010
5640.730
925
5991
68.4
69.5
61.0
69.6
60.5
2011
7654.800
925
8620
98.4
90.7
61.8
94.5
61.5
2012
5988.710
925
6392
72.8
71.2
62.1
73.7
61.9
2013
6759.550
925
7217
82.4
81.0
62.6
83.4
62.4
2014
6277.530
925
6846
78.1
75.2
62.9
77.5
62.8
2015
6849.240
925
7482
85.4
82.7
63.5
84.5
63.4
2016
5293.850
925
6143
69.9
65.6
63.5
65.2
63.5
2017
6684.290
925
7504
85.7
81.9
64.0
82.5
63.9
2018
4685.450
925
5302
60.5
57.6
63.8
57.8
63.8
2019
5300.400
925
5889
67.2
65.0
63.8
65.4
63.8
2020
5208.970
925
5781
65.8
63.7
63.8
64.1
63.8
2021
5656.380
925
6814
80.4
72.6
64.0
72.2
64.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15
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