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KOLA-3
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
VVER V-213
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
411
MW
e
411
MW
e
440
MW
e
1375
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Apr, 1977
07 Feb, 1981
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
24 Mar, 1981
03 Dec, 1982
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
106.31 TW.h
76.8 %
82.2 %
23.2 %
70.2 %
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
1981
909.600
411
4957
1982
1891.170
411
7252
100.0
99.4
99.4
98.7
98.7
1983
2459.860
411
6818
77.8
72.0
74.1
68.3
70.7
1984
2830.670
411
7610
86.6
82.7
78.2
78.4
74.4
1985
2972.560
411
7814
89.2
86.7
81.0
82.6
77.0
1986
2627.250
411
7244
82.7
74.1
79.3
73.0
76.0
1987
2837.810
440
7024
80.2
74.8
78.4
73.6
75.6
1988
2933.190
411
7913
90.1
81.4
78.9
81.2
76.5
1989
3186.680
411
8047
91.9
87.8
80.1
88.5
78.2
1990
3256.910
411
8022
91.6
89.7
81.3
90.5
79.7
1991
2935.210
411
7188
82.0
79.8
81.1
81.5
79.9
1992
2806.370
411
7396
84.2
87.8
81.8
77.7
79.7
1993
2548.000
411
6833
78.0
70.5
80.8
70.8
78.9
1994
2466.010
411
6373
72.8
70.8
80.0
68.5
78.0
1995
2526.120
411
7083
80.9
80.6
80.0
70.2
77.4
1996
2327.310
411
6928
78.9
79.8
80.0
64.5
76.5
1997
2340.500
411
7114
81.2
75.0
79.6
65.0
75.7
1998
2006.340
411
6705
76.5
56.4
78.2
55.7
74.5
1999
2140.570
411
7040
80.4
59.9
77.1
59.4
73.6
2000
2244.740
411
7731
88.0
62.5
76.3
62.2
73.0
2001
2543.290
411
7057
80.6
70.6
76.0
70.6
72.9
2002
2742.350
411
7909
90.3
75.9
76.0
76.2
73.0
2003
2740.720
411
7335
83.7
75.6
76.0
76.1
73.2
2004
2816.850
411
7688
87.5
77.4
76.1
78.0
73.4
2005
2059.390
411
7672
87.6
57.6
75.3
57.2
72.7
2006
2294.600
411
7436
84.9
64.0
74.8
63.7
72.3
2007
1815.270
411
6506
74.3
50.7
73.8
50.4
71.5
2008
1876.730
411
7405
84.3
83.8
74.2
52.0
70.7
2009
2050.450
411
7340
83.8
83.1
74.6
57.0
70.2
2010
1979.230
411
6009
68.6
71.5
74.4
55.0
69.7
2011
2288.620
411
6405
73.1
71.7
74.4
63.6
69.5
2012
2226.170
411
6701
76.3
78.1
74.5
61.7
69.2
2013
2264.330
411
6396
73.0
73.8
74.5
62.9
69.0
2014
2636.670
411
7712
88.0
87.6
74.9
73.2
69.1
2015
2581.990
411
7364
84.1
84.1
75.2
71.7
69.2
2016
2583.960
411
6573
74.8
86.2
75.5
71.6
69.3
2017
2679.440
411
7494
85.6
84.7
75.7
74.4
69.4
2018
3036.600
411
7433
84.8
85.3
76.0
84.3
69.8
2019
2759.120
411
7606
86.8
85.7
76.3
76.6
70.0
2020
2527.890
411
7116
81.0
82.0
76.4
70.0
70.0
2021
2539.740
411
7038
80.3
82.9
76.6
70.5
70.0
2022
2739.160
411
7514
85.8
84.7
76.8
76.1
70.2
2023
2534.410
411
6604
75.4
77.9
76.8
70.4
70.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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