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KURSK-3
Operational
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 Apr, 1978
09 Aug, 1983
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
17 Oct, 1983
30 Mar, 1984
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
240.88 TW.h
74.0 %
77.8 %
26.0 %
74.1 %
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
1983
783.940
925
1731
1984
5479.240
925
6830
76.7
72.5
72.5
72.2
72.2
1985
6260.750
925
7250
82.8
77.6
75.4
77.3
75.1
1986
4810.840
925
6269
71.6
60.0
69.8
59.4
69.4
1987
5458.950
1000
6185
70.6
66.4
68.8
62.3
67.4
1988
6693.640
925
7471
85.0
83.6
71.9
82.4
70.5
1989
5900.500
925
7200
82.2
74.3
72.3
72.8
70.9
1990
6889.420
925
8096
92.4
86.5
74.4
85.0
73.0
1991
5138.960
925
5704
65.1
63.2
73.0
63.4
71.7
1992
6630.500
925
8126
92.5
82.1
74.0
81.6
72.9
1993
5562.300
925
6438
73.5
70.3
73.6
68.6
72.4
1994
5077.860
925
6495
74.1
66.7
73.0
62.7
71.5
1995
5318.130
925
5974
68.2
65.4
72.4
65.6
71.0
1996
6739.270
925
7383
84.0
82.7
73.2
82.9
72.0
1997
6548.720
925
7325
83.6
81.6
73.8
80.8
72.6
1998
4528.320
925
5405
61.7
56.5
72.6
55.9
71.5
1999
6006.850
925
6749
77.0
74.3
72.7
74.1
71.6
2000
6382.330
925
7415
84.4
78.3
73.0
78.6
72.0
2001
3535.200
925
3948
45.1
43.5
71.4
43.6
70.5
2002
6699.770
925
7788
88.9
85.1
72.1
82.7
71.1
2003
5100.590
925
5469
62.4
61.8
71.6
63.0
70.7
2004
6894.200
925
7660
87.2
84.4
72.2
84.8
71.4
2005
4987.100
925
5598
63.9
61.3
71.7
61.6
70.9
2006
6711.220
925
7353
83.9
81.9
72.2
82.8
71.4
2007
5765.280
925
6535
74.6
71.1
72.1
71.2
71.4
2008
2117.390
925
2374
27.0
26.8
70.3
26.1
69.6
2009
7620.950
925
8216
93.8
93.8
71.2
94.0
70.6
2010
6048.610
925
6352
72.5
71.7
71.2
74.6
70.7
2011
7574.350
925
8228
93.9
90.4
71.9
93.5
71.5
2012
6207.220
925
6900
78.6
74.8
72.0
76.4
71.7
2013
7264.060
925
8022
91.6
87.0
72.5
89.6
72.3
2014
6969.970
925
7506
85.7
84.3
72.9
86.0
72.7
2015
7338.330
925
8075
92.2
89.2
73.4
90.6
73.3
2016
7001.080
925
7556
86.0
84.0
73.7
86.2
73.7
2017
7405.520
925
8018
91.5
90.1
74.2
91.4
74.2
2018
6346.600
925
7060
80.6
76.6
74.3
78.3
74.3
2019
4990.430
925
5623
64.2
60.5
73.9
61.6
74.0
2020
6473.170
925
7464
85.0
78.6
74.0
79.7
74.1
2021
5674.030
925
6517
74.4
70.4
73.9
70.0
74.0
2022
6036.610
925
7369
84.1
74.9
74.0
74.5
74.0
2023
6186.940
925
6813
77.8
75.5
74.0
76.4
74.1
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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