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 MWe
925 MWe
1000 MWe
3200 MWt
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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