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KURSK-4
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 May, 1981
31 Oct, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
02 Dec, 1985
05 Feb, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
240.92 TW.h
77.3 %
80.5 %
22.7 %
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
1985
173.980
925
528
1986
6328.540
925
7574
88.1
80.4
80.4
80.3
80.3
1987
6167.680
1000
6704
76.5
72.3
76.0
70.4
74.9
1988
6653.030
925
7390
84.1
81.7
77.9
81.9
77.3
1989
6131.810
925
6954
79.4
76.0
77.4
75.7
76.9
1990
6050.020
925
6922
79.0
73.6
76.7
74.7
76.4
1991
7356.070
925
8469
96.7
90.3
78.9
90.8
78.8
1992
6117.370
925
7324
83.4
75.4
78.4
75.3
78.3
1993
5638.270
925
6439
73.5
71.0
77.5
69.6
77.2
1994
5369.440
925
6255
71.4
67.0
76.3
66.3
76.0
1995
6207.480
925
7001
79.9
77.0
76.4
76.6
76.1
1996
6590.190
925
7373
83.9
80.2
76.8
81.1
76.5
1997
5971.680
925
6664
76.1
73.0
76.4
73.7
76.3
1998
6641.430
925
7751
88.5
82.3
76.9
82.0
76.7
1999
5895.380
925
6595
75.3
72.8
76.6
72.8
76.4
2000
6778.770
925
7423
84.5
82.8
77.0
83.4
76.9
2001
6671.630
925
7281
83.1
81.5
77.3
82.3
77.2
2002
5530.980
925
6094
69.6
67.6
76.7
68.3
76.7
2003
6233.390
925
6802
77.6
75.8
76.7
76.9
76.7
2004
5422.930
925
6005
68.4
66.7
76.2
66.7
76.2
2005
7081.140
925
7858
89.7
87.2
76.7
87.4
76.8
2006
3636.440
925
4115
47.0
44.2
75.2
44.9
75.2
2007
7426.500
925
8298
94.7
91.2
75.9
91.6
76.0
2008
6052.400
925
6580
74.9
73.9
75.8
74.5
75.9
2009
4184.280
925
4786
54.6
52.3
74.8
51.6
74.9
2010
7557.080
925
8109
92.6
91.3
75.5
93.3
75.6
2011
5500.690
925
5729
65.4
64.5
75.1
67.9
75.4
2012
7470.410
925
8144
92.7
89.2
75.6
91.9
76.0
2013
6213.890
925
6807
77.7
74.3
75.5
76.7
76.0
2014
7517.800
925
8201
93.6
89.7
76.0
92.8
76.6
2015
6745.340
925
7348
83.9
81.2
76.2
83.2
76.8
2016
7420.590
925
8055
91.7
88.7
76.6
91.3
77.3
2017
6940.860
925
7471
85.3
83.6
76.8
85.7
77.5
2018
7117.300
925
7645
87.3
86.0
77.1
87.8
77.8
2019
6538.380
925
7095
81.0
79.4
77.2
80.7
77.9
2020
7277.830
925
7991
91.0
88.6
77.5
89.6
78.2
2021
6292.870
925
6865
78.4
76.9
77.5
77.7
78.2
2022
5672.230
925
6628
75.7
68.2
77.2
70.0
78.0
2023
6760.710
925
7417
84.7
81.6
77.3
83.4
78.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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