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BALAKOVO-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
VVER V-320
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
950
MW
e
950
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3000
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Dec, 1980
12 Dec, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
28 Dec, 1985
23 May, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
237.94 TW.h
75.6 %
77.6 %
24.4 %
75.4 %
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
49.120
950
96
1986
4868.030
950
6082
69.5
64.8
64.8
64.5
64.5
1987
4703.680
1000
5302
60.5
57.4
60.1
53.7
57.6
1988
6476.870
950
7207
82.0
80.9
68.0
77.6
65.2
1989
4473.900
950
5141
58.7
56.3
64.8
53.8
62.0
1990
739.060
950
887
10.1
9.1
52.8
8.9
50.6
1991
4951.600
950
5780
66.0
59.8
54.0
59.5
52.2
1992
6352.280
950
7666
87.3
76.3
57.4
76.1
55.8
1993
3326.090
950
4230
48.3
39.9
55.1
40.0
53.7
1994
1759.540
950
2307
26.3
77.3
57.7
21.1
49.9
1995
2017.980
950
4810
54.9
28.6
54.7
24.2
47.3
1996
4872.540
950
5913
67.3
59.0
55.1
58.4
48.3
1997
4728.990
950
5818
66.4
57.2
55.2
56.8
49.0
1998
4329.830
950
5671
64.7
52.2
55.0
52.0
49.3
1999
5141.310
950
6337
72.3
62.1
55.5
61.8
50.2
2000
7247.370
950
7705
87.7
86.5
57.6
86.8
52.7
2001
7407.900
950
8041
91.8
88.2
59.6
89.0
55.0
2002
6785.730
950
7501
85.6
80.5
60.8
81.5
56.6
2003
7032.190
950
7460
85.2
83.1
62.1
84.5
58.2
2004
6626.430
950
6901
78.6
78.0
63.0
79.4
59.3
2005
7312.720
950
7638
87.2
86.2
64.2
87.9
60.8
2006
7276.970
950
7517
85.8
85.2
65.2
87.4
62.1
2007
7397.290
950
7731
88.2
86.5
66.2
88.9
63.3
2008
6810.230
950
7283
82.9
81.7
66.8
81.6
64.1
2009
7948.450
950
8760
100.0
99.6
68.2
95.5
65.5
2010
6843.300
950
7069
80.7
80.3
68.7
82.2
66.1
2011
7469.270
950
7573
86.5
86.2
69.4
89.8
67.1
2012
6322.130
950
6424
73.1
72.9
69.5
75.8
67.4
2013
8766.850
950
8726
99.6
99.6
70.6
105.4
68.8
2014
7012.470
950
7077
80.8
80.0
71.0
84.2
69.3
2015
7392.010
950
7481
85.4
84.7
71.4
88.8
70.0
2016
8880.230
950
8784
100.0
99.9
72.4
106.4
71.2
2017
7699.560
950
7887
90.0
89.3
72.9
92.5
71.8
2018
6656.190
950
6737
76.9
76.8
73.0
80.0
72.1
2019
8783.410
950
8662
98.9
98.9
73.8
105.5
73.1
2020
7533.330
950
7842
89.3
89.0
74.2
90.3
73.6
2021
7475.860
950
7532
86.0
85.5
74.5
89.8
74.0
2022
8788.050
950
8760
100.0
100.0
75.2
105.6
74.9
2023
7943.100
950
8049
91.9
90.8
75.6
95.4
75.4
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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