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BALAKOVO-2
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 Aug, 1981
02 Oct, 1987
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
08 Oct, 1987
18 Jan, 1988
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
229.69 TW.h
75.1 %
79.1 %
24.9 %
76.3 %
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
1987
988.460
1000
1601
1988
5978.430
950
6928
77.7
75.5
75.5
70.6
70.6
1989
6703.630
950
7626
87.0
84.8
80.3
80.6
75.8
1990
5476.670
950
6165
70.4
66.4
75.5
65.8
72.4
1991
4308.380
950
4845
55.3
51.2
69.3
51.8
67.1
1992
5958.200
950
6601
75.1
70.6
69.6
71.4
68.0
1993
3776.170
950
4147
47.3
44.2
65.3
45.4
64.2
1994
4778.520
950
8020
91.6
73.1
66.4
57.4
63.2
1995
2204.810
950
3261
37.2
30.1
61.8
26.5
58.6
1996
2227.250
950
2604
29.6
26.7
57.9
26.7
55.0
1997
4015.920
950
6158
70.3
55.7
57.7
48.3
54.3
1998
3293.760
950
4984
56.9
40.2
56.1
39.6
53.0
1999
2927.120
950
3942
45.0
35.4
54.3
35.2
51.5
2000
5730.070
950
7646
87.0
68.9
55.5
68.7
52.8
2001
6678.820
950
7415
84.6
79.9
57.2
80.2
54.8
2002
6756.530
950
7408
84.6
80.4
58.8
81.2
56.5
2003
6171.760
950
6467
73.8
72.7
59.6
74.2
57.6
2004
7010.410
950
7514
85.5
82.4
61.0
84.0
59.2
2005
6948.860
950
7688
87.8
82.5
62.2
83.5
60.6
2006
7237.480
950
7710
88.0
84.6
63.4
87.0
62.0
2007
6657.180
950
7327
83.6
78.7
64.2
80.0
62.9
2008
7451.240
950
7750
88.2
87.7
65.3
89.3
64.1
2009
7630.690
950
7797
89.0
88.6
66.3
91.7
65.4
2010
8683.930
950
8760
100.0
99.9
67.8
104.4
67.1
2011
7288.410
950
7531
86.0
85.4
68.5
87.6
67.9
2012
7706.490
950
7829
89.1
88.3
69.3
92.4
68.9
2013
8222.790
950
8509
97.1
95.6
70.3
98.8
70.1
2014
6497.720
950
6672
76.2
75.6
70.5
78.1
70.4
2015
6850.260
950
6845
78.1
78.0
70.8
82.3
70.8
2016
7922.420
950
7900
89.9
89.8
71.5
94.9
71.6
2017
6880.730
950
6972
79.6
79.1
71.7
82.7
72.0
2018
7858.920
950
7874
89.9
89.5
72.3
94.4
72.7
2019
8867.450
950
8760
100.0
100.0
73.2
106.6
73.8
2020
7538.450
950
7590
86.4
86.4
73.6
90.3
74.3
2021
8043.860
950
7913
90.3
90.2
74.0
96.7
75.0
2022
8519.780
950
8472
96.7
96.6
74.7
102.4
75.7
2023
7964.890
950
7967
91.0
90.2
75.1
95.7
76.3
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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