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BALAKOVO-3
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 Nov, 1982
16 Dec, 1988
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
25 Dec, 1988
08 Apr, 1989
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
228.00 TW.h
77.6 %
81.5 %
22.4 %
78.4 %
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
1988
50.210
950
168
1989
6621.410
950
7792
91.1
88.4
88.4
87.4
87.4
1990
5718.710
950
6696
76.4
67.8
76.7
68.7
76.8
1991
5403.350
950
6124
69.9
64.2
72.1
64.9
72.5
1992
5545.430
950
6202
70.6
64.8
70.2
66.4
70.9
1993
4378.640
950
5461
62.3
52.7
66.5
52.6
67.0
1994
3340.140
950
5389
61.5
70.7
67.2
40.1
62.4
1995
2674.650
950
5511
62.9
47.5
64.3
32.1
57.9
1996
5315.400
950
7085
80.7
64.3
64.3
63.7
58.6
1997
2058.790
950
3395
38.8
25.3
59.8
24.7
54.8
1998
5348.520
950
7136
81.5
64.4
60.3
64.3
55.7
1999
5457.980
950
6552
74.8
65.6
60.8
65.6
56.6
2000
6482.850
950
7327
83.4
77.2
62.2
77.7
58.4
2001
6050.740
950
6927
79.1
72.1
63.0
72.7
59.6
2002
6926.310
950
7478
85.4
82.0
64.4
83.2
61.3
2003
7016.140
950
7471
85.3
83.2
65.6
84.3
62.8
2004
7227.760
950
7607
86.6
85.1
66.9
86.6
64.4
2005
6244.440
950
7060
80.6
74.5
67.3
75.0
65.0
2006
7741.840
950
8354
95.4
91.4
68.7
93.0
66.6
2007
7407.100
950
8050
91.9
87.6
69.7
89.0
67.8
2008
7384.340
950
7693
87.6
87.0
70.6
88.5
68.8
2009
6932.730
950
7276
83.1
82.6
71.2
83.3
69.5
2010
7649.620
950
7710
88.0
87.1
71.9
91.9
70.5
2011
8579.150
950
8627
98.5
98.3
73.0
103.1
72.0
2012
7716.230
950
7854
89.4
89.3
73.7
92.5
72.8
2013
7378.170
950
7481
85.4
84.5
74.2
88.7
73.5
2014
7746.920
950
7827
89.3
88.6
74.7
93.1
74.2
2015
8250.270
950
8415
96.1
95.8
75.5
99.1
75.2
2016
7307.380
950
7331
83.5
83.0
75.8
87.6
75.6
2017
8653.430
950
8727
99.6
99.2
76.6
104.0
76.6
2018
7167.750
950
7163
81.8
81.6
76.8
86.1
76.9
2019
4983.360
950
4979
56.8
56.3
76.1
59.9
76.4
2020
6845.490
950
6880
78.3
78.3
76.2
82.0
76.6
2021
7559.140
950
7634
87.2
86.3
76.5
90.8
77.0
2022
8734.400
950
8674
99.0
99.0
77.1
105.0
77.8
2023
8113.040
950
8030
91.7
91.5
77.6
97.5
78.4
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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