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KUOSHENG-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-6
Taiwan Power Co.
Taiwan Power Co.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
985
MW
e
948
MW
e
985
MW
e
2894
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
19 Nov, 1975
01 Feb, 1981
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
21 May, 1981
28 Dec, 1981
Permanent Shutdown Date
28 Dec, 2021
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
270.95 TW.h
82.8 %
85.3 %
17.2 %
82.1 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2021
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
1981
Data from a trial operation not provided
1982
Data Not Provided
1983
"
1984
"
1985
"
1986
"
1987
"
1988
"
1989
5329.050
951
6447
73.6
63.0
NC
64.0
NC
1990
6898.010
918
8201
93.6
86.8
NC
85.8
NC
1991
5850.770
951
6678
76.2
71.4
NC
70.2
NC
1992
6152.350
951
7126
81.1
78.4
NC
73.6
NC
1993
5679.520
951
6457
73.7
71.1
NC
68.2
NC
1994
6302.270
950
7077
80.8
76.9
NC
75.7
NC
1995
6897.910
948
7734
88.3
84.6
76.0
83.1
74.3
1996
6950.760
948
7573
86.2
84.3
77.0
83.5
75.5
1997
6277.800
948
6978
79.7
77.5
77.1
75.6
75.5
1998
6426.040
948
7209
82.3
79.7
77.3
77.4
75.7
1999
7686.770
948
8439
96.3
93.8
78.8
92.6
77.2
2000
6588.580
948
7391
84.1
80.2
79.0
79.1
77.4
2001
6452.280
948
7070
80.7
78.8
78.9
77.7
77.4
2002
8068.540
948
8693
99.2
98.1
80.3
97.2
78.8
2003
6444.900
948
6968
79.5
78.3
80.2
77.6
78.7
2004
6978.480
948
7516
85.6
84.6
80.4
83.8
79.0
2005
8150.120
948
8749
99.9
98.4
81.5
98.1
80.2
2006
6903.610
985
7325
83.6
81.9
81.5
81.0
80.2
2007
7104.560
985
7429
84.8
82.3
81.6
82.3
80.3
2008
8384.820
985
8673
98.7
96.9
82.4
96.9
81.2
2009
7558.450
985
7823
89.3
87.5
82.6
87.6
81.5
2010
7949.610
985
8150
93.0
91.9
83.1
92.1
82.0
2011
8564.680
985
8760
100.0
99.1
83.8
99.3
82.8
2012
6170.620
985
6412
73.0
71.3
83.2
71.3
82.3
2013
7859.120
985
8165
93.2
91.0
83.6
91.1
82.6
2014
8490.720
985
8664
98.9
98.0
84.1
98.4
83.3
2015
7575.910
985
7807
89.1
87.5
84.3
87.8
83.4
2016
7665.070
985
7980
90.8
88.4
84.4
88.6
83.6
2017
4716.990
985
4916
56.1
54.6
83.4
54.7
82.6
2018
7236.390
985
7486
85.5
83.7
83.4
83.9
82.6
2019
8549.070
985
8760
100.0
99.0
83.9
99.1
83.2
2020
7374.210
985
7668
87.3
85.2
83.9
85.2
83.2
2021
3998.060
985
4369
50.4
46.6
82.8
46.8
82.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
NC – cumulative values not calculated when more than 50% of required data is missing in PRIS
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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