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KUOSHENG-2
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
15 Mar, 1976
26 Mar, 1982
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
29 Jun, 1982
16 Mar, 1983
Permanent Shutdown Date
14 Mar, 2023
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
266.07 TW.h
83.9 %
82.8 %
16.1 %
79.5 %
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
1982
Data from a trial operation not provided
1983
Data Not Provided
1984
"
1985
"
1986
"
1987
"
1988
"
1989
5227.300
951
6390
73.0
61.9
NC
62.8
NC
1990
6000.550
936
6819
77.8
73.5
NC
73.2
NC
1991
7186.350
951
8101
92.5
89.3
NC
86.3
NC
1992
6176.280
951
6985
79.5
76.8
NC
73.9
NC
1993
6138.110
951
6921
79.0
74.9
NC
73.7
NC
1994
6224.080
950
6868
78.4
74.8
75.2
74.8
74.1
1995
5999.720
948
6543
74.7
72.2
74.8
72.2
73.8
1996
7423.240
948
7978
90.8
89.6
76.6
89.1
75.8
1997
7087.250
948
7745
88.4
86.1
77.7
85.3
76.8
1998
6549.570
948
7242
82.7
79.4
77.8
78.9
77.0
1999
6831.880
948
7544
86.1
84.2
78.4
82.3
77.5
2000
7237.590
948
8234
93.7
89.3
79.3
86.9
78.3
2001
5976.730
948
6772
77.3
72.4
78.8
72.0
77.8
2002
6922.550
948
7530
86.0
85.0
79.2
83.4
78.2
2003
7623.100
948
8427
96.2
93.5
80.2
91.8
79.1
2004
6493.970
948
7301
83.1
79.8
80.2
78.0
79.0
2005
6737.820
948
7424
84.8
82.3
80.3
81.1
79.2
2006
7868.390
948
8560
97.7
95.9
81.2
94.8
80.0
2007
7031.520
948
7716
88.1
86.1
81.4
84.7
80.3
2008
7304.970
948
8029
91.4
87.7
81.7
87.7
80.6
2009
8068.140
948
8739
99.8
97.2
82.5
97.2
81.4
2010
6997.810
948
7649
87.3
84.3
82.6
84.3
81.6
2011
7443.470
985
7909
90.3
88.8
82.8
89.3
81.9
2012
8530.250
985
8765
99.8
98.5
83.5
98.6
82.6
2013
7784.600
985
8057
92.0
90.2
83.8
90.2
82.9
2014
7917.000
985
8098
92.4
91.3
84.1
91.8
83.3
2015
8571.330
985
8760
100.0
98.9
84.6
99.3
83.9
2016
2415.470
985
2450
27.9
79.1
84.4
27.9
81.8
2017
0.000
985
0
0.0
75.1
84.1
0.0
78.9
2018
4661.560
985
4960
56.6
54.0
83.1
54.0
78.1
2019
7481.740
985
7712
88.0
86.6
83.2
86.7
78.4
2020
7589.270
985
7801
88.8
87.6
83.3
87.7
78.7
2021
8263.280
985
8587
98.0
95.7
83.7
95.8
79.2
2022
7512.730
985
7793
89.0
87.0
83.8
87.1
79.4
2023
1720.150
985
1746
100.0
99.9
83.9
100.2
79.5
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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