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CHERNOBYL-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
LWGR
RBMK
SE “NNEGC “ENERGOATOM”
MINTOPENERGO OF UKRAINE - MINISTRY OF FUEL AND ENERGY OF UKRAINE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
740
MW
e
925
MW
e
800
MW
e
3200
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Mar, 1970
02 Aug, 1977
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
26 Sep, 1977
27 May, 1978
Permanent Shutdown Date
30 Nov, 1996
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
97.27 TW.h
63.1 %
75.3 %
36.9 %
64.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1996
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
1977
512.100
721
1570
1978
5356.600
925
5796
69.1
70.4
70.4
69.4
69.4
1979
6029.010
925
7548
86.2
74.7
73.1
74.4
72.6
1980
6381.810
925
7523
85.6
78.3
75.1
78.5
74.9
1981
5826.320
925
6743
77.0
71.4
74.1
71.9
74.0
1982
4171.610
925
5171
59.0
51.8
69.2
51.5
69.1
1983
4284.220
925
5990
68.4
53.7
66.5
52.9
66.2
1984
6521.550
925
7337
83.5
79.7
68.5
80.3
68.4
1985
6736.200
925
7442
85.0
82.7
70.4
83.1
70.3
1986
3839.670
925
4431
50.6
47.2
67.7
47.4
67.6
1987
6406.620
1000
7296
83.3
75.9
68.6
73.1
68.2
1988
5653.090
925
6524
74.3
71.7
68.9
69.6
68.4
1989
6098.700
925
6807
77.7
75.8
69.5
75.3
69.0
1990
5176.910
925
7415
84.6
64.5
69.1
63.9
68.6
1991
4369.870
925
7525
85.9
55.1
68.0
53.9
67.5
1992
1259.270
925
1949
22.2
7.3
63.9
15.5
63.9
1993
4638.400
721
7733
88.3
46.5
63.0
73.4
64.4
1994
4317.270
925
6784
77.4
54.2
62.5
53.3
63.8
1995
4751.290
925
6901
78.8
58.6
62.3
58.6
63.4
1996
4942.890
740
7454
92.7
83.1
63.1
83.1
64.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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