CHERNOBYL-2

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
925 MWe
925 MWe
1000 MWe
3200 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Feb, 1973
17 Nov, 1978
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
21 Dec, 1978
28 May, 1979
Permanent Shutdown Date
11 Oct, 1991

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
75.99 TW.h
NC
NC
NC
NC
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 1991

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
1978 Data from a trial operation not provided
1979 Data Not Provided
1980 "
1981 "
1982 "
1983 "
1984 "
1985 "
1986 "
1987 6826.900 1000 7367 84.1 80.2 NC 77.9 NC
1988 6112.730 925 7176 81.7 78.9 NC 75.2 NC
1989 6393.870 925 7627 87.1 79.3 NC 78.9 NC
1990 4374.890 925 6808 77.7 52.7 NC 54.0 NC
1991 2781.390 925 4818 72.9 46.8 NC 45.8 NC
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 2025-04-22


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