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CHERNOBYL-3
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
MW
e
925
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3200
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Mar, 1976
02 Jun, 1981
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
03 Dec, 1981
08 Jun, 1982
Permanent Shutdown Date
15 Dec, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
98.00 TW.h
67.1 %
67.3 %
32.9 %
63.8 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2000
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
260.000
925
694
1982
5829.690
925
7542
90.8
84.0
84.0
84.0
84.0
1983
6314.280
925
7338
83.8
77.6
80.0
77.9
80.2
1984
6722.350
925
7562
86.1
82.4
80.9
82.7
81.2
1985
6457.490
925
7163
81.8
79.2
80.4
79.7
80.8
1986
1664.250
925
1890
21.6
95.5
83.7
20.5
67.6
1987
338.030
1000
584
6.7
3.9
68.5
3.9
55.5
1988
6450.980
925
7432
84.6
82.2
70.6
79.4
59.1
1989
6252.850
925
7148
81.6
76.8
71.4
77.2
61.4
1990
6348.620
925
6976
79.6
77.1
72.0
78.4
63.4
1991
6070.280
925
6737
76.9
74.1
72.2
74.9
64.6
1992
4010.290
925
3715
42.3
40.4
69.3
49.4
63.1
1993
6983.370
925
7781
88.8
85.9
70.7
86.2
65.1
1994
5222.640
925
6178
70.5
64.1
70.2
64.5
65.1
1995
6007.590
925
6530
74.5
73.7
70.4
74.1
65.7
1996
5659.260
925
6749
76.8
69.6
70.4
69.6
66.0
1997
4057.450
925
4735
54.0
49.7
69.0
50.1
65.0
1998
4378.000
925
4961
56.6
53.5
68.1
54.0
64.3
1999
3047.320
925
3503
40.0
37.4
66.4
37.6
62.8
2000
6187.790
925
7577
92.8
81.8
67.1
82.1
63.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15
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