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SOUTH UKRAINE-3
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
VVER V-320
State Enterprise “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company ‘Energoatom”
State Enterprise “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company ‘Energoatom”
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
950
MW
e
950
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3000
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1984
02 Sep, 1989
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
20 Sep, 1989
29 Dec, 1989
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
172.15 TW.h
68.3 %
73.8 %
31.7 %
66.3 %
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
1989
1299.660
950
1992
1990
5691.560
950
6408
73.2
69.4
69.4
68.4
68.4
1991
5762.830
950
6996
79.9
70.0
69.7
69.2
68.8
1992
6458.140
1000
6646
75.7
75.2
71.6
73.5
70.4
1993
6043.390
950
6527
74.5
71.7
71.6
72.6
71.0
1994
5565.050
950
6223
71.0
66.4
70.6
66.9
70.2
1995
4954.780
950
6300
71.9
59.5
68.8
59.5
68.4
1996
6155.020
950
7463
85.0
73.8
69.5
73.8
69.2
1997
6514.770
950
7079
80.8
77.7
70.5
78.3
70.3
1998
5850.990
950
6396
73.0
69.9
70.4
70.3
70.3
1999
5464.320
950
6244
71.3
65.5
69.9
65.7
69.8
2000
5909.660
950
6588
75.0
70.6
70.0
70.8
69.9
2001
6136.350
950
6985
79.5
73.7
70.3
73.5
70.2
2002
6335.160
950
7043
80.4
76.0
70.7
76.1
70.7
2003
6036.520
950
6680
76.3
73.1
70.9
72.5
70.8
2004
6625.110
950
7246
82.5
79.9
71.5
79.4
71.4
2005
6801.030
950
7548
86.2
85.0
72.4
81.7
72.0
2006
4290.890
950
4734
54.0
53.0
71.2
51.6
70.8
2007
5326.100
950
5978
68.2
66.1
70.9
64.0
70.4
2008
4560.770
950
5961
67.9
58.6
70.3
54.6
69.6
2009
5343.140
950
7024
80.2
74.6
70.5
64.2
69.4
2010
5243.170
950
6778
77.4
62.9
70.1
63.0
69.0
2011
5372.610
950
6404
73.1
65.2
69.9
64.6
68.8
2012
4058.360
950
4448
50.6
48.5
69.0
48.6
68.0
2013
4731.070
950
6704
76.5
73.0
69.2
56.8
67.5
2014
5911.150
950
6781
77.4
87.4
69.9
71.0
67.6
2015
4993.400
950
6481
74.0
60.9
69.5
60.0
67.4
2016
5067.240
950
6445
73.4
63.6
69.3
60.7
67.1
2017
5657.500
950
6219
71.0
66.1
69.2
68.0
67.1
2018
5849.130
950
6260
71.5
67.6
69.1
70.3
67.2
2019
3729.040
950
4031
46.0
43.8
68.3
44.8
66.5
2020
5664.510
950
8490
96.6
77.6
68.6
67.9
66.5
2021
5003.020
950
5913
67.5
60.4
68.3
60.1
66.3
2022
Data Not Provided
2023
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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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