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DAYA BAY-1
(Guangdong 1)
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
M310
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE COMPANY LIMITED
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Co, Ltd.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
944
MW
e
930
MW
e
984
MW
e
2905
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
07 Aug, 1987
28 Jul, 1993
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
31 Aug, 1993
01 Feb, 1994
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
215.86 TW.h
87.2 %
88.8 %
12.8 %
87.5 %
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
1993
Data from a trial operation not provided
1994
5917.390
944
6539
79.6
76.3
76.3
76.8
76.8
1995
3723.630
944
4088
46.7
46.2
60.6
45.0
60.2
1996
6252.670
944
6847
78.0
76.0
65.9
75.4
65.4
1997
6491.230
944
7272
83.0
74.6
68.1
78.5
68.8
1998
6040.470
944
7344
83.8
72.0
68.9
73.0
69.6
1999
6723.650
944
7680
87.7
82.7
71.2
81.3
71.6
2000
6986.580
944
7641
87.0
85.2
73.2
84.3
73.4
2001
7009.340
944
7619
87.0
84.8
74.7
84.8
74.9
2002
7387.250
944
7924
90.5
89.5
76.4
89.3
76.5
2003
7400.760
944
7958
90.8
90.4
77.8
89.5
77.8
2004
7540.900
944
7789
88.7
88.2
78.7
90.9
79.0
2005
8260.490
944
8760
100.0
100.0
80.5
99.9
80.8
2006
6635.150
944
7133
81.4
79.9
80.5
80.2
80.7
2007
7542.130
944
8074
92.2
91.2
81.2
91.2
81.5
2008
8255.490
944
8774
99.9
99.8
82.5
99.6
82.7
2009
7439.130
944
8055
92.0
90.8
83.0
90.0
83.1
2010
7328.510
944
7876
89.9
89.0
83.4
88.6
83.5
2011
8222.610
944
8760
100.0
100.0
84.3
99.4
84.4
2012
6952.170
944
7452
84.8
83.6
84.2
83.8
84.3
2013
7150.010
944
7682
87.7
86.4
84.4
86.5
84.4
2014
8247.510
944
8735
99.7
99.3
85.1
99.7
85.2
2015
6581.670
944
6954
79.4
78.8
84.8
79.6
84.9
2016
7235.870
944
7671
87.3
86.6
84.9
87.3
85.0
2017
8343.320
944
8760
100.0
100.0
85.5
100.9
85.7
2018
7444.510
944
7871
89.8
89.2
85.6
90.0
85.8
2019
7771.680
944
8186
93.4
92.9
85.9
94.0
86.2
2020
8398.230
944
8784
100.0
100.0
86.4
101.3
86.7
2021
7421.560
944
7834
89.4
88.9
86.5
89.8
86.8
2022
7666.030
944
8101
92.5
91.8
86.7
92.7
87.0
2023
8307.470
944
8760
100.0
99.6
87.2
100.5
87.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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