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QINSHAN 3-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 6
Qinshan Third nuclear power Co., LTD
CNNC Nuclear Operation Management Company Limited
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
677
MW
e
677
MW
e
728
MW
e
2064
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
08 Jun, 1998
21 Sep, 2002
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
19 Nov, 2002
31 Dec, 2002
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
110.24 TW.h
90.2 %
90.9 %
9.8 %
90.3 %
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
2002
Data from a trial operation not provided
2003
5174.750
650
7977
91.1
86.6
86.6
90.9
90.9
2004
4405.520
650
6745
76.8
75.6
81.1
77.2
84.0
2005
4781.600
650
7249
82.8
82.4
81.5
84.0
84.0
2006
5577.790
650
8484
96.8
96.3
85.2
98.0
87.5
2007
5020.400
650
7597
86.7
86.4
85.5
88.2
87.6
2008
5328.570
650
8051
91.7
91.1
86.4
93.3
88.6
2009
5326.220
650
8076
92.2
91.9
87.2
93.5
89.3
2010
5216.340
650
7884
90.0
89.7
87.5
91.6
89.6
2011
5388.510
650
8131
92.8
92.6
88.1
94.6
90.1
2012
5544.580
650
8462
96.3
96.2
88.9
97.1
90.8
2013
5237.400
650
7949
90.7
89.9
89.0
92.0
90.9
2014
5594.850
650
8451
96.5
96.1
89.6
98.3
91.6
2015
4758.340
677
7292
83.2
83.2
89.1
80.2
90.6
2016
5476.060
677
8351
95.1
94.9
89.5
92.1
90.8
2017
4542.770
677
7000
79.9
78.6
88.8
76.6
89.8
2018
5729.050
677
8657
98.8
98.8
89.4
96.6
90.2
2019
5061.340
677
7709
88.0
86.0
89.2
85.3
89.9
2020
5714.700
677
8699
99.0
99.0
89.8
96.1
90.3
2021
5073.940
677
7745
88.4
89.5
89.7
85.6
90.0
2022
5778.630
677
8760
100.0
98.1
90.2
97.4
90.4
2023
5291.350
677
8067
92.1
90.3
90.2
89.2
90.3
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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