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QINSHAN 3-2
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
25 Sep, 1998
18 Jan, 2003
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
12 Jun, 2003
24 Jul, 2003
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
107.90 TW.h
91.5 %
91.9 %
8.5 %
91.0 %
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
2003
Data Not Provided
2004
5358.590
665
8236
93.8
92.4
92.4
91.7
91.7
2005
4604.650
665
7014
80.1
80.1
86.3
79.0
85.4
2006
5038.170
650
7721
88.1
86.7
86.4
88.5
86.4
2007
5675.700
650
8559
97.7
97.6
89.2
99.7
89.7
2008
5083.410
650
7697
87.6
87.2
88.8
89.0
89.6
2009
5523.740
650
8359
95.4
95.4
89.9
97.0
90.8
2010
5341.460
650
8099
92.4
92.1
90.2
93.8
91.2
2011
5261.090
650
7951
90.8
90.3
90.2
92.4
91.4
2012
5210.750
650
7980
90.8
90.4
90.2
91.3
91.4
2013
5794.090
650
8760
100.0
99.8
91.2
101.8
92.4
2014
5223.320
650
7892
90.1
90.0
91.1
91.7
92.3
2015
5623.820
677
8553
97.6
97.3
91.6
94.8
92.5
2016
4555.030
677
6979
79.4
79.3
90.6
76.6
91.3
2017
5598.620
677
8580
98.0
98.2
91.2
94.4
91.5
2018
4685.150
677
7183
82.0
81.6
90.5
79.0
90.6
2019
5716.870
677
8686
99.2
98.0
91.0
96.4
91.0
2020
5261.050
677
8014
91.2
91.0
91.0
88.5
90.9
2021
5607.860
677
8540
97.5
98.6
91.4
94.6
91.1
2022
4979.490
677
7573
86.4
84.6
91.1
84.0
90.7
2023
5737.330
677
8760
100.0
98.6
91.5
96.7
91.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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