KUDANKULAM-1

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PWR
VVER V-412
NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA, LTD.
NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA, LTD.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
932 MWe
917 MWe
1000 MWe
3000 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
31 Mar, 2002
13 Jul, 2013
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
22 Oct, 2013
31 Dec, 2014

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
49.29 TW.h
63.4 %
68.2 %
36.6 %
63.7 %
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
2013 0.290 917 661
2014 2542.230 917 4212
2015 3212.830 917 3993 45.6 39.7 39.7 40.0 40.0
2016 5823.010 932 6828 77.7 71.2 55.6 71.1 55.7
2017 2889.260 932 3937 44.9 36.5 49.2 35.4 48.9
2018 4372.960 932 4997 57.0 53.6 50.3 53.6 50.1
2019 4847.990 932 5349 61.1 59.5 52.2 59.4 51.9
2020 4968.800 932 6369 72.5 60.5 53.6 60.7 53.4
2021 6475.110 932 6982 79.7 78.1 57.1 79.3 57.1
2022 6572.070 932 7228 82.5 79.7 59.9 80.5 60.0
2023 7584.740 932 8141 92.9 91.8 63.4 92.9 63.7
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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