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KURSK-2
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
LWGR
RBMK-1000
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
925
MW
e
925
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3200
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1973
16 Dec, 1978
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
28 Jan, 1979
17 Aug, 1979
Permanent Shutdown Date
31 Jan, 2024
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
236.14 TW.h
64.8 %
74.6 %
35.2 %
65.1 %
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
1979
3613.900
925
6734
80.4
62.4
62.4
62.3
62.3
1980
6404.320
925
7658
87.2
78.4
74.4
78.8
74.7
1981
6385.880
925
7874
89.9
78.7
76.3
78.8
76.4
1982
5875.790
925
6443
73.6
71.1
74.7
72.5
75.3
1983
5707.640
925
7104
81.1
70.1
73.6
70.4
74.2
1984
6326.500
925
7219
82.2
77.1
74.3
77.9
74.8
1985
6459.940
925
7598
86.7
79.4
75.1
79.7
75.6
1986
5617.310
925
6575
75.1
69.1
74.3
69.3
74.8
1987
7196.690
1000
7539
86.1
83.3
75.4
82.2
75.7
1988
5725.660
925
6609
75.2
73.9
75.3
70.5
75.2
1989
6164.200
925
6797
77.6
74.9
75.2
76.1
75.2
1990
4789.700
925
6874
78.5
62.2
74.1
59.1
73.8
1991
4375.960
925
7361
84.0
55.3
72.6
54.0
72.2
1992
2158.370
925
3552
40.4
27.2
69.2
26.6
68.8
1993
4438.150
925
7432
84.8
57.1
68.4
54.8
67.8
1994
4212.170
925
7385
84.3
53.5
67.4
52.0
66.8
1995
4745.360
925
7708
88.0
59.8
66.9
58.6
66.3
1996
4196.120
925
7099
80.8
52.7
66.1
51.6
65.5
1997
4354.280
925
7076
80.8
54.9
65.5
53.7
64.8
1998
1685.050
925
2805
32.0
21.3
63.2
20.8
62.6
1999
3708.090
925
6066
69.2
46.8
62.4
45.8
61.8
2000
3668.060
925
6211
70.7
46.2
61.7
45.1
61.0
2001
4768.150
925
7667
87.5
60.1
61.6
58.8
60.9
2002
3027.770
925
4770
54.4
38.1
60.6
37.4
59.9
2003
3756.240
925
5834
66.6
46.4
60.0
46.4
59.3
2004
3692.070
925
4318
49.2
45.0
59.4
45.4
58.8
2005
6896.620
925
7782
88.8
84.7
60.4
85.1
59.8
2006
6574.420
925
7320
83.6
80.3
61.1
81.1
60.6
2007
5728.650
925
6207
70.9
69.5
61.4
70.7
60.9
2008
6835.740
925
7351
83.7
82.6
62.1
84.1
61.7
2009
6428.150
925
6778
77.4
76.6
62.6
79.3
62.3
2010
7448.670
925
8076
92.2
87.8
63.4
91.9
63.2
2011
6368.670
925
6539
74.6
75.3
63.8
78.6
63.7
2012
7401.980
925
7802
88.8
87.8
64.5
91.1
64.5
2013
1584.360
925
1606
18.3
18.2
63.1
19.6
63.2
2014
6299.770
925
7011
80.0
77.7
63.6
77.7
63.6
2015
6556.200
925
7160
81.7
79.4
64.0
80.9
64.1
2016
5678.190
925
6425
73.1
68.8
64.1
69.9
64.2
2017
5437.610
925
6209
70.9
66.1
64.2
67.1
64.3
2018
4702.960
925
5689
64.9
56.2
64.0
58.0
64.2
2019
5207.620
925
5656
64.6
62.0
63.9
64.3
64.2
2020
5532.830
925
5945
67.7
66.6
64.0
68.1
64.3
2021
5567.700
925
6162
70.3
68.3
64.1
68.7
64.4
2022
7019.380
925
7651
87.3
85.8
64.6
86.6
64.9
2023
6196.090
925
6818
77.8
74.9
64.8
76.5
65.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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