RINGHALS-3

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PWR
WH 3LP
Ringhals AB
Ringhals AB
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
1081 MWe
915 MWe
1128 MWe
3135 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1972
29 Jul, 1980
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
07 Sep, 1980
09 Sep, 1981

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
296.08 TW.h
78.7 %
84.5 %
21.3 %
77.3 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2025

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
1980 351.200 915 1306
1981 2859.200 920 4560 29.5 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8
1982 1251.600 915 3680 42.0 15.6 18.4 15.6 18.4
1983 2909.900 915 5886 67.2 38.2 26.6 38.2 26.6
1984 5346.560 915 6450 73.4 72.4 40.6 66.5 38.8
1985 6090.250 915 7580 86.5 84.8 50.9 76.0 47.5
1986 6233.870 915 7026 80.2 78.8 56.2 77.8 53.2
1987 6169.210 915 7485 85.4 83.1 60.5 77.0 57.0
1988 6151.170 915 7645 87.0 77.1 62.8 76.5 59.7
1989 5829.680 915 7757 88.6 82.6 65.2 72.7 61.2
1990 5871.270 915 7855 89.7 74.0 66.1 73.2 62.5
1991 5923.600 915 8007 91.4 75.7 67.0 73.9 63.6
1992 5622.120 915 7941 90.4 82.3 68.4 70.0 64.2
1993 6685.760 915 7964 90.9 89.8 70.1 83.4 65.8
1994 6873.370 918 8097 92.4 86.1 71.3 85.5 67.2
1995 4873.560 918 6040 69.0 60.7 70.6 60.6 66.8
1996 6816.760 910 8166 93.0 87.3 71.7 85.3 68.0
1997 6581.420 910 8107 92.5 81.7 72.3 82.6 68.9
1998 6382.650 915 8008 91.4 81.3 72.8 79.6 69.5
1999 6975.980 911 7899 90.2 88.0 73.6 87.4 70.5
2000 6165.840 911 7966 90.7 89.5 74.5 77.0 70.8
2001 6285.260 911 7942 90.7 79.4 74.7 78.8 71.2
2002 6890.610 915 7930 90.5 88.8 75.4 86.0 71.9
2003 6714.600 915 7475 85.3 84.4 75.8 83.8 72.4
2004 7497.900 915 8295 94.4 93.9 76.6 93.3 73.3
2005 7181.560 915 8075 92.2 90.5 77.1 89.6 74.0
2006 6570.840 1045 7249 82.8 75.0 77.0 76.4 74.1
2007 5990.800 1045 6565 74.9 64.3 76.5 65.4 73.7
2008 7599.800 985 7980 90.8 87.8 76.9 87.8 74.3
2009 8102.890 1044 8093 92.4 89.7 77.4 89.8 74.9
2010 7605.450 1051 7590 86.6 81.9 77.6 82.6 75.2
2011 7141.610 1057 7032 80.3 77.2 77.6 77.1 75.3
2012 8327.820 1064 8088 92.1 89.2 78.0 89.6 75.8
2013 6949.960 1064 6852 78.2 73.8 77.9 74.6 75.7
2014 8099.920 1062 7887 90.0 86.2 78.1 87.0 76.1
2015 7753.270 1063 7853 89.6 82.5 78.3 83.3 76.4
2016 7437.540 1065 7106 80.9 78.9 78.3 79.6 76.4
2017 7988.550 1065 8027 91.6 84.9 78.5 85.6 76.7
2018 8144.410 1062 7821 89.3 86.5 78.7 87.5 77.0
2019 8212.370 1062 8107 92.6 87.0 79.0 88.3 77.4
2020 5522.530 1072 5452 62.1 63.1 78.5 59.0 76.9
2021 6623.060 1072 6214 70.9 69.1 78.3 70.5 76.7
2022 8151.850 1074 7780 88.8 85.6 78.5 86.6 77.0
2023 7694.600 1081 7503 85.6 80.5 78.5 81.5 77.1
2024 7560.560 1081 7157 81.5 78.8 78.5 79.6 77.1
2025 8027.370 1081 7966 90.9 84.6 78.7 84.8 77.3
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2026-07-20


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