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KUDANKULAM-2
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
MW
e
917
MW
e
1000
MW
e
3000
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
04 Jul, 2002
10 Jul, 2016
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
29 Aug, 2016
31 Mar, 2017
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
4.90 TW.h
48.6 %
50.2 %
51.4 %
45.8 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2017
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
2016
749.030
917
1790
2017
4147.800
932
4991
50.2
48.6
48.6
45.8
45.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data are from the PRIS database. Last update on 2018-04-23
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