Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CPR-1000
Owner Lingdong Nuclear Power Company Ltd.
Operator Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Co Ltd

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 15 June 2006
First Criticality Friday, 25 February 2011
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Commercial Operation Sunday, 7 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 1007 MWe
Capacity Gross 1086 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2905 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1007 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
2011 1007 5268 3914.72 100.00 99.60 99.60 96.00 96.00
2012 1020 7156 7009.72 81.50 80.10 85.80 78.20 83.40
2013 1007 7880 7870.25 90.00 88.40 86.90 89.20 85.80
2014 1007 7972 7895.97 91.00 89.80 87.70 89.50 86.90
2015 1007 7963 7916.59 90.90 90.30 88.30 89.70 87.50
2016 1007 7329 7211.42 83.40 87.60 88.20 81.50 86.40
2017 1007 7668 7677.26 87.50 91.20 88.60 87.00 86.50
2018 1007 8447 8207.81 96.40 97.90 89.90 93.00 87.40
2019 1007 7588 7157.30 86.60 88.80 89.80 81.10 86.60
2020 1007 8185 7333.58 93.20 92.80 90.10 82.90 86.20
2021 1007 7331 7366.90 83.70 82.60 89.40 83.50 86.00
2022 1007 8744 8841.24 99.80 99.80 90.30 100.20 87.20
2023 1007 8229 8260.89 93.90 93.20 90.50 93.60 87.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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