Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-5
Owner The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Operator The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 2 February 1985
First Criticality Wednesday, 25 May 1988
First Grid Connection Monday, 11 July 1988
Commercial Operation Friday, 10 February 1989
Long-term Shutdown Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Specifications

Capacity Net 789 MWe
Capacity Gross 820 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2436 MWt
Design Net Capacity 789 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 (%)
1988 791 2474 1317.12 - - - - -
1989 791 7485 5852.06 89.60 89.20 89.20 88.80 88.80
1990 790 6592 5123.51 75.20 74.00 81.30 74.00 81.10
1991 790 7121 5544.50 81.30 80.10 80.90 80.10 80.80
1992 790 7072 5516.14 80.50 79.70 80.60 79.50 80.40
1993 790 8592 6756.90 98.10 97.80 84.10 97.60 83.90
1994 790 7071 5547.27 80.70 80.60 83.50 80.20 83.30
1995 790 6888 5363.61 78.60 77.80 82.70 77.50 82.50
1996 790 7166 5583.69 81.60 80.80 82.40 80.50 82.20
1997 789 8760 6903.19 100.00 100.00 84.40 99.90 84.20
1998 789 7600 5962.47 86.80 86.50 84.60 86.30 84.40
1999 789 7319 5758.72 83.60 83.50 84.50 83.30 84.30
2000 789 7747 6083.96 88.20 88.10 84.80 87.80 84.60
2001 789 8760 6901.04 100.00 100.00 86.00 99.80 85.80
2002 789 7678 6055.09 87.60 87.60 86.10 87.60 85.90
2003 789 6133 4836.24 70.00 70.00 85.00 70.00 84.80
2004 789 5202 4097.56 59.20 59.00 83.40 59.10 83.20
2005 789 7544 5907.46 86.10 85.40 83.50 85.50 83.40
2006 789 6469 5085.40 73.80 73.60 83.00 73.60 82.80
2007 789 6970 5462.01 79.60 79.50 82.80 79.00 82.60
2008 789 6001 4703.60 68.30 68.20 82.00 67.90 81.90
2009 789 6799 5373.85 77.60 77.50 81.80 77.80 81.70
2010 789 2438 1924.42 27.80 27.60 79.40 27.80 79.20
2011 789 8760 6921.96 100.00 100.00 80.20 100.20 80.10
2012 789 625 491.69 7.10 7.10 77.20 7.10 77.10
2013 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 74.10 0.00 74.00
2014 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.20 0.00 71.10
2015 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.60 0.00 68.50
2016 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 66.10 0.00 66.00
2017 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.80 0.00 63.80
2018 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.70 0.00 61.60
2019 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.70 0.00 59.60
2020 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.80 0.00 57.80
2021 789 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 56.10 0.00 56.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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