Russia

Kursk 2

Permanent Shutdown

Details

Reactor Type Light Water Graphite Reactor (or LWGR)
Model RBMK-1000
Owner Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'
Operator Joint Stock Company 'Concern Rosenergoatom'

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 January 1973
First Criticality Saturday, 16 December 1978
First Grid Connection Sunday, 28 January 1979
Commercial Operation Friday, 17 August 1979
Permanent Shutdown Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Specifications

Capacity Net 925 MWe
Capacity Gross 1000 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3200 MWt
Design Net Capacity 925 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 (%)
1979 925 6734 3613.90 80.40 62.40 62.40 62.30 62.30
1980 925 7658 6404.32 87.20 78.40 74.40 78.80 74.70
1981 925 7874 6385.88 89.90 78.70 76.30 78.80 76.40
1982 925 6443 5875.79 73.60 71.10 74.70 72.50 75.30
1983 925 7104 5707.64 81.10 70.10 73.60 70.40 74.20
1984 925 7219 6326.50 82.20 77.10 74.30 77.90 74.80
1985 925 7598 6459.94 86.70 79.40 75.10 79.70 75.60
1986 925 6575 5617.31 75.10 69.10 74.30 69.30 74.80
1987 1000 7539 7196.69 86.10 83.30 75.40 82.20 75.70
1988 925 6609 5725.66 75.20 73.90 75.30 70.50 75.20
1989 925 6797 6164.20 77.60 74.90 75.20 76.10 75.20
1990 925 6874 4789.70 78.50 62.20 74.10 59.10 73.80
1991 925 7361 4375.96 84.00 55.30 72.60 54.00 72.20
1992 925 3552 2158.37 40.40 27.20 69.20 26.60 68.80
1993 925 7432 4438.15 84.80 57.10 68.40 54.80 67.80
1994 925 7385 4212.17 84.30 53.50 67.40 52.00 66.80
1995 925 7708 4745.36 88.00 59.80 66.90 58.60 66.30
1996 925 7099 4196.12 80.80 52.70 66.10 51.60 65.50
1997 925 7076 4354.28 80.80 54.90 65.50 53.70 64.80
1998 925 2805 1685.05 32.00 21.30 63.20 20.80 62.60
1999 925 6066 3708.09 69.20 46.80 62.40 45.80 61.80
2000 925 6211 3668.06 70.70 46.20 61.70 45.10 61.00
2001 925 7667 4768.15 87.50 60.10 61.60 58.80 60.90
2002 925 4770 3027.77 54.40 38.10 60.60 37.40 59.90
2003 925 5834 3756.24 66.60 46.40 60.00 46.40 59.30
2004 925 4318 3692.07 49.20 45.00 59.40 45.40 58.80
2005 925 7782 6896.62 88.80 84.70 60.40 85.10 59.80
2006 925 7320 6574.42 83.60 80.30 61.10 81.10 60.60
2007 925 6207 5728.65 70.90 69.50 61.40 70.70 60.90
2008 925 7351 6835.74 83.70 82.60 62.10 84.10 61.70
2009 925 6778 6428.15 77.40 76.60 62.60 79.30 62.30
2010 925 8076 7448.67 92.20 87.80 63.40 91.90 63.20
2011 925 6539 6368.67 74.60 75.30 63.80 78.60 63.70
2012 925 7802 7401.98 88.80 87.80 64.50 91.10 64.50
2013 925 1606 1584.36 18.30 18.20 63.10 19.60 63.20
2014 925 7011 6299.77 80.00 77.70 63.60 77.70 63.60
2015 925 7160 6556.20 81.70 79.40 64.00 80.90 64.10
2016 925 6425 5678.19 73.10 68.80 64.10 69.90 64.20
2017 925 6209 5437.61 70.90 66.10 64.20 67.10 64.30
2018 925 5689 4702.96 64.90 56.20 64.00 58.00 64.20
2019 925 5656 5207.62 64.60 62.00 63.90 64.30 64.20
2020 925 5945 5532.83 67.70 66.60 64.00 68.10 64.30
2021 925 6162 5567.70 70.30 68.30 64.10 68.70 64.40
2022 925 7651 7019.38 87.30 85.80 64.60 86.60 64.90
2023 925 6818 6196.09 77.80 74.90 64.80 76.50 65.10
2024 925 724 709.60 97.30 100.00 64.90 103.10 65.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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