2024editionOperatingExperiencewithNuclearPowerStationsinMemberStatesOPERATINGEXPERIENCEWITHNUCLEARPOWERSTATIONSINMEMBERSTATES(2024EDITION)IAEA,VIENNA,2024IAEA/OPEX/2024ISSN1011-2634©IAEA,2024ProducedbytheIAEAinAustriaAugust2024EDITORIALNOTEThispublicationhasbeenpreparedfromtheoriginalmaterialassubmittedbythecontributorsandhasnotbeeneditedbytheeditorialstaffoftheIAEA.TheviewsexpressedremaintheresponsibilityofthecontributorsanddonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheIAEAoritsMemberStates.NeithertheIAEAnoritsMemberStatesassumeanyresponsibilityforconsequenceswhichmayarisefromtheuseofthispublication.Thispublicationdoesnotaddressquestionsofresponsibility,legalorotherwise,foractsoromissionsonthepartofanyperson.Theuseofparticulardesignationsofcountriesorterritoriesdoesnotimplyanyjudgementbythepublisher,theIAEA,astothelegalstatusofsuchcountriesorterritories,oftheirauthoritiesandinstitutionsorofthedelimitationoftheirboundaries.Thementionofnamesofspecificcompaniesorproducts(whetherornotindicatedasregistered)doesnotimplyanyintentiontoinfringeproprietaryrights,norshoulditbeconstruedasanendorsementorrecommendationonthepartoftheIAEA.TheIAEAhasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthirdpartyInternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.FOREWORDThisreportisthefifty-fifthintheIAEA’sseriesofannualreportsonoperatingexperiencewithnuclearpowerstationsworldwide.Asinpreviousyears,inadditiontoannualperformancedataandoutageinformation,thereportcontainsstatisticalinformationonelectricityproductionandtheoverallperformanceofindividualnuclearpowerplantsthatwereinoperationinthereportingyear.Inadditiontoannualinformation,thereportcontainsahistoricalsummaryofperformanceduringthelifetimeofindividualreactorsandshowcasesworldwideperformancedataofthenuclearindustry.Theintentbehindthisreport,andallrelatedIAEApublications,istoprovideausefultoolforeveryoneconcernedwithnuclearpower.Suggestionsandqueriesfromreadersaremostwelcome.DirectorDivisionofNuclearPowerInternationalAtomicEnergyAgencyViennaInternationalCentreP.O.Box1001400Vienna,AustriaContactEmail:PrisAdmin@iaea.org1.INTRODUCTIONThe2024editionofthispublicationcontainsintegratedreportscombiningnuclearreactoroperatingexperiencedatawithdesigncharacteristicsanddashboards.Theintegratedreportprovidesageneraloverviewofeachindividualoperatingnuclearpowerreactorthatwasinoperationin2023.Thepublicationprovidesannualperformancedataandoutageinformationforindividualnuclearpowerplants.Summariesofhistoricalperformanceandoutagesduringthelifetimesofthoseplantsarealsoincluded.Inordertoprovideabroadpictureofnuclearpowerusage,sixfiguresillustrateglobaloperationalstatisticsuptoandincluding2023.ThedatathatformthebasisofthispublicationareadirectoutputfromtheIAEA’sPowerReactorInformationSystem(PRIS),thedatabasethatcontainsallperformancedatapublishedintheIAEA’soperatingexperienceannualreportssince1970,aswellasbasicinformationonpowerreactors,includingdesigndata.Itpresentsoperatingexperiencedataforallnuclearpowerplantsworldwidefromthestartdateoftheircommercialoperation.ThePRISdataisavailablefreeofchargetoIAEAMemberStatesthroughitspublicwebsiteandon-lineapplication,PRIS-Statistics.Thewebsitewww.iaea.org/priscontainspubliclyavailableinformationaboutreactorunitsandnuclearindustry...