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The nominal installed capacity utilization factor for power-generating units in different types of nuclear power plants is analyzed. It is shown that this indicator does not correlate with the operative regulation for servicing power-generating units, and it does not take into account the probability of unanticipated power decreases due to equipment failures and the present operating conditions of nuclear power plants in the common power system operating in Russia.
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Sigal, E.M. Nominal Installed Capacity Utilization Factor (ICUF) as an Indicator of the Installed Capacity Utilization Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant. Atomic Energy 94, 71–75 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023631702553
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023631702553