Power Reactor Information System
PRIS is a comprehensive data source of nuclear power reactors in the world. It includes specification and performance history data of operating reactors as well as reactors under construction and those being decommissioned.
The reactor specification data consist of basic information, such as location, operator, owner, suppliers, and milestone dates, and technical characteristics of design. The performance data include energy production and loss data as well as outage and operational event information.
Since 1970, the monthly data on production and power losses have been recorded in PRIS. Recently the electricity production data were complemented by information on energy provided by nuclear power plants to non-electrical applications, such as district heating, process heat supply or desalination. Information about the decommissioning process of shutdown units has been also incorporated into PRIS.
Due to detailed classification of energy losses and comprehensive outage coding system, a set of internationally accepted performance indicators are calculated from the PRIS performance data. The indicators can be used for benchmarking, international comparison or analyses of nuclear power availability and reliability from reactor specific, national or worldwide perspectives. These analyses can be utilized in evaluating the competitive advantages of nuclear power compared with other power sources.
PRIS outputs are available in annual publications, on the public PRIS website, and to registered users through on-line applications.
Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, published since 1981, is one of the most popular annual publication of the IAEA. The publication Operating Experience with Nuclear Power Stations in Member States has been published since 1970; it includes comprehensive information about operational experience of each individual reactor unit.
Registered users have on-line access to PRIS through the web-based applications supporting data collection and performance indicator reporting.
Resource Characteristics
Since 1970, the monthly data on production and power losses have been recorded in PRIS. Recently the electricity production data were complemented by information on energy provided by nuclear power plants to non-electrical applications, such as district heating, process heat supply or desalination. Information about the decommissioning process of shutdown units has been also incorporated into PRIS.
Due to detailed classification of energy losses and comprehensive outage coding system, a set of internationally accepted performance indicators are calculated from the PRIS performance data. The indicators can be used for benchmarking, international comparison or analyses of nuclear power availability and reliability from reactor specific, national or worldwide perspectives. These analyses can be utilized in evaluating the competitive advantages of nuclear power compared with other power sources.
PRIS outputs are available in annual publications, on the public PRIS website, and to registered users through on-line applications.
Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, published since 1981, is one of the most popular annual publication of the IAEA. The publication Operating Experience with Nuclear Power Stations in Member States has been published since 1970; it includes comprehensive information about operational experience of each individual reactor unit.
Registered users have on-line access to PRIS through the web-based applications supporting data collection and performance indicator reporting.
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- Authoritative: All information in the resource has been verified by authorities as indicated.
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- Not quality-checked: Although the information in the resource may come from peer-reviewed journals or other high-quality sources, it has not undergone subsequent quality checking before incorporation in the resource.
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- Comprehensive:The resource includes all items in the category for which the resource was created.
- Selective: The resource includes only selected items in the category for which the resource was created, with the process or basis for the selection as indicated.
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- Updated continually: A conscientious effort is made to add new information immediately and keep the resource up-to-date on a day-by-day basis.
- Updated periodically: The resource is updated on a schedule. Common values are monthly, quarterly, annually or biennially, but others are also used.
- Updated occasionally: The resource is updated now and then, but not on a schedule.
- Static: The resource is a one-off creation with no plans for updates, or a resource that was updated in the past but has now been frozen with no new input planned.
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Subject
Nuclear Power
Organizational Source
Nuclear Energy
Data Type
Statistics and Forecasts
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