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Oldbury-2, United Kingdom

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Permanent Shutdown

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	GCR
Vendor	The Nuclear Power Group (TNPG)
Owner	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Model	MAGNOX
Operator	Magnox Electric Limited
Capacity Net	217 MWe
Capacity Gross	230 MWe
Capacity Thermal	660 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 May 1962
Criticality	1 December 1967
Grid Connection	6 April 1968
Commercial Operation	30 September 1968
Shutdown	30 June 2011

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	65.63 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	81.3 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	210	1436.45	8736	78.3	100
1973	200	1265.2	8704	72.4	99.6
1974	200	1355	8731	77.6	99.9
1975	204	1436.5	8693	80.6	99.5
1976	208	1508.5	8714	81.4	97.9
1977	208	1555	8736	85.6	100
1978	208	1533.5	8736	84.4	100
1979	208	1592	8736	87.6	100
1980	208	1648	8736	90.7	100
1981	208	1688	8904	91.1	100
1982	208	1717	8736	94.5	100
1983	217	1506.5	8566	79.5	98
1984	217	1520.5	8736	80.2	100
1985	217	1661.05	8701	87.6	99.6
1986	217	1654.28	8650	87.3	99
1987	217	1611.46	8904	83.4	100
1988	217	1687.6	8530	89	97.6
1989	217	1457.59	8644	76.9	99
1990	217	1457.53	8713	76.9	99.7
1991	217	1592.09	8736	84	100
1992	217	1706.07	8857	88.3	99.5
1993	217	1770.63	8736	93.4	100
1994	217	1743.4	8318	92	95.2
1995	217	1841.31	8613	96.9	98.3
1996	217	1790.89	8641	94	98.4
1997	217	1832.39	8618	96.4	98.4
1998	217	1883.09	8760	99.1	100
1999	217	1515.45	7036	79.7	80.3
2000	217	1951.59	8685	102.4	98.9
2001	217	1939.82	8715	102	99.5
2002	217	1705.69	7724	89.7	88.2
2003	217	1859.37	8187	97.8	93.5
2004	217	1686.38	8187	88.5	93.2
2005	217	776.53	3743	40.8	42.7
2006	217	0	0	0	0
2007	217	618	3178	32.5	36.3
2008	217	1660.09	8241	87.1	93.8
2009	217	1265.09	6439	66.6	73.5
2010	217	1371.88	6579	72.2	75.1
2011	217	624.93	3113	66.3	71.7
2012	0	0	0	0	0
Total:		60426.35

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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