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Beznau-2, Switzerland

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Westinghouse
Owner	Kernkraftwerk BeznauCh-5312 Döttingen
Model	WH - 2 loops
Operator	Kernkraftwerk BeznauCh-5312 Döttingen
Capacity Net	365 MWe
Capacity Gross	380 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1130 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 January 1968
Criticality	16 October 1971
Grid Connection	23 October 1971
Commercial Operation	1 December 1971

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	111.91 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	87.5 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	364	2618.5	7624	81.9	86.8
1973	350	2220.7	7042	72.4	80.4
1974	350	2527.8	7607	82.4	86.8
1975	350	2547	7503	83.1	85.6
1976	350	2652.2	7777	86.3	88.5
1977	350	2690.9	7758	87.8	88.6
1978	350	2753.1	7888	89.8	90
1979	350	2700	7835	88.1	89.4
1980	350	2559	7279	83.2	82.9
1981	350	2768.8	7868	90.3	89.8
1982	350	2722.1	7811	88.8	89.2
1983	350	2790.5	7977	91	91.1
1984	350	2724.21	7874	88.6	89.6
1985	350	2629.06	7647	85.8	87.3
1986	350	2769.81	7983	90.3	91.1
1987	350	2527.62	7535	82.4	86
1988	350	2630.19	7604	85.6	86.6
1989	350	2643.34	7614	86.2	86.9
1990	350	2636.07	7568	86	86.4
1991	350	2619.53	7551	85.4	86.2
1992	350	2375.9	6836	77.3	77.8
1993	350	2650.93	7517	86.5	85.8
1994	350	3062.8	8710	99.9	99.4
1995	350	2560.94	7247	83.5	82.7
1996	357	2754.1	7912	89.1	90.1
1997	357	3090.24	8732	98.8	99.7
1998	357	2717.82	7755	86.9	88.5
1999	357	2217.19	6322	70.9	72.2
2000	365	3071.03	8499	95.8	96.8
2001	365	2568.68	7107	80.3	81.1
2002	365	3012.01	8292	94.2	94.7
2003	365	2920.29	8070	91.3	92.1
2004	365	3099.37	8556	96.7	97.4
2005	365	2801.02	7728	87.6	88.2
2006	365	3073.23	8517	96.1	97.2
2007	365	2911.65	8063	91.1	92
2008	365	3073.36	8505	95.9	96.8
2009	365	2758.47	7615	86.3	86.9
2010	365	2856.53	7865	89.3	89.8
2011	365	2739.21	7564	85.7	86.4
2012	365	2793.97	7715	87.1	87.8
Total:		111839.17

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

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