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Santa Maria de Garona, Spain

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Nuclenor, S.A.
Model	BWR-3
Operator	Nuclenor, S.A.
Capacity Net	446 MWe
Capacity Gross	466 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1381 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 September 1966
Criticality	5 November 1970
Grid Connection	2 March 1971
Commercial Operation	11 May 1971

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	126.98 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	78.4 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	460	2668.9	6683	66	76.1
1973	440	2351.7	6532	61	74.6
1974	440	2237.8	6456	58.1	73.7
1975	440	2746.8	7079	71.3	80.8
1976	440	2859.9	7039	74	80.1
1977	440	1815.1	4743	47.1	54.1
1978	440	3111.1	7409	80.7	84.6
1979	440	2339.4	5786	60.7	66
1980	440	780.8	1926	20.2	21.9
1981	440	3178.7	7597	82.5	86.7
1982	440	2044.1	5132	53	58.6
1983	440	2322.1	5630	60.2	64.3
1984	440	2873.47	6853	74.4	78
1985	440	1731.01	4285	44.9	48.9
1986	440	3413.61	8173	88.6	93.3
1987	440	2565.12	6205	66.6	70.8
1988	440	2693.31	6639	69.7	75.6
1989	440	3515.79	8324	91.2	95
1990	440	2558.58	6297	66.4	71.9
1991	440	3678.28	8528	95.4	97.4
1992	440	2377.29	6360	61.5	72.4
1993	440	3671.85	8444	95.3	96.4
1994	440	3134.11	7271	81.3	83
1995	440	3825.96	8760	99.3	100
1996	440	3203.84	7450	82.9	84.8
1997	440	3363.74	7853	87.3	89.7
1998	446	3792.54	8735	97.1	99.7
1999	448	3330.79	7639	84.9	87.2
2000	446	3854.57	8699	98.4	99
2001	446	3435.04	7737	87.9	88.3
2002	446	3841.42	8679	98.3	99.1
2003	446	3577.75	8085	91.6	92.3
2004	446	3873.78	8699	98.9	99
2005	446	3515.28	7946	90	90.7
2006	446	3666.84	8487	93.8	96.9
2007	446	3321.87	7889	85	90.1
2008	446	3841.29	8710	98	99.2
2009	446	3414.02	7855	87.4	89.7
2010	446	3662.59	8337	93.8	95.2
2011	446	3578.47	8100	91.6	92.5
2012	446	3704.96	8349	94.6	95
Total:		125473.57

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

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