Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model 2-loops KWU
Owner N.V. Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland
Operator N.V. Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 July 1969
First Criticality Wednesday, 20 June 1973
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 4 July 1973
Commercial Operation Friday, 26 October 1973

Specifications

Capacity Net 482 MWe
Capacity Gross 515 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1366 MWt
Design Net Capacity 495 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1973 447 2682 620.50 71.30 47.80 47.80 47.70 47.70
1974 477 6840 2993.70 78.10 71.60 68.40 71.60 68.40
1975 447 6494 2776.90 74.10 70.80 69.50 70.90 69.50
1976 450 7521 3274.40 85.60 82.80 73.60 82.80 73.70
1977 450 7318 3142.40 83.50 80.40 75.20 79.70 75.10
1978 445 7997 3424.10 91.30 88.40 77.70 87.80 77.50
1979 445 6785 2900.00 77.40 83.50 78.60 74.40 77.00
1980 447 8496 3593.00 96.70 92.80 80.60 91.50 79.00
1981 447 7094 3048.30 81.00 78.80 80.40 77.80 78.90
1982 452 7489 3315.90 85.50 83.90 80.80 83.70 79.40
1983 452 6959 3050.00 79.40 76.90 80.40 77.00 79.20
1984 452 6895 3062.00 78.50 76.60 80.00 77.10 79.00
1985 452 7299 3261.15 83.30 81.90 80.20 82.40 79.30
1986 452 8053 3574.00 91.90 89.90 80.90 90.30 80.10
1987 452 6756 2950.93 77.10 74.20 80.50 74.50 79.70
1988 452 6763 3032.55 77.00 76.20 80.20 76.40 79.50
1989 452 7711 3421.85 88.00 87.80 80.70 81.20 79.60
1990 452 6636 2885.86 75.80 75.60 80.40 68.50 78.90
1991 452 6221 2728.53 71.00 69.20 79.80 68.90 78.40
1992 452 6412 2830.34 73.00 80.60 79.80 71.30 78.00
1993 452 7376 3328.15 84.20 83.60 80.00 84.00 78.30
1994 452 7489 3321.97 85.50 84.10 80.20 83.90 78.60
1995 452 7654 3386.75 87.40 86.80 80.50 85.50 78.90
1996 452 7978 3520.28 90.80 88.20 80.80 88.70 79.30
1997 - - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - -
1999 449 8363 3604.20 95.50 94.20 81.40 91.60 79.80
2000 449 8262 3698.96 94.10 93.10 81.80 93.80 80.40
2001 449 8404 3746.67 95.90 94.60 82.30 95.30 80.90
2002 450 8284 3686.89 94.60 93.40 82.70 93.50 81.40
2003 450 8431 3788.31 96.20 95.30 83.20 96.10 81.90
2004 450 8073 3604.69 91.90 91.10 83.40 91.20 82.20
2005 450 8430 3771.93 96.20 95.50 83.80 95.70 82.70
2006 482 7542 3272.61 86.10 84.60 83.80 82.50 82.60
2007 482 8346 3993.87 95.30 95.10 84.20 94.60 83.00
2008 482 8161 3933.64 92.90 92.60 84.50 92.90 83.40
2009 482 8352 4017.67 95.30 95.10 84.80 95.20 83.70
2010 482 7807 3754.88 89.10 88.90 84.90 88.90 83.90
2011 482 8092 3917.24 92.40 92.10 85.10 92.80 84.10
2012 482 7722 3706.68 87.90 86.90 85.20 87.60 84.20
2013 482 5737 2736.93 65.50 63.70 84.60 64.80 83.70
2014 482 8054 3873.51 92.00 91.20 84.80 91.80 83.90
2015 482 8020 3861.63 91.60 90.50 84.90 91.50 84.10
2016 482 7836 3749.81 89.20 87.80 85.00 88.60 84.20
2017 482 6672 3263.18 76.20 75.60 84.80 77.30 84.10
2018 482 6997 3340.53 79.90 78.30 84.60 79.10 83.90
2019 482 7769 3700.71 88.70 86.80 84.70 87.70 84.00
2020 482 8100 3885.68 92.20 91.70 84.80 91.80 84.20
2021 482 7956 3614.16 90.80 86.40 84.90 85.60 84.20
2022 482 8265 3930.56 94.40 94.10 85.10 93.10 84.40
2023 482 7955 3771.24 90.80 89.80 85.10 89.30 84.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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