Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model PWR 3 Loop
Owner Kernkraftwerk Goesgen-Daeniken AG
Operator Kernkraftwerk Goesgen-Daeniken AG

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 December 1973
First Criticality Saturday, 20 January 1979
First Grid Connection Friday, 2 February 1979
Commercial Operation Thursday, 1 November 1979

Specifications

Capacity Net 1010 MWe
Capacity Gross 1060 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3002 MWt
Design Net Capacity 920 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 (%)
1979 920 4724 3398.70 97.10 93.20 93.20 93.20 93.20
1980 920 6819 5935.70 77.60 73.50 76.30 73.40 76.30
1981 920 7523 6527.60 85.90 80.70 78.30 81.00 78.40
1982 920 7665 6436.10 87.50 79.80 78.80 79.90 78.90
1983 920 7790 6891.60 88.90 86.20 80.60 85.50 80.50
1984 900 8015 7134.78 91.20 89.80 82.30 90.20 82.30
1985 909 7789 6747.72 88.90 84.60 82.70 84.70 82.70
1986 941 7386 6754.54 84.30 82.80 82.70 81.90 82.60
1987 935 7521 6910.34 85.90 84.40 82.90 84.40 82.80
1988 936 7476 6858.97 85.10 83.40 83.00 83.40 82.90
1989 931 7514 6878.68 85.80 84.30 83.10 84.30 83.00
1990 929 7983 7131.49 91.10 87.60 83.50 87.60 83.50
1991 925 7918 7141.94 90.40 88.10 83.90 88.10 83.80
1992 944 8107 7406.91 92.30 90.20 84.40 90.20 84.30
1993 950 8075 7408.12 92.20 88.90 84.70 89.00 84.70
1994 947 8102 7661.09 92.50 91.10 85.10 92.40 85.20
1995 971 8109 7820.85 92.60 91.10 85.50 92.00 85.60
1996 986 8204 7928.35 93.40 91.50 85.90 91.50 86.00
1997 986 8189 7967.77 93.50 91.60 86.20 92.20 86.40
1998 986 8179 7839.73 93.40 90.80 86.40 90.80 86.60
1999 970 7887 7533.93 90.00 88.80 86.60 88.70 86.70
2000 970 8089 7804.26 92.10 91.70 86.80 91.60 86.90
2001 970 8206 7870.47 93.70 92.60 87.10 92.60 87.20
2002 970 8154 7853.30 93.10 92.30 87.30 92.40 87.40
2003 970 8291 7988.68 94.60 93.90 87.60 94.00 87.70
2004 970 8300 8015.60 94.50 93.80 87.80 94.10 88.00
2005 970 7754 7588.23 88.50 88.00 87.90 89.30 88.00
2006 970 8230 8099.10 94.00 93.60 88.10 95.30 88.30
2007 970 8313 8158.91 94.90 94.60 88.30 96.00 88.60
2008 970 8148 7964.01 92.80 92.20 88.40 93.50 88.80
2009 970 8267 8072.42 94.40 94.00 88.60 95.00 89.00
2010 970 8220 8029.09 93.80 93.10 88.80 94.50 89.10
2011 970 8122 7910.31 92.70 92.00 88.90 93.10 89.30
2012 985 8281 8073.93 94.30 93.10 89.00 93.30 89.40
2013 985 6491 6410.20 74.10 73.40 88.50 74.30 88.90
2014 1010 8029 8021.58 91.70 90.80 88.60 91.80 89.00
2015 1010 7980 7971.20 91.10 90.30 88.70 90.10 89.00
2016 1010 8232 8233.25 93.70 92.60 88.80 92.80 89.20
2017 1010 8148 8154.30 93.00 92.00 88.90 92.20 89.20
2018 1010 8244 8172.01 94.10 92.10 89.00 92.40 89.30
2019 1010 7835 7743.07 89.40 87.40 88.90 87.50 89.30
2020 1010 8360 8249.56 95.20 92.90 89.00 93.00 89.40
2021 1010 7900 7819.83 90.20 88.20 89.00 88.40 89.40
2022 1010 7968 7886.66 91.00 89.20 89.00 89.10 89.30
2023 1010 8058 7973.07 92.00 90.30 89.00 90.10 89.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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