The Agesta reactor supplied 68 MW of district heating in addition to the electricity supplied.

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model R3/Adam
Owner Vattenfall AB
Operator AB SVAFO

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 1 December 1957
First Criticality Wednesday, 17 July 1963
First Grid Connection Friday, 1 May 1964
Commercial Operation Friday, 1 May 1964
Permanent Shutdown Sunday, 2 June 1974

Specifications

Capacity Net 10 MWe
Capacity Gross 12 MWe
Thermal Capacity 80 MWt
Design Net Capacity 9 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 (%)
1964 - - - - - - - -
1965 - - - - - - - -
1966 - - - - - - - -
1967 - - - - - - - -
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 - - - - - - - -
1971 12 3072 30.00 35.10 28.50 - 28.50 -
1972 12 0 49.00 0.00 100.00 - 46.50 -
1973 10 6345 43.50 72.40 58.60 - 49.70 -
1974 10 3563 18.10 97.60 78.30 - 49.70 -

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


See Also

Nuclear energy in Sweden

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