Details

Reactor Type Gas-Cooled Reactor (or GCR)
Model MAGNOX
Owner Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Operator Magnox, Ltd

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 January 1957
First Criticality Sunday, 1 April 1962
First Grid Connection Friday, 6 July 1962
Commercial Operation Monday, 12 November 1962
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 30 March 2002

Specifications

Capacity Net 123 MWe
Capacity Gross 146 MWe
Thermal Capacity 481 MWt
Design Net Capacity 150 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 (%)
1962 - - - - - - - -
1963 - - - - - - - -
1964 - - - - - - - -
1965 - - - - - - - -
1966 - - - - - - - -
1967 - - - - - - - -
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 187 0 908.50 0.00 55.40 - 55.50 -
1971 145 8760 913.60 100.00 69.70 - 71.90 -
1972 145 8736 1064.30 100.00 83.40 - 84.00 -
1973 125 8736 826.45 100.00 81.60 - 75.70 -
1974 125 8224 861.50 94.10 78.90 - 78.90 -
1975 125 8736 874.50 100.00 80.00 - 80.10 -
1976 125 8904 868.00 100.00 77.90 - 78.00 -
1977 125 8702 860.00 99.60 78.60 74.60 78.80 74.30
1978 125 8658 760.00 99.10 69.60 74.10 69.60 73.80
1979 125 8655 692.00 99.10 63.80 73.10 63.40 72.90
1980 125 1015 62.00 11.60 5.80 67.40 5.70 67.20
1981 125 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 62.10 0.00 61.90
1982 123 7615 447.00 87.20 42.70 60.70 41.60 60.40
1983 123 8681 619.50 99.40 58.30 60.60 57.60 60.20
1984 123 8736 849.00 100.00 79.50 61.70 79.00 61.40
1985 123 8736 935.10 100.00 88.10 63.30 87.00 62.90
1986 123 8736 791.35 100.00 74.30 63.90 73.60 63.50
1987 123 8904 931.62 100.00 85.50 65.00 85.10 64.70
1988 123 8568 849.59 98.10 79.40 65.80 79.10 65.40
1989 123 5132 402.01 58.80 39.00 64.50 37.40 64.00
1990 123 8705 741.65 99.60 69.80 64.70 69.00 64.30
1991 123 8485 807.08 97.10 77.10 65.30 75.10 64.80
1992 123 5690 591.92 63.90 49.40 64.60 54.00 64.30
1993 123 8736 818.97 100.00 76.20 65.10 76.20 64.80
1994 123 8057 906.47 92.20 84.40 65.80 84.40 65.50
1995 - - - - - - - -
1996 - - - - - - - -
1997 - - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - -
1999 - - - - - - - -
2000 - - - - - - - -
2001 - - - - - - - -
2002 - - - - - - - -

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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