Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model GE design
Owner Bv Gemeenschappelijke Kernenergiecentrale Nederland (Bv Gkn)
Operator Bv Gemeenschappelijke Kernenergiecentrale Nederland (Bv Gkn)

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 May 1965
First Criticality Monday, 24 June 1968
First Grid Connection Friday, 18 October 1968
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 26 March 1969
Permanent Shutdown Wednesday, 26 March 1997

Specifications

Capacity Net 55 MWe
Capacity Gross 60 MWe
Thermal Capacity 183 MWt
Design Net Capacity 54 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 (%)
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 - - - - - - - -
1971 54 7595 404.80 86.70 84.70 - 85.60 -
1972 54 6029 325.80 68.60 67.20 75.90 68.70 77.10
1973 51 7225 352.70 82.50 77.80 76.50 79.00 77.70
1974 51 5428 268.10 62.00 59.00 72.20 60.00 73.40
1975 51 7924 386.90 90.50 88.00 75.30 86.60 76.00
1976 51 8259 406.90 94.00 90.90 77.90 90.80 78.40
1977 51 7286 360.20 83.20 81.00 78.30 80.60 78.70
1978 51 8246 408.00 94.10 90.30 79.80 91.30 80.30
1979 51 7993 383.00 91.20 89.30 80.80 85.70 80.90
1980 51 7853 381.00 89.40 86.40 81.40 85.00 81.30
1981 51 8219 402.00 93.80 91.50 82.30 90.00 82.10
1982 51 7678 375.00 87.60 83.90 82.40 83.90 82.20
1983 52 6737 328.00 76.90 73.20 81.70 72.00 81.40
1984 55 8159 443.00 92.90 92.00 82.50 91.70 82.20
1985 56 8118 425.82 92.70 91.70 83.20 86.80 82.50
1986 55 7766 407.19 88.60 87.70 83.50 84.50 82.70
1987 55 7672 410.92 87.60 86.90 83.70 85.30 82.80
1988 56 8021 431.47 91.30 90.70 84.10 87.70 83.10
1989 58 6863 362.29 78.30 79.50 83.80 71.30 82.40
1990 58 7657 409.10 87.40 88.10 84.00 80.50 82.30
1991 58 7500 413.07 85.60 86.40 84.20 81.30 82.30
1992 55 7626 416.44 86.80 87.10 84.30 86.20 82.50
1993 58 7966 432.61 90.90 91.40 84.60 85.20 82.60
1994 58 7717 416.66 88.10 88.70 84.80 82.00 82.60
1995 58 7494 397.33 85.60 86.30 84.90 78.20 82.40
1996 58 7523 397.24 85.60 86.40 85.00 78.00 82.20
1997 55 1416 70.62 65.60 100.00 85.10 59.40 82.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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