Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model
Owner
Operator Kernkraftwerke Gundremmingen Betriebsgesellschaft Mbh

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 12 December 1962
First Criticality Sunday, 14 August 1966
First Grid Connection Thursday, 1 December 1966
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 12 April 1967
Permanent Shutdown Thursday, 13 January 1977

Specifications

Capacity Net 237 MWe
Capacity Gross 250 MWe
Thermal Capacity 801 MWt
Design Net Capacity 237 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 (%)
1966 - - - - - - - -
1967 - - - - - - - -
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 - - - - - - - -
1971 250 7897 1991.00 90.20 89.70 - 90.90 -
1972 250 7260 1820.30 82.60 82.00 - 82.90 -
1973 240 6942 1634.20 79.20 78.80 - 77.70 -
1974 240 7715 1818.50 88.10 86.40 84.20 86.50 84.60
1975 237 7737 1797.50 88.30 85.30 84.50 86.60 85.00
1976 237 5146 1211.40 58.60 57.60 80.10 58.20 80.60
1977 237 309 73.70 0.00 0.00 80.10 0.00 80.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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