Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-72
Owner RWE Power AG (75%), E.On Kernkraft Gmbh (25%)
Operator Kernkraftwerk Gundremmingen Gmbh

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 20 July 1976
First Criticality Friday, 9 March 1984
First Grid Connection Friday, 16 March 1984
Commercial Operation Thursday, 19 July 1984
Permanent Shutdown Sunday, 31 December 2017

Specifications

Capacity Net 1284 MWe
Capacity Gross 1344 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3840 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1244 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 (%)
1984 1244 5744 6132.00 96.40 92.20 92.20 91.90 91.90
1985 1244 7852 9147.46 89.60 85.50 87.50 83.90 86.30
1986 1244 7434 8298.28 84.90 83.10 85.70 76.20 82.10
1987 1240 7876 8413.20 89.90 84.40 85.30 77.40 80.80
1988 1240 7706 7079.26 87.70 83.60 84.90 65.00 77.20
1989 1240 8743 9653.70 99.80 97.80 87.30 88.90 79.30
1990 1240 7717 8442.28 88.10 83.60 86.70 77.70 79.10
1991 1240 7520 8002.67 85.80 74.80 85.10 73.70 78.40
1992 1240 7073 7366.84 80.50 78.40 84.30 67.60 77.10
1993 1240 7632 8015.81 87.10 84.90 84.40 73.80 76.70
1994 1240 8213 8825.63 93.80 91.60 85.10 81.20 77.20
1995 1284 7535 8681.71 86.00 84.80 85.10 77.20 77.20
1996 1284 7903 9370.89 90.00 88.60 85.40 83.10 77.70
1997 1284 8264 9206.14 94.30 92.80 85.90 81.80 78.00
1998 1284 7996 9072.10 91.30 89.20 86.20 80.70 78.20
1999 1284 8257 9595.38 94.30 93.30 86.60 85.30 78.60
2000 1284 7887 9336.39 89.80 88.80 86.80 82.80 78.90
2001 1284 8405 10216.71 96.00 94.80 87.20 90.80 79.60
2002 1284 8139 9976.95 92.90 92.10 87.50 88.70 80.10
2003 1284 8325 10480.40 95.00 94.40 87.90 93.20 80.80
2004 1284 8208 10283.07 93.40 91.30 88.00 91.20 81.30
2005 1284 8145 10299.94 93.00 91.50 88.20 91.60 81.80
2006 1284 7963 10085.79 90.90 89.40 88.20 89.70 82.20
2007 1284 8299 10496.50 94.70 92.90 88.40 93.30 82.60
2008 1284 7568 9669.91 86.20 85.10 88.30 85.70 82.80
2009 1284 8111 10389.87 92.60 92.00 88.50 92.40 83.20
2010 1284 7362 9460.79 84.00 83.20 88.30 84.10 83.20
2011 1284 8054 10320.08 91.90 91.30 88.40 91.80 83.50
2012 1284 7731 9862.66 88.00 87.20 88.30 87.40 83.60
2013 1284 7644 9647.36 87.30 85.90 88.20 85.80 83.70
2014 1284 7477 9527.07 85.40 84.70 88.10 84.70 83.80
2015 1284 8233 10333.30 94.00 93.50 88.30 91.90 84.00
2016 1284 7889 9517.68 89.80 85.50 88.20 84.40 84.00
2017 1284 8152 9173.05 93.10 83.80 88.10 81.60 83.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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