Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-69
Owner E.On Kernkraft Gmbh
Operator E.On Kernkraft Gmbh

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 May 1972
First Criticality Sunday, 20 November 1977
First Grid Connection Saturday, 3 December 1977
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 21 March 1979
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 6 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 878 MWe
Capacity Gross 912 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2575 MWt
Design Net Capacity 870 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 (%)
1977 870 339 75.60 - - - - -
1978 870 4107 2346.20 - - - - -
1979 870 6825 5213.00 82.90 72.30 72.30 72.30 72.30
1980 870 5791 4202.00 65.90 55.20 62.50 55.00 62.40
1981 870 5880 4155.90 67.10 53.70 59.30 54.50 59.60
1982 870 2232 1603.30 25.50 21.10 49.20 21.00 49.30
1983 870 8627 7143.00 98.50 93.90 58.60 93.70 58.60
1984 870 7262 5587.00 82.70 73.20 61.10 73.10 61.20
1985 870 8006 6515.59 91.40 86.00 64.80 85.50 64.80
1986 870 7871 6370.40 89.80 83.40 67.20 83.60 67.20
1987 870 8335 7164.70 95.20 93.60 70.20 94.00 70.20
1988 870 7674 5639.14 87.40 82.30 71.40 73.80 70.60
1989 870 7233 5205.25 82.60 74.40 71.70 68.30 70.40
1990 870 7577 5054.76 86.50 74.20 71.90 66.30 70.00
1991 870 8381 6760.57 95.70 94.90 73.70 88.70 71.50
1992 870 7903 5872.00 90.00 89.40 74.90 76.80 71.90
1993 870 7553 5575.19 86.20 85.50 75.60 73.20 72.00
1994 870 6462 5150.31 73.80 73.50 75.50 67.60 71.70
1995 870 8306 6445.96 94.80 94.70 76.60 84.60 72.50
1996 870 7674 5816.28 87.40 86.20 77.10 76.10 72.70
1997 870 8059 5998.44 92.00 91.40 77.90 78.70 73.00
1998 870 7857 6335.76 89.70 89.20 78.50 83.10 73.50
1999 870 8736 7532.15 99.70 98.70 79.40 98.80 74.70
2000 878 8231 6645.96 93.70 90.80 80.00 86.50 75.30
2001 878 7353 5888.97 83.90 76.20 79.80 76.60 75.30
2002 878 8731 7566.20 99.70 98.60 80.60 98.40 76.30
2003 878 7773 6301.41 88.70 87.40 80.90 81.90 76.50
2004 878 7984 6771.07 90.90 89.10 81.20 87.80 77.00
2005 878 8546 7336.92 97.60 95.20 81.70 95.40 77.70
2006 878 8064 6808.06 92.00 89.40 82.00 88.50 78.10
2007 878 8086 6755.77 92.30 88.60 82.20 87.80 78.40
2008 878 8784 7582.63 100.00 98.30 82.80 98.30 79.10
2009 878 8076 6796.00 92.20 88.50 83.00 88.40 79.40
2010 878 7464 6285.18 85.20 81.90 82.90 81.70 79.50
2011 878 1816 1561.10 35.70 100.00 83.20 35.00 78.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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