Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-6
Owner Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt
Operator Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 January 1974
First Criticality Friday, 9 March 1984
First Grid Connection Thursday, 24 May 1984
Commercial Operation Saturday, 15 December 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 1233 MWe
Capacity Gross 1275 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3600 MWt
Design Net Capacity 960 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 1030 3361 2.21 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.10 0.10
1985 950 7233 6769.30 82.60 80.10 81.80 81.20 74.40
1986 990 7668 7209.23 87.50 83.20 82.50 85.90 79.90
1987 990 7917 7376.42 90.40 85.20 83.40 85.10 81.60
1988 990 7536 7003.53 85.80 80.00 82.60 80.50 81.40
1989 990 7671 7364.21 87.60 85.50 83.10 84.90 82.10
1990 990 7905 7596.23 90.20 89.80 84.30 87.60 83.00
1991 990 7580 7060.30 86.50 81.30 83.80 81.40 82.80
1992 990 7986 7537.62 90.90 86.40 84.20 86.70 83.20
1993 990 7898 7338.05 90.20 84.40 84.20 84.60 83.40
1994 1030 7108 6988.22 81.10 79.40 83.70 79.50 83.00
1995 1030 7819 7673.83 89.30 84.20 83.80 85.00 83.20
1996 1030 7734 7705.13 88.00 84.80 83.80 85.20 83.40
1997 1030 7830 7762.50 89.40 86.20 84.00 86.00 83.60
1998 1030 8102 8046.20 92.50 88.20 84.30 89.20 84.00
1999 1080 8126 8319.99 92.80 86.80 84.50 87.90 84.30
2000 1115 8159 8823.19 92.90 89.50 84.80 90.10 84.70
2001 1115 8187 9089.77 93.50 90.40 85.20 93.10 85.20
2002 1115 8250 9173.83 94.20 90.80 85.50 93.90 85.70
2003 1165 8204 9309.34 93.60 90.10 85.80 91.20 86.10
2004 1165 7633 8692.04 86.90 84.90 85.80 84.90 86.00
2005 1165 5004 5768.08 57.10 56.30 84.20 56.50 84.40
2006 1165 8206 9367.04 93.70 91.70 84.60 91.80 84.80
2007 1165 8276 9436.80 94.50 93.20 85.00 92.50 85.20
2008 1165 8119 9307.65 92.40 90.70 85.20 91.00 85.40
2009 1165 8203 9385.05 93.60 91.70 85.50 92.00 85.70
2010 1165 7640 8774.54 87.20 85.10 85.50 86.00 85.70
2011 1190 8094 9481.35 92.40 90.70 85.70 91.00 86.00
2012 1190 6746 7881.30 76.80 74.90 85.30 75.40 85.50
2013 1220 8150 9691.67 93.00 90.60 85.50 90.70 85.70
2014 1220 7970 9457.60 91.00 88.50 85.60 88.50 85.80
2015 1220 7322 8598.52 83.60 80.40 85.40 80.40 85.60
2016 1220 5147 6075.41 58.60 57.00 84.40 56.70 84.60
2017 1220 5347 5618.75 61.00 52.90 83.40 52.60 83.60
2018 1220 7658 7812.96 87.40 73.10 83.00 73.10 83.20
2019 1220 7792 8819.52 89.00 82.50 83.00 82.50 83.20
2020 1220 7727 9058.71 88.00 84.50 83.10 84.50 83.20
2021 1220 4102 4851.90 46.80 45.00 82.00 45.40 82.10
2022 1233 8048 9753.38 91.90 90.30 82.20 90.30 82.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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