Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-69
Owner EnBW Kraftwerke AG
Operator EnBW Kernkraft Gmbh (Sitz In Obrigheim)

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 1 October 1970
First Criticality Friday, 9 March 1979
First Grid Connection Saturday, 5 May 1979
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 26 March 1980
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 6 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 890 MWe
Capacity Gross 926 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2575 MWt
Design Net Capacity 864 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 (%)
1979 864 3214 1697.00 - - - - -
1980 864 2399 1756.00 17.20 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50
1981 864 1465 1090.90 16.70 16.60 16.20 14.40 14.90
1982 840 6237 5034.40 71.20 66.50 34.10 68.40 34.00
1983 864 6567 5503.00 75.00 72.70 44.50 72.70 44.40
1984 864 7482 6325.00 85.20 83.20 52.70 83.30 52.60
1985 864 7561 6120.20 86.30 81.20 57.60 80.90 57.60
1986 864 6148 5221.96 70.20 69.10 59.40 69.00 59.30
1987 864 7582 6488.45 86.60 84.90 62.60 85.70 62.70
1988 864 7302 6199.57 83.10 83.70 65.10 81.70 64.90
1989 864 7432 6158.88 84.80 81.40 66.70 81.40 66.60
1990 864 6138 5203.07 70.10 68.30 66.90 68.80 66.80
1991 864 7304 6171.87 83.40 82.90 68.20 81.60 68.00
1992 864 7647 6513.01 87.10 86.60 69.70 85.80 69.40
1993 864 6599 4614.55 75.30 74.70 70.10 61.00 68.80
1994 864 7645 6565.93 87.30 86.50 71.20 86.80 70.00
1995 876 7671 6317.06 87.60 86.90 72.20 82.30 70.80
1996 864 8087 6929.80 92.10 91.10 73.30 91.30 72.00
1997 876 7510 6409.53 85.70 85.30 74.00 83.50 72.70
1998 890 8253 6905.86 94.20 93.90 75.10 88.60 73.60
1999 890 8292 6892.91 94.70 94.40 76.10 88.40 74.30
2000 890 8187 6904.89 93.20 92.90 76.90 88.30 75.00
2001 890 8206 6956.94 93.70 92.70 77.70 89.20 75.70
2002 890 7885 6559.38 90.00 89.40 78.20 84.10 76.10
2003 890 7629 6395.24 87.10 86.00 78.50 82.00 76.30
2004 890 7425 6332.03 84.50 83.50 78.70 81.00 76.50
2005 890 6835 5811.79 78.00 75.80 78.60 74.50 76.40
2006 890 7983 6888.84 91.10 90.30 79.10 88.40 76.90
2007 890 8124 6944.87 92.70 90.00 79.50 89.10 77.40
2008 890 7318 6126.61 83.30 80.20 79.50 78.40 77.40
2009 890 7687 6149.84 87.80 87.20 79.80 78.90 77.40
2010 890 7607 6488.68 86.80 83.40 79.90 83.20 77.60
2011 890 1650 1415.29 32.40 96.80 80.20 31.30 76.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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