Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model PWR
Owner E.On Kernkraft Gmbh
Operator E.On Kernkraft Gmbh

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 July 1972
First Criticality Saturday, 16 September 1978
First Grid Connection Friday, 29 September 1978
Commercial Operation Thursday, 6 September 1979
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 6 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 1345 MWe
Capacity Gross 1410 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3900 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1230 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 (%)
1978 1230 1268 787.70 - - - - -
1979 1230 7597 8081.00 93.30 92.10 92.10 92.70 92.70
1980 1230 7832 9272.00 89.20 85.80 87.40 85.80 87.50
1981 1230 7606 9023.50 86.80 83.50 85.70 83.80 85.90
1982 1230 8022 9114.20 91.60 84.80 85.40 84.60 85.50
1983 1230 7191 8215.00 82.10 75.80 83.20 76.20 83.40
1984 1230 7908 9483.00 90.00 87.20 83.90 87.80 84.20
1985 1230 8279 9931.81 94.50 93.40 85.40 92.20 85.50
1986 1230 6254 7280.83 71.40 67.40 83.00 67.60 83.00
1987 1230 7277 8673.92 83.10 80.70 82.70 80.50 82.70
1988 1230 7627 9108.38 86.80 85.00 83.00 84.30 82.90
1989 1230 7873 9245.56 89.90 89.40 83.60 85.80 83.20
1990 1230 6921 8485.00 79.00 78.90 83.20 78.80 82.80
1991 1243 5369 6485.94 61.30 61.10 81.40 60.10 81.00
1992 1230 7646 8731.47 87.00 86.50 81.80 80.80 80.90
1993 1255 8760 10824.83 100.00 99.90 83.00 98.50 82.20
1994 1255 7039 7685.92 80.40 80.10 82.80 69.90 81.40
1995 1255 6832 7980.63 78.00 77.50 82.50 72.60 80.80
1996 1285 8055 9907.73 91.70 91.30 83.00 87.80 81.20
1997 1285 8291 9932.43 94.60 94.40 83.70 88.20 81.60
1998 1285 5217 6618.00 59.60 58.70 82.30 58.80 80.40
1999 1285 6899 8096.58 78.80 78.30 82.10 71.90 80.00
2000 1345 7604 9615.76 86.60 86.20 82.30 84.50 80.20
2001 1345 8378 10656.72 95.60 90.80 82.70 90.40 80.70
2002 1345 5313 6774.79 60.60 60.50 81.70 57.50 79.60
2003 1345 7882 9254.86 90.00 88.30 82.00 78.60 79.60
2004 1345 7711 9724.03 87.80 87.40 82.20 82.30 79.70
2005 1345 6742 8890.64 77.00 75.90 82.00 75.50 79.50
2006 1345 8315 10391.46 94.90 88.60 82.20 88.20 79.90
2007 1345 6984 9076.27 79.70 77.30 82.00 77.00 79.80
2008 1345 7663 9295.52 87.20 79.50 82.00 78.70 79.70
2009 1345 7868 10028.91 89.80 85.10 82.10 85.10 79.90
2010 1345 8179 10698.90 93.40 91.00 82.40 90.80 80.30
2011 1345 1828 2369.34 35.90 99.30 82.70 34.60 79.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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