Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model
Owner Preussenelektra Kernkraft Gmbh&Co Kg
Operator Preussenelektra Kernkraft Gmbh&Co Kg

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 26 January 1968
First Criticality Wednesday, 20 October 1971
First Grid Connection Saturday, 18 December 1971
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 11 November 1975
Permanent Shutdown Friday, 26 August 1994

Specifications

Capacity Net 640 MWe
Capacity Gross 670 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1912 MWt
Design Net Capacity 640 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 (%)
1971 640 57 21.30 - - - - -
1972 536 1501 573.50 - - - - -
1973 480 4338 1966.90 - - - - -
1974 480 966 466.30 - - - - -
1975 512 4078 1748.30 90.90 91.90 91.90 92.00 92.00
1976 640 7269 3679.10 82.80 64.60 67.80 65.40 68.60
1977 640 7107 3639.30 81.10 64.70 66.40 64.90 66.80
1978 640 5456 2741.20 62.30 48.70 60.70 48.90 61.10
1979 640 3144 1529.00 35.90 45.40 57.00 27.30 52.90
1980 640 8324 3798.00 94.80 67.60 59.10 67.60 55.80
1981 640 7372 3627.40 84.20 64.70 60.00 64.70 57.20
1982 640 3474 1101.60 39.70 19.80 54.40 19.60 52.00
1983 640 2420 1418.00 27.60 25.30 50.80 25.30 48.70
1984 640 7101 4479.00 80.80 79.40 53.90 79.70 52.10
1985 640 7947 4642.79 90.70 87.40 57.20 82.80 55.10
1986 640 7807 4822.52 89.10 86.10 59.80 86.00 57.90
1987 640 7929 4731.32 90.50 86.80 62.00 84.40 60.10
1988 640 7747 4654.86 88.20 87.60 64.00 82.80 61.80
1989 640 6241 3787.14 71.20 83.00 65.30 67.60 62.20
1990 640 1795 1091.49 20.50 29.30 63.00 19.50 59.40
1991 640 6792 4080.23 77.50 77.20 63.80 72.80 60.20
1992 640 6366 3788.01 72.50 73.30 64.40 67.40 60.60
1993 640 7472 3930.65 85.30 72.90 64.90 70.10 61.20
1994 640 5668 3364.36 97.20 95.80 66.00 90.10 62.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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