Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-69
Owner Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy Gmbh (66.6%) E.On Kernkraft Gmbh (33.3%)
Operator Kernkraftwerk Brunsbüttel Gmbh & Co. Ohg

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 15 April 1970
First Criticality Wednesday, 23 June 1976
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 13 July 1976
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 9 February 1977
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 6 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 771 MWe
Capacity Gross 806 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2292 MWt
Design Net Capacity 770 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 (%)
1976 770 2112 1032.20 - - - - -
1977 770 4547 3313.80 50.40 47.40 47.40 47.40 47.40
1978 770 3405 2333.50 38.90 34.50 40.70 34.60 40.70
1979 770 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.70 0.00 26.80
1980 770 1354 714.90 15.40 11.30 22.80 10.60 22.60
1981 770 7432 4462.40 84.80 66.40 31.60 66.20 31.50
1982 770 5007 3439.20 57.20 51.10 34.90 51.00 34.80
1983 770 3241 2416.00 37.00 34.20 34.80 35.80 34.90
1984 770 7549 5334.00 85.90 78.90 40.40 78.90 40.50
1985 770 7661 5625.31 87.40 83.10 45.20 83.40 45.30
1986 771 7802 5630.91 89.10 86.10 49.30 83.40 49.10
1987 771 7837 5233.83 89.50 85.90 52.70 77.50 51.70
1988 771 7800 5085.31 88.80 85.40 55.40 75.10 53.70
1989 771 6730 4097.17 76.80 71.60 56.70 60.70 54.20
1990 771 8527 4780.32 97.30 93.80 59.40 70.80 55.40
1991 771 6317 3819.30 72.10 61.20 59.50 56.60 55.50
1992 771 5425 3487.35 61.80 57.40 59.40 51.50 55.20
1993 771 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.80 0.00 52.00
1994 771 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.70 0.00 49.10
1995 771 4750 3001.03 54.20 51.30 52.60 44.40 48.80
1996 771 7255 4696.35 82.60 74.70 53.80 69.30 49.90
1997 771 8760 5102.94 100.00 97.40 55.80 75.60 51.10
1998 771 5712 3993.89 65.20 64.70 56.20 59.10 51.50
1999 771 8290 6219.82 94.60 93.60 57.90 92.10 53.20
2000 771 8295 5784.80 94.40 93.80 59.40 85.40 54.60
2001 771 8202 5764.31 93.60 86.80 60.50 85.40 55.80
2002 771 1167 859.99 13.30 13.10 58.70 12.70 54.20
2003 771 6688 4905.81 76.40 76.30 59.30 72.60 54.80
2004 771 6504 4873.18 74.00 73.30 59.80 72.00 55.50
2005 771 7989 6027.24 91.20 89.00 60.80 89.20 56.60
2006 771 7958 5967.39 90.80 88.50 61.80 88.40 57.70
2007 771 3362 2487.87 38.40 38.20 61.00 36.80 57.00
2008 771 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.10 0.00 55.20
2009 771 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.30 0.00 53.50
2010 771 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.60 0.00 52.00
2011 771 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.70 0.00 51.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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