Hinkley Point B 1

Permanent Shutdown

Details

Reactor Type	Gas-Cooled Reactor (or GCR)
Model	AGR
Owner	EDF Energy
Operator	EDF Energy

Timeline

Construction Start	Friday, 1 September 1967
First Criticality	Friday, 24 September 1976
First Grid Connection	Saturday, 30 October 1976
Commercial Operation	Monday, 2 October 1978
Permanent Shutdown	Monday, 1 August 2022

Specifications

Capacity Net	485 MWe
Capacity Gross	655 MWe
Thermal Capacity	1494 MWt
Design Net Capacity	625 MWe

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	400	6646	3079.80	76.10	73.50	73.50	88.10	88.10
1980	500	5394	2337.16	61.70	55.40	63.60	56.30	70.90
1981	520	7118	3441.60	79.90	74.30	67.60	74.30	72.20
1982	520	6000	2950.76	68.70	65.40	67.00	65.00	70.20
1983	520	8127	4082.98	93.00	86.60	71.20	89.90	74.40
1984	520	6589	3408.22	75.40	71.60	71.30	75.00	74.50
1985	520	8167	4263.02	93.50	82.20	72.90	93.80	77.40
1986	560	6110	3199.19	69.90	67.20	72.10	65.40	75.70
1987	560	3554	1837.99	39.90	38.80	68.00	36.90	70.90
1988	560	5370	2905.41	61.50	59.10	67.00	59.40	69.70
1989	560	7878	4195.30	90.20	85.50	68.80	85.80	71.20
1990	560	5732	3101.98	65.60	63.40	68.40	63.40	70.60
1991	560	8430	4601.89	96.50	94.40	70.50	94.10	72.50
1992	585	6565	3614.47	73.70	69.80	70.40	69.50	72.20
1993	585	8587	4843.29	97.50	94.60	72.20	94.00	73.80
1994	585	7342	4126.20	84.00	78.30	72.60	80.70	74.30
1995	610	7910	4812.46	90.00	89.60	73.70	89.80	75.30
1996	610	8418	4797.27	95.80	89.70	74.70	89.50	76.20
1997	610	7341	4185.70	83.60	78.30	74.90	78.10	76.30
1998	610	7740	4252.57	88.10	80.90	75.30	79.40	76.50
1999	610	7221	4045.23	82.20	77.00	75.40	75.50	76.40
2000	610	7208	3850.58	82.10	71.90	75.20	71.90	76.20
2001	610	8545	4801.96	97.30	87.00	75.70	89.60	76.80
2002	610	8021	4580.96	91.60	85.00	76.20	85.70	77.20
2003	610	7032	4076.35	80.30	74.80	76.10	76.30	77.20
2004	610	8091	4578.71	92.10	84.80	76.50	85.40	77.60
2005	610	8257	4580.58	94.30	85.20	76.80	85.70	77.90
2006	620	6200	3370.18	70.80	62.40	76.20	62.30	77.30
2007	430	5204	1877.41	59.40	45.20	75.40	44.90	76.30
2008	410	6935	2628.76	79.00	72.80	75.30	72.10	76.20
2009	410	4963	1931.52	56.70	53.70	74.80	53.80	75.70
2010	410	7411	3152.41	84.60	81.80	74.90	87.80	76.00
2011	435	7863	3329.95	89.80	86.80	75.20	87.40	76.20
2012	435	6693	2793.96	76.20	72.80	75.20	73.10	76.20
2013	440	8553	3880.00	97.60	94.70	75.60	100.70	76.80
2014	475	7968	3751.17	91.00	88.20	75.90	90.20	77.10
2015	480	8614	3989.08	98.30	93.70	76.40	94.90	77.50
2016	480	6928	3239.17	78.90	75.90	76.30	76.80	77.50
2017	480	8054	3809.66	91.90	89.50	76.60	90.60	77.80
2018	485	8305	3863.64	94.80	90.60	77.00	90.90	78.10
2019	485	6427	2963.04	73.40	70.20	76.80	69.70	77.90
2020	485	2800	1275.63	31.90	30.90	75.80	29.90	76.90
2021	485	5206	2376.14	59.40	57.20	75.40	55.90	76.40
2022	485	4680	2140.11	91.50	86.80	75.60	86.70	76.50