Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model PWR
Owner ENBW (98.45%), four other owners (1.55%)
Operator ENBW Kernkraft Gmbh (Sitz In Obrigheim)

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 February 1972
First Criticality Wednesday, 26 May 1976
First Grid Connection Thursday, 3 June 1976
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 1 December 1976
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 6 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 785 MWe
Capacity Gross 840 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2497 MWt
Design Net Capacity 805 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 791 3500 1932.70 88.40 89.30 89.30 86.40 86.40
1977 810 6513 4946.60 74.40 70.60 72.00 69.70 71.00
1978 810 6583 4934.50 75.20 70.20 71.10 69.50 70.30
1979 810 4698 3573.00 53.60 53.60 65.50 50.40 63.80
1980 810 7080 5473.00 80.60 77.80 68.50 76.90 67.00
1981 810 7705 5949.30 88.00 84.90 71.70 83.80 70.40
1982 810 7517 5781.10 85.80 82.40 73.50 81.50 72.20
1983 810 7910 6047.00 90.30 85.30 75.10 85.20 74.00
1984 795 7618 5842.00 86.70 83.10 76.10 83.70 75.20
1985 795 8050 6161.44 91.90 88.80 77.50 88.50 76.60
1986 795 5368 4153.10 61.30 59.60 75.70 59.60 75.00
1987 795 6828 5395.13 78.00 76.80 75.80 77.50 75.20
1988 795 6772 5269.36 77.10 75.50 75.80 75.50 75.20
1989 795 6395 4019.49 73.00 64.20 74.90 57.70 73.90
1990 785 7524 5754.05 85.90 82.80 75.50 83.70 74.60
1991 785 7614 5404.46 86.90 85.00 76.10 78.60 74.80
1992 785 7470 5270.06 85.00 83.60 76.60 76.40 74.90
1993 785 7371 5559.54 84.10 81.60 76.80 80.80 75.30
1994 785 8184 6307.84 93.40 92.00 77.70 91.70 76.20
1995 785 8020 5966.00 91.60 87.40 78.20 86.80 76.70
1996 785 8301 6054.50 94.50 92.00 78.80 87.80 77.30
1997 785 8305 6230.19 94.80 92.60 79.50 90.60 77.90
1998 785 8185 5907.77 93.40 91.10 80.00 85.90 78.20
1999 785 8022 5849.13 91.60 90.00 80.40 85.10 78.50
2000 785 8284 6141.40 94.30 94.20 81.00 89.10 79.00
2001 785 8038 5991.54 91.80 88.10 81.30 87.10 79.30
2002 785 8239 6238.32 94.00 92.70 81.70 90.70 79.70
2003 785 8304 6023.98 94.80 90.50 82.00 87.60 80.00
2004 785 8270 5928.46 94.20 89.70 82.30 86.00 80.20
2005 785 8069 5882.68 92.10 86.90 82.50 85.60 80.40
2006 785 8250 6182.17 94.20 93.10 82.80 89.90 80.70
2007 785 8153 4713.53 93.10 92.20 83.10 68.50 80.30
2008 785 6990 3786.95 79.60 77.60 82.90 54.90 79.50
2009 785 8317 4361.97 94.90 94.60 83.30 63.40 79.00
2010 785 5949 1910.47 67.90 62.20 82.70 27.80 77.60
2011 785 1799 1354.98 35.40 98.80 83.00 33.90 76.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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