Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model
Owner Kernkraftwerk Obrigheim Gmbh
Operator Enbw Kraftwerke Ag

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 15 March 1965
First Criticality Sunday, 22 September 1968
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 29 October 1968
Commercial Operation Monday, 31 March 1969
Permanent Shutdown Wednesday, 11 May 2005

Specifications

Capacity Net 340 MWe
Capacity Gross 357 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1050 MWt
Design Net Capacity 283 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 (%)
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 345 7347 2523.00 83.90 83.00 83.00 83.50 83.50
1971 345 6735 2257.20 76.90 76.50 79.80 74.70 79.10
1972 345 7034 2402.20 80.10 79.20 79.60 79.30 79.20
1973 328 7870 2500.10 89.80 88.60 81.70 87.00 81.00
1974 328 8068 2435.80 92.10 85.00 82.40 84.80 81.80
1975 328 8017 2588.30 91.50 91.00 83.80 90.10 83.10
1976 328 7088 2219.20 80.70 77.10 82.80 77.00 82.30
1977 328 6744 2144.60 77.00 75.10 81.90 74.70 81.30
1978 328 6863 2220.10 78.30 77.60 81.40 77.30 80.90
1979 328 7491 2372.00 85.50 82.60 81.50 82.60 81.00
1980 328 6689 2126.00 76.20 73.80 80.80 73.80 80.40
1981 328 7649 2402.00 87.30 83.60 81.10 83.60 80.70
1982 328 7534 2407.40 86.00 83.80 81.30 83.80 80.90
1983 328 6051 1951.00 69.10 67.40 80.30 67.90 80.00
1984 340 7798 2483.00 88.80 83.10 80.50 83.10 80.20
1985 340 7783 2592.89 88.80 86.70 80.90 87.10 80.60
1986 340 7869 2663.34 89.80 88.70 81.40 89.40 81.20
1987 340 7351 2482.96 83.90 83.00 81.40 83.40 81.30
1988 340 7800 2621.64 88.80 88.00 81.80 87.80 81.60
1989 340 7756 2558.00 88.50 86.10 82.00 85.90 81.80
1990 340 3475 1178.24 39.70 39.40 80.00 39.60 79.80
1991 340 3186 1051.66 36.40 35.30 77.90 35.30 77.80
1992 340 6015 1882.04 68.50 67.60 77.40 63.00 77.10
1993 340 7773 2616.83 88.70 88.30 77.90 87.90 77.60
1994 340 7858 2623.85 89.70 89.40 78.40 88.10 78.00
1995 340 6717 2165.45 76.70 76.40 78.30 72.70 77.80
1996 340 8189 2775.01 93.20 93.10 78.80 92.90 78.40
1997 340 8242 2769.42 94.10 93.80 79.40 93.00 78.90
1998 340 8317 2758.76 94.90 94.70 79.90 92.60 79.40
1999 340 8319 2802.82 95.00 94.80 80.40 94.10 79.80
2000 340 7888 2660.26 89.80 89.70 80.70 89.10 80.20
2001 340 8424 2797.06 96.20 94.40 81.20 93.90 80.60
2002 340 8410 2841.11 96.00 95.90 81.60 95.40 81.00
2003 340 7747 2450.17 88.40 88.30 81.80 82.30 81.10
2004 340 8256 2592.81 94.00 93.80 82.20 86.80 81.20
2005 340 3127 857.68 100.00 100.00 82.30 83.50 81.30

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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