Heysham B 1

Operable

Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start	Friday, 1 August 1980
First Criticality	Thursday, 23 June 1988
First Grid Connection	Tuesday, 12 July 1988
Commercial Operation	Saturday, 1 April 1989

Specifications

Capacity Net	620 MWe
Capacity Gross	680 MWe
Thermal Capacity	1550 MWt
Design Net Capacity	615 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 (%)
1988	615	2555	1653.77	-	-	-	-	-
1989	615	4454	2204.46	35.10	56.90	56.90	22.20	22.20
1990	615	3509	1487.04	40.20	27.80	40.30	27.70	25.30
1991	615	2786	1465.40	31.90	36.90	39.10	27.30	26.00
1992	615	7240	4095.95	81.30	74.80	48.70	74.80	39.20
1993	625	7376	4498.15	84.40	82.30	55.80	82.70	48.40
1994	625	7255	4181.11	83.00	75.60	59.30	76.60	53.30
1995	625	8286	5193.85	94.30	94.50	64.60	94.60	59.50
1996	625	7699	4707.35	87.60	85.00	67.20	85.70	62.90
1997	625	7105	4152.78	80.90	75.20	68.10	75.60	64.40
1998	625	8688	5019.39	98.90	90.50	70.40	91.40	67.20
1999	625	7212	4235.45	82.10	76.60	71.00	77.20	68.10
2000	625	7502	4415.35	85.40	80.00	71.80	80.40	69.20
2001	625	8534	5240.97	97.20	91.40	73.30	95.50	71.20
2002	625	7501	4413.96	85.60	80.80	73.90	80.60	71.90
2003	625	8444	5045.34	96.40	92.00	75.10	92.20	73.30
2004	625	7250	4115.67	82.50	75.30	75.10	75.00	73.40
2005	625	7317	4262.48	83.50	78.00	75.30	77.80	73.70
2006	615	8057	4603.97	92.00	85.20	75.80	85.10	74.30
2007	615	8006	4617.34	91.40	85.80	76.40	85.70	74.90
2008	615	7038	3879.33	80.10	72.10	76.20	71.80	74.80
2009	620	8497	4750.20	97.00	87.70	76.70	87.60	75.40
2010	620	8637	5000.04	98.60	92.80	77.40	92.10	76.10
2011	605	6772	3920.77	77.30	73.20	77.30	74.00	76.00
2012	610	7238	4158.33	82.40	77.20	77.30	77.60	76.10
2013	610	8071	4756.06	92.10	87.70	77.70	89.00	76.60
2014	610	8760	5228.25	100.00	96.20	78.40	97.80	77.40
2015	615	7038	4191.06	80.30	77.10	78.30	77.80	77.40
2016	615	8784	5262.55	100.00	96.40	79.00	97.40	78.20
2017	615	8510	5066.32	97.20	93.10	79.50	94.00	78.70
2018	620	6598	3805.18	75.30	70.40	79.20	70.10	78.40
2019	620	8760	5242.90	100.00	96.00	79.70	96.50	79.00
2020	620	8549	4993.67	97.30	91.60	80.10	91.70	79.40
2021	620	3862	2054.15	44.10	38.80	78.80	37.80	78.10
2022	620	6340	3697.11	72.40	68.60	78.50	68.10	77.80
2023	620	7598	4391.00	86.70	81.20	78.60	80.80	77.90