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AVR JUELICH
(AVR)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
HTGR
Pebble bed reactor prototype
ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT VERSUCHSREAKTOR GMBH
ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT VERSUCHSREAKTOR GMBH
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
13
MW
e
13
MW
e
15
MW
e
46
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1961
16 Aug, 1966
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
17 Dec, 1967
19 May, 1969
Permanent Shutdown Date
31 Dec, 1988
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
1.51 TW.h
62.8 %
65.9 %
37.2 %
62.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1988
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1967
Data from a trial operation not provided
1968
"
1969
Data Not Provided
1970
"
1971
97.700
15
6883
78.6
76.7
NC
74.4
NC
1972
98.700
15
6730
76.6
74.9
75.8
74.9
74.6
1973
99.800
13
7865
89.8
88.8
79.7
87.6
78.6
1974
79.100
13
6295
71.9
67.9
77.0
69.5
76.4
1975
96.000
13
7669
87.6
86.6
78.8
84.3
77.9
1976
101.300
13
8103
92.2
90.5
80.7
88.7
79.6
1977
56.600
13
5055
57.7
50.4
76.5
49.7
75.6
1978
39.300
13
3103
35.4
34.5
71.5
34.5
70.6
1979
12.100
13
2449
28.0
12.9
65.2
10.6
64.2
1980
44.400
13
3892
44.3
38.1
62.6
38.9
61.7
1981
75.000
13
5907
67.4
64.5
62.7
65.9
62.1
1982
74.000
13
5774
65.9
64.3
62.9
65.0
62.3
1983
91.000
13
7198
82.2
77.1
63.9
79.9
63.6
1984
64.000
13
5104
58.1
56.0
63.4
56.0
63.1
1985
85.470
13
6553
74.8
74.7
64.1
75.1
63.9
1986
75.060
13
5738
65.5
65.5
64.2
65.9
64.0
1987
42.540
13
4229
48.3
48.3
63.3
37.4
62.5
1988
61.370
13
5497
62.6
54.9
62.8
53.7
62.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
NC – cumulative values not calculated when more than 50% of required data is missing in PRIS
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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