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OBRIGHEIM
(KWO)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
KERNKRAFTWERK OBRIGHEIM GMBH
EnBW Kraftwerke AG
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
340
MW
e
283
MW
e
357
MW
e
1050
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
15 Mar, 1965
22 Sep, 1968
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
29 Oct, 1968
31 Mar, 1969
Permanent Shutdown Date
11 May, 2005
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
86.82 TW.h
82.3 %
83.7 %
17.7 %
81.3 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2005
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
1968
Data from a trial operation not provided
1969
Data Not Provided
1970
2523.000
345
7347
83.9
83.0
83.0
83.5
83.5
1971
2257.200
345
6735
76.9
76.5
79.8
74.7
79.1
1972
2402.200
345
7034
80.1
79.2
79.6
79.3
79.2
1973
2500.100
328
7870
89.8
88.6
81.7
87.0
81.0
1974
2435.800
328
8068
92.1
85.0
82.4
84.8
81.8
1975
2588.300
328
8017
91.5
91.0
83.8
90.1
83.1
1976
2219.200
328
7088
80.7
77.1
82.8
77.0
82.3
1977
2144.600
328
6744
77.0
75.1
81.9
74.7
81.3
1978
2220.100
328
6863
78.3
77.6
81.4
77.3
80.9
1979
2372.000
328
7491
85.5
82.6
81.5
82.6
81.0
1980
2126.000
328
6689
76.2
73.8
80.8
73.8
80.4
1981
2402.000
328
7649
87.3
83.6
81.1
83.6
80.7
1982
2407.400
328
7534
86.0
83.8
81.3
83.8
80.9
1983
1951.000
328
6051
69.1
67.4
80.3
67.9
80.0
1984
2483.000
340
7798
88.8
83.1
80.5
83.1
80.2
1985
2592.890
340
7783
88.8
86.7
80.9
87.1
80.6
1986
2663.340
340
7869
89.8
88.7
81.4
89.4
81.2
1987
2482.960
340
7351
83.9
83.0
81.4
83.4
81.3
1988
2621.640
340
7800
88.8
88.0
81.8
87.8
81.6
1989
2558.000
340
7756
88.5
86.1
82.0
85.9
81.8
1990
1178.240
340
3475
39.7
39.4
80.0
39.6
79.8
1991
1051.660
340
3186
36.4
35.3
77.9
35.3
77.8
1992
1882.040
340
6015
68.5
67.6
77.4
63.0
77.1
1993
2616.830
340
7773
88.7
88.3
77.9
87.9
77.6
1994
2623.850
340
7858
89.7
89.4
78.4
88.1
78.0
1995
2165.450
340
6717
76.7
76.4
78.3
72.7
77.8
1996
2775.010
340
8189
93.2
93.1
78.8
92.9
78.4
1997
2769.420
340
8242
94.1
93.8
79.4
93.0
78.9
1998
2758.760
340
8317
94.9
94.7
79.9
92.6
79.4
1999
2802.820
340
8319
95.0
94.8
80.4
94.1
79.8
2000
2660.260
340
7888
89.8
89.7
80.7
89.1
80.2
2001
2797.060
340
8424
96.2
94.4
81.2
93.9
80.6
2002
2841.110
340
8410
96.0
95.9
81.6
95.4
81.0
2003
2450.170
340
7747
88.4
88.3
81.8
82.3
81.1
2004
2592.810
340
8256
94.0
93.8
82.2
86.8
81.2
2005
857.680
340
3127
100.0
100.0
82.3
83.5
81.3
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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