Skip to content
Skip to navigation
Contact Us
IAEA.org
NUCLEUS
World Statistics
Country Statistics
Publications
Glossary
About PRIS
LINGEN
(KWL)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR with fossil fuel-fired superheater
RWE Nuclear GmbH
Kernkraftwerk Lingen GmbH
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
183
MW
e
240
MW
e
268
MW
e
520
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Oct, 1964
31 Jan, 1968
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Jul, 1968
01 Oct, 1968
Permanent Shutdown Date
05 Jan, 1977
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
9.14 TW.h
42.5 %
42.2 %
57.5 %
41.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1979
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 Not Provided
1969
"
1970
"
1971
1418.800
260
5946
67.9
62.3
NC
62.3
NC
1972
738.100
267
2949
33.6
32.4
NC
31.5
NC
1973
1276.100
256
5265
60.1
59.4
51.1
56.9
50.0
1974
462.900
256
1840
21.0
21.0
43.7
20.6
42.8
1975
1586.200
256
6330
72.3
70.5
49.0
70.7
48.3
1976
1195.700
182
7156
81.5
80.7
52.9
74.8
51.6
1977
19.600
183
116
1.3
1.3
47.2
1.2
46.0
1978
0.000
183
0
0.0
0.0
42.5
0.0
41.5
1979
0.000
183
0
0
0
42.5
0
41.5
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 2025-04-22
Previous
(KRUEMMEL)
(MUELHEIM-KAERLICH)
Next
GERMANY
AVR JUELICH
BIBLIS-A
BIBLIS-B
BROKDORF
BRUNSBUETTEL
EMSLAND
GRAFENRHEINFELD
GREIFSWALD-1
GREIFSWALD-2
GREIFSWALD-3
GREIFSWALD-4
GREIFSWALD-5
GROHNDE
GUNDREMMINGEN-A
GUNDREMMINGEN-B
GUNDREMMINGEN-C
HDR GROSSWELZHEIM
ISAR-1
ISAR-2
KNK II
KRUEMMEL
LINGEN
MUELHEIM-KAERLICH
MZFR
NECKARWESTHEIM-1
NECKARWESTHEIM-2
NIEDERAICHBACH
OBRIGHEIM
PHILIPPSBURG-1
PHILIPPSBURG-2
RHEINSBERG
STADE
THTR-300
UNTERWESER
VAK KAHL
WUERGASSEN