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WUERGASSEN
(KWW)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
PREUSSENELEKTRA KERNKRAFT GMBH&Co KG
PREUSSENELEKTRA KERNKRAFT GMBH&Co KG
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
640
MW
e
640
MW
e
670
MW
e
1912
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
26 Jan, 1968
20 Oct, 1971
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
18 Dec, 1971
11 Nov, 1975
Permanent Shutdown Date
26 Aug, 1994
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
69.68 TW.h
66.0 %
71.9 %
34.0 %
62.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1994
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
1971
21.300
640
57
1972
573.500
536
1501
1973
1966.900
480
4338
1974
466.300
480
966
1975
1748.300
512
4078
90.9
91.9
91.9
92.0
92.0
1976
3679.100
640
7269
82.8
64.6
67.8
65.4
68.6
1977
3639.300
640
7107
81.1
64.7
66.4
64.9
66.8
1978
2741.200
640
5456
62.3
48.7
60.7
48.9
61.1
1979
1529.000
640
3144
35.9
45.4
57.0
27.3
52.9
1980
3798.000
640
8324
94.8
67.6
59.1
67.6
55.8
1981
3627.400
640
7372
84.2
64.7
60.0
64.7
57.2
1982
1101.600
640
3474
39.7
19.8
54.4
19.6
52.0
1983
1418.000
640
2420
27.6
25.3
50.8
25.3
48.7
1984
4479.000
640
7101
80.8
79.4
53.9
79.7
52.1
1985
4642.790
640
7947
90.7
87.4
57.2
82.8
55.1
1986
4822.520
640
7807
89.1
86.1
59.8
86.0
57.9
1987
4731.320
640
7929
90.5
86.8
62.0
84.4
60.1
1988
4654.860
640
7747
88.2
87.6
64.0
82.8
61.8
1989
3787.140
640
6241
71.2
83.0
65.3
67.6
62.2
1990
1091.490
640
1795
20.5
29.3
63.0
19.5
59.4
1991
4080.230
640
6792
77.5
77.2
63.8
72.8
60.2
1992
3788.010
640
6366
72.5
73.3
64.4
67.4
60.6
1993
3930.650
640
7472
85.3
72.9
64.9
70.1
61.2
1994
3364.360
640
5668
97.2
95.8
66.0
90.1
62.2
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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