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SANTA MARIA DE GARONA
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-3
NUCLENOR, S.A.
NUCLENOR, S.A.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
446
MW
e
440
MW
e
466
MW
e
1381
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1966
05 Nov, 1970
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
Suspended Operation Date
End of Suspended Operation Date
02 Mar, 1971
11 May, 1971
06 Jul, 2013
02 Aug, 2017
Permanent Shutdown Date
02 Aug, 2017
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
126.98 TW.h
77.9 %
81.6 %
22.1 %
77.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2014
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
1516.500
460
4632
68.5
51.0
51.0
51.0
51.0
1972
2668.900
460
6683
76.1
66.0
60.0
66.0
60.0
1973
2351.700
440
6532
74.6
72.5
64.6
61.0
60.4
1974
2237.800
440
6456
73.7
58.0
62.8
58.1
59.8
1975
2746.800
440
7079
80.8
71.3
64.6
71.3
62.2
1976
2859.900
440
7039
80.1
74.0
66.2
74.0
64.2
1977
1815.100
440
4743
54.1
47.1
63.4
47.1
61.7
1978
3111.100
440
7409
84.6
80.7
65.6
80.7
64.2
1979
2339.400
440
5786
66.0
60.6
65.1
60.7
63.8
1980
780.800
440
1926
21.9
19.5
60.4
20.2
59.3
1981
3178.700
440
7597
86.7
82.4
62.4
82.5
61.4
1982
2044.100
440
5132
58.6
53.3
61.6
53.0
60.7
1983
2322.100
440
5630
64.3
60.2
61.5
60.2
60.7
1984
2873.470
440
6853
78.0
74.2
62.5
74.4
61.7
1985
1731.010
440
4285
48.9
44.1
61.2
44.9
60.6
1986
3413.610
440
8173
93.3
88.6
63.0
88.6
62.3
1987
2565.120
440
6205
70.8
66.6
63.2
66.6
62.6
1988
2693.310
440
6639
75.6
70.0
63.6
69.7
63.0
1989
3515.790
440
8324
95.0
91.4
65.0
91.2
64.5
1990
2558.580
440
6297
71.9
66.4
65.1
66.4
64.6
1991
3678.280
440
8528
97.4
95.4
66.6
95.4
66.1
1992
2377.290
440
6360
72.4
69.2
66.7
61.5
65.8
1993
3671.850
440
8444
96.4
95.1
67.9
95.3
67.2
1994
3134.110
440
7271
83.0
81.2
68.5
81.3
67.7
1995
3825.960
440
8760
100.0
99.1
69.7
99.3
69.0
1996
3203.840
440
7450
84.8
82.5
70.2
82.9
69.6
1997
3363.740
440
7853
89.7
89.1
70.9
87.3
70.2
1998
3792.540
446
8735
99.7
97.5
71.9
97.1
71.2
1999
3330.790
448
7639
87.2
84.9
72.4
84.9
71.7
2000
3854.570
446
8699
99.0
98.4
73.2
98.4
72.6
2001
3435.040
446
7737
88.3
87.9
73.7
87.9
73.1
2002
3841.420
446
8679
99.1
98.3
74.5
98.3
73.9
2003
3577.750
446
8085
92.3
91.6
75.0
91.6
74.4
2004
3873.780
446
8699
99.0
98.7
75.8
98.9
75.2
2005
3515.280
446
7946
90.7
89.8
76.2
90.0
75.6
2006
3666.840
446
8487
96.9
93.7
76.6
93.8
76.1
2007
3321.870
446
7889
90.1
84.9
76.9
85.0
76.4
2008
3841.290
446
8710
99.2
98.2
77.4
98.0
77.0
2009
3414.020
446
7855
89.7
87.4
77.7
87.4
77.2
2010
3662.590
446
8337
95.2
93.7
78.1
93.8
77.6
2011
3578.470
446
8100
92.5
91.6
78.4
91.6
78.0
2012
3704.960
446
8349
95.0
94.5
78.8
94.6
78.4
2013
Data Not Available - Suspended Operation
2014
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Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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