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CALDER HALL-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
GCR
MAGNOX
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Sellafield Limited
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
49
MW
e
35
MW
e
60
MW
e
268
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1953
01 May, 1956
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
27 Aug, 1956
01 Oct, 1956
Permanent Shutdown Date
31 Mar, 2003
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
14.04 TW.h
79.6 %
82.3 %
20.4 %
76.9 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1997
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
1956
Data Not Provided
1957
"
1958
"
1959
"
1960
"
1961
"
1962
"
1963
"
1964
"
1965
"
1966
"
1967
"
1968
"
1969
"
1970
"
1971
476.500
60
8760
100.0
90.7
NC
90.7
NC
1972
477.520
60
8784
100.0
90.6
NC
90.6
NC
1973
381.250
49
8760
100.0
59.4
NC
88.8
NC
1974
380.950
49
8066
92.1
90.0
NC
88.8
NC
1975
290.820
49
8760
100.0
67.5
NC
67.8
NC
1976
Data Not Provided
1977
208.220
50
0
0.0
47.5
NC
47.5
NC
1978
255.250
50
0
0.0
58.3
NC
58.3
NC
1979
209.750
50
0
0.0
47.9
NC
47.9
NC
1980
241.250
50
8784
100.0
54.9
NC
54.9
NC
1981
328.500
50
8760
100.0
76.0
NC
75.0
NC
1982
350.750
50
8760
100.0
81.1
NC
80.1
NC
1983
353.000
50
8749
99.9
81.6
NC
80.6
NC
1984
360.000
50
8784
100.0
96.7
NC
82.0
NC
1985
360.030
50
7888
90.0
83.2
NC
82.2
NC
1986
353.350
50
7646
87.3
87.0
NC
80.7
NC
1987
334.250
50
7597
86.7
82.6
75.1
76.3
74.9
1988
325.590
50
7129
81.2
86.4
75.8
74.1
74.8
1989
349.010
50
7447
85.0
86.0
76.3
79.7
75.1
1990
342.770
50
7453
85.1
85.8
76.8
78.3
75.3
1991
340.500
50
7513
85.8
84.6
77.2
77.7
75.4
1992
355.790
50
7570
86.2
85.9
77.6
81.0
75.6
1993
368.750
50
8108
92.6
90.8
78.2
84.2
76.0
1994
372.980
50
8011
91.4
92.1
78.8
85.2
76.4
1995
357.500
49
7824
89.3
88.2
79.2
83.3
76.7
1996
347.280
49
8784
100.0
85.7
79.4
80.7
76.8
1997
343.580
50
7567
86.4
85.1
79.6
78.4
76.9
1998
Data Not Provided
1999
"
2000
"
2001
"
2002
"
2003
"
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 2024-09-18
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