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OLDBURY A-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
GCR
MAGNOX
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
MAGNOX, LTD
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
217
MW
e
300
MW
e
230
MW
e
730
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 May, 1962
01 Aug, 1967
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
07 Nov, 1967
31 Dec, 1967
Permanent Shutdown Date
29 Feb, 2012
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
62.26 TW.h
75.9 %
85.5 %
24.1 %
76.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2012
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
1967
Data from a trial operation not provided
1968
Data Not Provided
1969
"
1970
1273.000
212
0
0.0
100.0
NC
68.6
NC
1971
1560.450
212
8759
99.4
86.9
93.4
83.6
76.1
1972
1436.450
210
8736
100.0
76.0
87.7
78.3
76.8
1973
1265.200
200
8704
99.6
63.3
81.8
72.4
75.8
1974
1355.000
200
8731
99.9
74.9
80.5
77.6
76.1
1975
1436.500
204
8693
99.5
78.9
80.2
80.6
76.8
1976
1508.500
208
8714
97.9
80.2
80.2
81.4
77.5
1977
1555.000
208
8736
100.0
85.5
80.9
85.6
78.5
1978
1533.500
208
8736
100.0
84.5
81.3
84.4
79.2
1979
1592.000
208
8736
100.0
88.0
82.0
87.6
80.0
1980
1648.000
208
8736
100.0
86.2
82.4
90.7
81.0
1981
1688.000
208
8904
100.0
85.5
82.6
91.1
81.9
1982
1717.000
208
8736
100.0
86.0
82.9
94.5
82.8
1983
1506.500
217
8566
98.0
77.4
82.5
79.5
82.6
1984
1520.500
217
8736
100.0
77.7
82.2
80.2
82.4
1985
1661.050
217
8701
99.6
83.2
82.2
87.6
82.8
1986
1654.280
217
8650
99.0
85.0
82.4
87.3
83.0
1987
1611.460
217
8904
100.0
82.9
82.4
83.4
83.0
1988
1687.600
217
8530
97.6
86.0
82.6
89.0
83.4
1989
1457.590
217
8644
99.0
82.0
82.6
76.9
83.0
1990
1457.530
217
8713
99.7
76.1
82.3
76.9
82.7
1991
1592.090
217
8736
100.0
84.3
82.4
84.0
82.8
1992
1706.070
217
8857
99.5
88.6
82.6
88.3
83.0
1993
1770.630
217
8736
100.0
92.5
83.1
93.4
83.5
1994
1743.400
217
8318
95.2
91.6
83.4
92.0
83.8
1995
1570.500
217
7861
89.7
82.6
83.4
82.6
83.8
1996
1548.780
217
7870
89.6
81.2
83.3
81.2
83.7
1997
1693.070
217
8722
99.6
89.1
83.5
89.1
83.9
1998
1532.280
217
7617
87.0
80.6
83.4
80.6
83.8
1999
1774.330
217
8420
96.1
93.2
83.7
93.3
84.1
2000
1641.410
217
7928
90.3
86.1
83.8
86.1
84.2
2001
1621.290
217
7668
87.5
85.3
83.9
85.3
84.2
2002
1714.990
217
8215
93.8
90.1
84.0
90.2
84.4
2003
1513.700
217
7438
84.9
79.6
83.9
79.6
84.2
2004
723.830
217
3430
39.0
38.0
82.6
38.0
82.9
2005
744.570
217
3997
45.6
39.2
81.4
39.2
81.7
2006
1106.000
217
5628
64.2
58.2
80.7
58.2
81.0
2007
0.000
217
0
0.0
0.0
78.6
0.0
78.8
2008
0.000
217
0
0.0
0.0
76.5
0.0
76.8
2009
842.320
217
4739
54.1
44.3
75.7
44.3
76.0
2010
1728.350
217
8760
100.0
90.9
76.1
90.9
76.3
2011
1338.850
217
7176
81.9
70.4
75.9
70.4
76.2
2012
224.310
217
1427
99.1
71.8
75.9
71.8
76.2
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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