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HINKLEY POINT B-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
GCR
AGR
EDF Energy
EDF Energy
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
485
MW
e
625
MW
e
655
MW
e
1494
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1967
24 Sep, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
30 Oct, 1976
02 Oct, 1978
Permanent Shutdown Date
01 Aug, 2022
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
151.89 TW.h
75.6 %
80.1 %
24.4 %
76.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2022
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
1976
Data from a trial operation not provided
1977
"
1978
Data Not Provided
1979
3079.800
400
6646
76.1
73.5
73.5
88.1
88.1
1980
2337.160
500
5394
61.7
55.4
63.6
56.3
70.9
1981
3441.600
520
7118
79.9
74.3
67.6
74.3
72.2
1982
2950.760
520
6000
68.7
65.4
67.0
65.0
70.2
1983
4082.980
520
8127
93.0
86.6
71.2
89.9
74.4
1984
3408.220
520
6589
75.4
71.6
71.3
75.0
74.5
1985
4263.020
520
8167
93.5
82.2
72.9
93.8
77.4
1986
3199.190
560
6110
69.9
67.2
72.1
65.4
75.7
1987
1837.990
560
3554
39.9
38.8
68.0
36.9
70.9
1988
2905.410
560
5370
61.5
59.1
67.0
59.4
69.7
1989
4195.300
560
7878
90.2
85.5
68.8
85.8
71.2
1990
3101.980
560
5732
65.6
63.4
68.4
63.4
70.6
1991
4601.890
560
8430
96.5
94.4
70.5
94.1
72.5
1992
3614.470
585
6565
73.7
69.8
70.4
69.5
72.2
1993
4843.290
585
8587
97.5
94.6
72.2
94.0
73.8
1994
4126.200
585
7342
84.0
78.3
72.6
80.7
74.3
1995
4812.460
610
7910
90.0
89.6
73.7
89.8
75.3
1996
4797.270
610
8418
95.8
89.7
74.7
89.5
76.2
1997
4185.700
610
7341
83.6
78.3
74.9
78.1
76.3
1998
4252.570
610
7740
88.1
80.9
75.3
79.4
76.5
1999
4045.230
610
7221
82.2
77.0
75.4
75.5
76.4
2000
3850.580
610
7208
82.1
71.9
75.2
71.9
76.2
2001
4801.960
610
8545
97.3
87.0
75.7
89.6
76.8
2002
4580.960
610
8021
91.6
85.0
76.2
85.7
77.2
2003
4076.350
610
7032
80.3
74.8
76.1
76.3
77.2
2004
4578.710
610
8091
92.1
84.8
76.5
85.4
77.6
2005
4580.580
610
8257
94.3
85.2
76.8
85.7
77.9
2006
3370.180
620
6200
70.8
62.4
76.2
62.3
77.3
2007
1877.410
430
5204
59.4
45.2
75.4
44.9
76.3
2008
2628.760
410
6935
79.0
72.8
75.3
72.1
76.2
2009
1931.520
410
4963
56.7
53.7
74.8
53.8
75.7
2010
3152.410
410
7411
84.6
81.8
74.9
87.8
76.0
2011
3329.950
435
7863
89.8
86.8
75.2
87.4
76.2
2012
2793.960
435
6693
76.2
72.8
75.2
73.1
76.2
2013
3880.000
440
8553
97.6
94.7
75.6
100.7
76.8
2014
3751.170
475
7968
91.0
88.2
75.9
90.2
77.1
2015
3989.080
480
8614
98.3
93.7
76.4
94.9
77.5
2016
3239.170
480
6928
78.9
75.9
76.3
76.8
77.5
2017
3809.660
480
8054
91.9
89.5
76.6
90.6
77.8
2018
3863.640
485
8305
94.8
90.6
77.0
90.9
78.1
2019
2963.040
485
6427
73.4
70.2
76.8
69.7
77.9
2020
1275.630
485
2800
31.9
30.9
75.8
29.9
76.9
2021
2376.140
485
5206
59.4
57.2
75.4
55.9
76.4
2022
2140.110
485
4680
91.5
86.8
75.6
86.7
76.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22
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