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HINKLEY POINT B-2
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
480
MW
e
625
MW
e
655
MW
e
1494
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1967
01 Feb, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
05 Feb, 1976
27 Sep, 1976
Permanent Shutdown Date
06 Jul, 2022
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
148.03 TW.h
74.1 %
78.1 %
25.9 %
73.4 %
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 Not Provided
1977
1044.000
400
2756
31.6
74.6
74.6
29.9
29.9
1978
Data Not Provided
1979
1499.670
400
3512
40.2
38.2
56.4
42.9
36.4
1980
3008.940
500
6390
73.2
69.3
61.2
72.5
49.8
1981
2488.820
520
5054
56.8
54.7
59.3
53.8
51.0
1982
3155.050
520
6834
78.2
69.8
61.6
69.4
55.1
1983
3454.480
520
6839
78.3
74.1
63.9
76.0
59.0
1984
4393.540
520
8228
94.2
89.4
67.8
96.7
64.8
1985
3229.920
520
5950
68.1
66.7
67.7
71.1
65.6
1986
3497.250
560
7257
84.2
75.1
68.6
72.5
66.5
1987
2971.070
560
6333
71.1
60.6
67.7
59.6
65.7
1988
4268.170
560
8467
96.9
86.6
69.6
87.2
67.9
1989
2484.570
560
4896
56.0
65.4
69.2
50.8
66.3
1990
4463.540
560
8565
98.0
91.2
71.1
91.2
68.4
1991
2353.520
560
4432
50.7
57.4
70.0
48.1
66.8
1992
3901.970
585
7225
81.1
76.3
70.5
75.1
67.4
1993
3743.030
610
6575
75.3
71.4
70.6
71.7
67.8
1994
4852.230
610
8602
98.5
91.1
71.9
91.0
69.3
1995
4518.090
610
7411
84.4
84.6
72.7
84.3
70.3
1996
3119.850
610
5615
63.9
59.1
71.9
58.2
69.6
1997
4512.870
610
7958
90.6
85.0
72.7
84.2
70.4
1998
4738.890
610
8641
98.4
88.3
73.5
88.4
71.3
1999
4082.290
610
7402
84.3
75.8
73.6
76.2
71.6
2000
4189.370
610
7851
89.4
78.9
73.9
78.2
71.9
2001
4772.430
610
8406
95.7
84.1
74.3
89.1
72.7
2002
3257.330
610
6163
70.4
61.2
73.8
61.0
72.2
2003
4619.460
610
8575
97.9
86.5
74.3
86.4
72.8
2004
4150.520
610
8163
92.9
77.7
74.4
77.5
73.0
2005
3357.190
610
6544
74.7
63.3
74.0
62.8
72.6
2006
3132.910
600
6051
69.1
59.8
73.5
59.4
72.1
2007
1812.880
430
4806
54.9
44.0
72.7
43.8
71.3
2008
2709.850
410
6821
77.6
74.1
72.7
74.3
71.4
2009
3016.260
430
7268
83.0
79.6
72.9
81.0
71.6
2010
3263.250
430
7693
87.8
84.8
73.1
86.6
72.0
2011
2746.320
435
6580
75.1
72.0
73.1
72.1
72.0
2012
3480.490
435
8264
94.1
90.4
73.5
91.1
72.4
2013
3651.260
440
8196
93.6
90.5
73.9
94.7
72.9
2014
4091.010
470
8760
100.0
96.7
74.4
99.4
73.5
2015
3113.740
475
6722
76.7
74.0
74.4
74.8
73.6
2016
4022.360
475
8649
98.5
95.0
74.9
96.4
74.1
2017
3485.070
475
7509
85.7
83.1
75.1
83.8
74.3
2018
3379.890
480
7222
82.4
80.2
75.2
80.4
74.4
2019
3983.590
480
8652
98.8
94.4
75.6
94.7
74.9
2020
500.910
480
1246
14.2
13.6
74.3
11.9
73.5
2021
2426.040
480
5469
62.4
58.7
74.0
57.7
73.2
2022
1930.050
480
4201
93.7
90.0
74.1
90.1
73.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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