HUNTERSTON 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
490 MWe
624 MWe
644 MWe
1496 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1967
31 Jan, 1976
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
06 Feb, 1976
07 Feb, 1976
Permanent Shutdown Date
26 Nov, 2021

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
145.05 TW.h
69.6 %
73.9 %
30.4 %
68.7 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2021

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 1349.000 459 4293 52.2 36.0 36.0 35.7 35.7
1977 1709.200 500 4313 49.4 40.1 38.2 39.1 37.5
1978 2158.400 500 5375 61.5 49.4 42.1 49.4 41.7
1979 2250.000 500 5259 60.2 52.2 44.7 51.5 44.2
1980 1486.000 500 3750 42.9 34.4 42.6 34.0 42.1
1981 1794.800 500 3941 44.3 40.8 42.3 40.3 41.8
1982 3484.100 515 7408 84.8 77.3 47.5 77.4 47.1
1983 2912.000 520 6107 69.9 63.1 49.5 64.1 49.3
1984 4214.000 550 8080 92.5 85.4 53.9 87.7 54.0
1985 3644.200 575 6655 76.2 71.1 55.8 72.6 56.1
1986 4571.200 575 8268 94.6 89.1 59.2 91.0 59.6
1987 3268.400 575 6358 71.4 63.7 59.6 63.8 60.0
1988 4492.300 575 8568 98.1 89.2 62.1 89.4 62.5
1989 2959.700 575 5467 62.6 58.2 61.8 58.9 62.2
1990 4744.100 575 8585 98.3 92.7 64.0 94.4 64.5
1991 2033.800 575 3827 43.8 40.1 62.4 40.5 62.9
1992 4315.700 575 8771 98.5 84.4 63.8 84.3 64.3
1993 2928.900 575 5581 63.9 58.2 63.5 58.3 63.9
1994 4698.100 585 8545 97.8 92.4 65.1 92.3 65.5
1995 3829.980 585 6917 76.6 74.2 65.6 72.5 65.9
1996 1643.700 585 2839 32.3 98.5 67.3 32.0 64.2
1997 3833.990 595 7035 80.1 73.6 67.6 73.4 64.6
1998 4835.440 595 8584 97.7 92.8 68.8 92.5 66.0
1999 4811.500 595 8591 97.8 92.3 69.9 92.1 67.1
2000 4035.560 595 7497 85.4 77.2 70.2 77.2 67.6
2001 5030.390 595 8598 97.9 86.6 70.9 96.2 68.8
2002 4678.540 595 8356 95.4 89.1 71.6 89.8 69.6
2003 3936.460 595 7225 82.5 74.6 71.7 75.5 69.8
2004 4522.730 595 8271 94.2 85.6 72.2 86.5 70.4
2005 4096.420 595 8207 93.7 78.4 72.4 78.6 70.7
2006 1991.380 610 3838 43.8 37.8 71.2 37.5 69.6
2007 1303.350 420 4315 49.3 32.5 70.2 31.9 68.6
2008 2213.360 410 5894 67.1 60.8 70.0 61.1 68.4
2009 2827.960 430 6969 79.6 73.9 70.1 76.0 68.6
2010 3635.460 430 8409 96.0 90.5 70.6 96.5 69.2
2011 3382.260 460 7698 87.9 83.6 70.9 83.9 69.6
2012 3254.960 460 7350 83.7 79.3 71.1 80.6 69.8
2013 4058.320 460 8760 100.0 96.2 71.6 100.7 70.5
2014 3798.180 475 8103 92.5 89.0 72.0 91.3 71.0
2015 3333.820 480 7047 80.4 77.9 72.2 79.3 71.2
2016 3851.100 480 8120 92.4 89.6 72.5 91.3 71.6
2017 3860.890 480 8104 92.5 90.1 72.9 91.8 72.0
2018 631.330 490 1488 17.0 16.0 71.7 14.7 70.8
2019 -78.200 490 0 0.0 0.0 70.2 0.0 69.3
2020 1253.870 490 2953 33.6 31.2 69.4 29.1 68.5
2021 3177.150 490 6742 85.1 82.2 69.6 81.9 68.7
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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