HUNTERSTON 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
495 MWe
624 MWe
644 MWe
1496 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1967
27 Mar, 1977
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
31 Mar, 1977
01 Apr, 1977
Permanent Shutdown Date
07 Jan, 2022

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
142.17 TW.h
71.4 %
74.1 %
28.6 %
69.7 %
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
1977 1047.700 500 3071 46.4 32.5 32.5 31.6 31.6
1978 0.000 500 0 0.0 0.0 14.0 0.0 13.6
1979 0.000 500 0 0.0 0.0 8.9 0.0 8.7
1980 2544.000 500 5147 58.9 58.9 22.2 58.2 21.9
1981 3019.900 500 7219 81.1 68.2 32.0 67.8 31.7
1982 2706.200 515 5596 64.0 59.8 36.9 60.1 36.7
1983 4153.000 520 8524 97.6 88.4 44.8 91.4 45.0
1984 3287.000 550 6365 72.9 67.7 47.9 68.4 48.3
1985 4507.700 575 8303 95.0 88.7 53.1 89.7 53.5
1986 3616.100 575 6496 74.4 70.8 55.1 72.0 55.6
1987 4623.400 575 8710 97.8 90.5 58.7 90.3 59.1
1988 3115.500 575 5754 65.9 61.3 58.9 62.0 59.4
1989 4728.000 575 8643 98.9 93.5 61.8 94.1 62.3
1990 3231.250 575 5858 67.1 63.8 62.0 64.3 62.5
1991 4727.800 575 8707 99.7 94.0 64.3 94.1 64.7
1992 1969.700 575 3733 41.9 39.2 62.6 38.5 63.0
1993 4322.100 575 8128 93.0 86.1 64.1 86.0 64.4
1994 3784.720 585 6949 79.5 74.7 64.7 74.4 65.0
1995 4671.300 585 8315 91.6 90.1 66.2 87.9 66.3
1996 1276.600 585 2377 27.1 91.8 67.6 24.8 64.1
1997 4559.720 595 8200 93.4 87.5 68.6 87.2 65.3
1998 4518.000 595 8149 92.8 86.7 69.5 86.4 66.4
1999 4101.970 595 7302 83.1 78.8 69.9 78.5 66.9
2000 3241.620 595 6411 73.0 62.0 69.6 62.0 66.7
2001 3785.000 595 6485 73.8 83.7 70.2 72.4 66.9
2002 4413.060 595 7721 88.1 83.1 70.7 84.7 67.7
2003 4627.260 595 8381 95.7 87.5 71.4 88.8 68.5
2004 4238.690 595 7799 88.8 83.5 71.8 81.1 69.0
2005 3633.640 595 7017 80.1 69.4 71.7 69.7 69.0
2006 3745.990 605 6753 77.1 71.0 71.7 71.0 69.1
2007 1658.380 420 4642 53.0 41.3 70.9 40.7 68.3
2008 2240.710 410 6054 68.9 61.9 70.7 61.8 68.2
2009 3217.650 430 8065 92.1 85.4 71.0 86.4 68.6
2010 3218.670 430 7876 89.9 85.1 71.4 85.4 69.0
2011 2959.850 430 7211 82.3 78.3 71.5 78.6 69.2
2012 3635.820 430 8784 100.0 95.4 72.0 96.3 69.8
2013 3432.840 430 7601 86.8 83.4 72.3 91.1 70.3
2014 2832.360 485 6114 69.8 66.5 72.2 66.7 70.2
2015 4134.200 485 8640 98.6 95.4 72.7 97.3 70.8
2016 4028.950 485 8399 95.6 93.0 73.2 94.6 71.3
2017 3421.340 485 7187 82.0 79.5 73.3 80.5 71.6
2018 3142.060 495 6599 75.3 73.2 73.3 72.5 71.6
2019 1116.540 495 2572 29.4 27.8 72.3 25.8 70.6
2020 1022.140 495 2284 26.0 24.8 71.3 23.5 69.6
2021 3246.090 495 7048 80.5 75.3 71.4 74.9 69.7
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-05-17


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