DUNGENESS 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
545 MWe
607 MWe
615 MWe
1500 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Oct, 1965
23 Dec, 1982
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
03 Apr, 1983
01 Apr, 1985
Permanent Shutdown Date
07 Jun, 2021

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
94.58 TW.h
43.0 %
51.4 %
57.0 %
42.1 %
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
1983 Data from a trial operation not provided
1984 598.000 600 2319
1985 2438.250 450 6117 67.8 62.8 62.8 61.9 61.9
1986 1172.560 450 4447 50.9 29.1 43.5 29.8 43.6
1987 210.320 450 1179 13.2 6.5 29.9 5.2 29.5
1988 1233.940 450 3857 44.2 33.3 30.8 31.4 30.0
1989 647.200 360 2650 30.3 24.8 29.6 18.0 27.6
1990 757.960 360 5093 58.3 26.3 29.2 24.1 27.1
1991 2656.180 415 7329 83.9 74.5 35.6 74.0 33.8
1992 1052.260 520 2670 30.0 27.4 34.5 26.7 32.8
1993 3493.160 540 7138 81.7 77.0 40.2 77.4 38.8
1994 2385.680 555 4676 53.5 49.2 41.4 49.2 40.1
1995 873.720 555 1587 18.1 18.2 38.8 17.9 37.6
1996 2516.970 555 5311 60.5 51.6 40.1 51.6 39.1
1997 2078.190 555 4549 51.8 42.9 40.3 42.6 39.4
1998 2198.300 555 5716 65.1 47.0 40.9 45.1 39.9
1999 1584.200 555 4752 54.1 33.0 40.3 32.5 39.3
2000 409.640 555 1201 13.7 8.4 38.0 8.4 37.1
2001 3049.090 555 7108 80.9 61.9 39.6 62.5 38.8
2002 2167.580 555 5043 57.6 45.5 40.0 44.6 39.1
2003 2482.860 555 5212 59.5 51.9 40.7 51.1 39.8
2004 3082.470 555 6305 71.8 63.8 42.0 63.2 41.2
2005 2955.140 555 6039 68.9 61.6 43.0 60.8 42.2
2006 2453.840 545 5246 59.9 51.6 43.4 51.2 42.6
2007 2981.310 545 6447 73.6 63.3 44.4 62.4 43.6
2008 1999.900 520 4467 50.8 43.7 44.3 43.3 43.6
2009 1627.030 520 3527 40.3 36.0 44.0 35.7 43.2
2010 948.940 520 3233 36.9 20.8 43.1 20.8 42.4
2011 655.600 520 2517 28.7 16.1 42.0 14.4 41.3
2012 1979.080 520 4632 52.7 44.4 42.1 43.3 41.4
2013 2891.060 520 6215 71.0 69.5 43.1 63.5 42.1
2014 1641.910 520 4409 50.3 37.4 42.9 36.0 41.9
2015 3870.670 525 7679 87.7 83.4 44.3 84.2 43.3
2016 3959.170 525 7786 88.6 84.7 45.6 85.8 44.7
2017 2356.850 525 5050 57.6 51.5 45.8 51.2 44.9
2018 2902.740 545 5677 64.8 61.5 46.2 60.8 45.4
2019 -85.830 545 0 0.0 0.0 44.8 0.0 44.0
2020 -92.660 545 0 0.0 0.0 43.5 0.0 42.6
2021 -42.300 545 0 0.0 0.0 43.0 0.0 42.1
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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