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HARTLEPOOL A-2
Operational
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
595
MW
e
595
MW
e
655
MW
e
1500
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Oct, 1968
09 Sep, 1984
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
31 Oct, 1984
01 Apr, 1989
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
124.15 TW.h
71.1 %
74.6 %
28.9 %
70.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2023
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
1984
Data from a trial operation not provided
1985
778.880
625
2839
1986
942.540
625
2678
1987
1729.280
625
4985
1988
1013.140
490
2969
1989
2234.820
420
4689
71.0
100.0
100.0
80.6
80.6
1990
3238.380
510
6796
77.8
74.1
84.3
76.0
77.8
1991
1855.910
625
3755
43.0
55.1
71.6
34.0
58.7
1992
4316.780
575
7923
89.0
87.0
76.0
84.9
66.2
1993
4264.640
605
7682
87.9
83.8
77.8
83.8
70.2
1994
3703.920
605
6612
75.7
69.9
76.3
70.1
70.2
1995
3750.740
605
6149
70.0
70.8
75.4
70.6
70.2
1996
4370.300
605
8131
92.6
82.1
76.3
82.2
71.9
1997
4127.880
605
6954
79.2
77.2
76.4
77.7
72.6
1998
4555.100
605
7973
90.8
85.6
77.4
85.7
74.0
1999
4472.450
605
7808
88.9
83.6
78.0
84.2
75.0
2000
4265.860
605
7463
85.0
80.3
78.2
80.3
75.5
2001
4635.880
605
8092
92.1
87.5
79.0
87.2
76.4
2002
4910.320
605
8383
95.7
92.7
80.0
92.6
77.6
2003
3488.430
605
6258
71.4
66.4
79.1
65.8
76.8
2004
3380.610
605
6016
68.5
64.0
78.1
63.6
76.0
2005
3651.640
605
6428
73.4
69.2
77.5
68.9
75.5
2006
2481.110
595
4455
50.9
47.8
75.8
47.4
73.9
2007
3593.550
595
6514
74.4
69.2
75.5
69.0
73.6
2008
0.000
595
0
0.0
0.0
71.6
0.0
69.9
2009
2882.060
595
5360
61.2
56.0
70.8
55.3
69.2
2010
3738.080
595
6674
76.2
71.7
70.9
71.7
69.3
2011
4251.620
595
7533
86.0
81.9
71.4
81.6
69.8
2012
4520.160
585
7880
89.7
87.7
72.1
88.0
70.6
2013
3014.480
585
5517
63.0
59.2
71.6
58.8
70.1
2014
2662.280
585
5290
60.4
52.9
70.8
52.0
69.4
2015
3124.820
585
6811
77.8
61.4
70.5
61.0
69.1
2016
3773.670
585
6842
77.9
73.2
70.6
73.4
69.3
2017
4641.820
585
7980
91.1
89.5
71.2
90.6
70.0
2018
4569.780
595
7950
90.8
88.0
71.8
87.7
70.6
2019
3259.780
595
5910
67.5
63.1
71.5
62.5
70.3
2020
3919.400
595
7232
82.3
75.4
71.6
75.0
70.5
2021
2845.550
595
5404
61.7
55.7
71.2
54.6
70.0
2022
4132.360
595
7447
85.0
79.6
71.4
79.3
70.3
2023
3097.650
595
5573
63.6
60.0
71.1
59.4
70.0
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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