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BRADWELL-2
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
GCR
MAGNOX
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
MAGNOX, LTD
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
123
MW
e
150
MW
e
146
MW
e
481
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1957
01 Apr, 1962
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
06 Jul, 1962
12 Nov, 1962
Permanent Shutdown Date
30 Mar, 2002
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
27.17 TW.h
65.8 %
83.9 %
34.2 %
65.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1994
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
1962
Data Not Provided
1963
"
1964
"
1965
"
1966
"
1967
"
1968
"
1969
"
1970
908.500
187
0
0.0
55.4
NC
55.5
NC
1971
913.600
145
8760
100.0
69.7
NC
71.9
NC
1972
1064.300
145
8736
100.0
83.4
NC
84.0
NC
1973
826.450
125
8736
100.0
81.6
NC
75.7
NC
1974
861.500
125
8224
94.1
78.9
NC
78.9
NC
1975
874.500
125
8736
100.0
80.0
NC
80.1
NC
1976
868.000
125
8904
100.0
77.9
NC
78.0
NC
1977
860.000
125
8702
99.6
78.6
74.6
78.8
74.3
1978
760.000
125
8658
99.1
69.6
74.1
69.6
73.8
1979
692.000
125
8655
99.1
63.8
73.1
63.4
72.9
1980
62.000
125
1015
11.6
5.8
67.4
5.7
67.2
1981
0.000
125
0
0.0
0.0
62.1
0.0
61.9
1982
447.000
123
7615
87.2
42.7
60.7
41.6
60.4
1983
619.500
123
8681
99.4
58.3
60.6
57.6
60.2
1984
849.000
123
8736
100.0
79.5
61.7
79.0
61.4
1985
935.100
123
8736
100.0
88.1
63.3
87.0
62.9
1986
791.350
123
8736
100.0
74.3
63.9
73.6
63.5
1987
931.620
123
8904
100.0
85.5
65.0
85.1
64.7
1988
849.590
123
8568
98.1
79.4
65.8
79.1
65.4
1989
402.010
123
5132
58.8
39.0
64.5
37.4
64.0
1990
741.650
123
8705
99.6
69.8
64.7
69.0
64.3
1991
807.080
123
8485
97.1
77.1
65.3
75.1
64.8
1992
591.920
123
5690
63.9
49.4
64.6
54.0
64.3
1993
818.970
123
8736
100.0
76.2
65.1
76.2
64.8
1994
906.470
123
8057
92.2
84.4
65.8
84.4
65.5
1995
Data Not Provided
1996
"
1997
"
1998
"
1999
"
2000
"
2001
"
2002
"
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
NC – cumulative values not calculated when more than 50% of required data is missing in PRIS
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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