WINDSCALE AGR
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
|
Reactor Type
|
Model
|
Owner
|
Operator
|
GCR
|
AGR
|
UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
|
UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
|
|
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
|
Design Net Capacity
|
Gross Capacity
|
Thermal Capacity
|
24
MWe
|
32
MWe
|
36
MWe
|
120
MWt
|
|
Construction Start Date
|
First Criticality Date
|
|
|
01 Nov, 1958
|
09 Aug, 1962
|
|
|
|
First Grid Connection
|
Commercial Operation Date
|
|
|
01 Feb, 1963
|
01 Mar, 1963
|
|
|
|
Permanent Shutdown Date
|
03 Apr, 1981
|
LifeTime Performance
|
Electricity Supplied
|
Energy Availability Factor
|
Operation Factor
|
Energy Unavailability Factor
|
Load Factor
|
3.26 TW.h
|
65.4 %
|
56.8 %
|
34.6 %
|
59.8 %
|
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1980
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
|
|
1963
|
Data Not Provided
|
|
1964
|
"
|
|
1965
|
"
|
|
1966
|
"
|
|
1967
|
"
|
|
1968
|
"
|
|
1969
|
"
|
|
1970
|
"
|
|
1971
|
"
|
|
1972
|
193.700
|
40
|
5838
|
66.5
|
55.1
|
NC
|
55.1
|
NC
|
|
1973
|
138.500
|
28
|
5466
|
62.4
|
62.0
|
NC
|
56.5
|
NC
|
|
1974
|
85.200
|
28
|
3465
|
39.6
|
39.6
|
NC
|
34.7
|
NC
|
|
1975
|
115.400
|
24
|
5288
|
60.4
|
60.5
|
NC
|
54.9
|
NC
|
|
1976
|
146.200
|
24
|
6269
|
71.4
|
71.1
|
NC
|
69.4
|
NC
|
|
1977
|
129.800
|
24
|
5281
|
60.3
|
60.3
|
NC
|
61.7
|
NC
|
|
1978
|
139.100
|
24
|
5958
|
68.0
|
67.6
|
NC
|
66.2
|
NC
|
|
1979
|
128.600
|
24
|
0
|
0.0
|
100.0
|
NC
|
61.2
|
NC
|
|
1980
|
181.000
|
24
|
7278
|
82.9
|
84.2
|
65.4
|
85.9
|
59.8
|
|
1981
|
Data Not Provided
|
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 2023-06-01