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HINKLEY POINT A-1
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
235
MW
e
250
MW
e
267
MW
e
900
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1957
01 May, 1964
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
16 Feb, 1965
30 Mar, 1965
Permanent Shutdown Date
23 May, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
46.47 TW.h
74.5 %
89.0 %
25.5 %
72.4 %
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
1965
Data Not Provided
1966
"
1967
"
1968
"
1969
"
1970
1041.000
332
0
0.0
35.8
NC
35.8
NC
1971
343.300
271
6087
69.5
43.2
NC
14.5
NC
1972
1434.150
271
0
0.0
60.6
NC
60.6
NC
1973
1157.350
230
8211
94.0
57.9
NC
57.6
NC
1974
1522.000
230
8736
100.0
75.7
53.0
75.8
47.1
1975
1495.500
230
8604
98.5
74.4
56.2
74.4
51.1
1976
1599.500
230
8736
100.0
84.8
59.8
79.6
54.8
1977
1623.500
230
8697
99.6
81.2
62.3
80.8
57.7
1978
1591.500
215
8736
100.0
87.9
64.7
84.7
60.3
1979
1394.500
215
8698
99.6
76.4
65.7
74.2
61.5
1980
1541.500
215
8707
99.7
83.3
67.2
82.1
63.2
1981
1542.500
215
8601
96.6
83.9
68.4
80.6
64.5
1982
1606.000
215
8708
99.7
87.0
69.7
85.5
66.0
1983
1649.000
215
8736
100.0
87.4
70.8
87.8
67.4
1984
1717.000
215
8736
100.0
90.7
72.1
91.4
68.8
1985
1758.530
215
8736
100.0
88.6
73.0
93.6
70.3
1986
1778.730
215
8736
100.0
90.3
74.0
94.7
71.6
1987
1854.700
235
8904
100.0
90.3
74.9
88.6
72.6
1988
1821.690
235
8568
98.1
90.4
75.7
88.7
73.4
1989
1378.010
235
8092
92.6
75.2
75.7
67.1
73.1
1990
1324.980
235
8354
95.6
63.7
75.1
64.5
72.7
1991
1428.710
235
8650
99.0
72.3
75.0
69.6
72.6
1992
1060.140
235
8794
98.8
51.5
73.9
50.7
71.6
1993
1711.710
235
8428
96.5
83.4
74.3
83.4
72.1
1994
1630.700
235
7691
88.0
78.8
74.5
79.4
72.4
1995
Data Not Provided
1996
"
1997
"
1998
"
1999
"
2000
"
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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