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TRAWSFYNYDD-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
195
MW
e
250
MW
e
235
MW
e
850
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1959
01 Dec, 1964
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
02 Feb, 1965
24 Mar, 1965
Permanent Shutdown Date
04 Feb, 1991
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
35.23 TW.h
78.4 %
92.0 %
21.6 %
79.6 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1991
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
1700.500
293
0
0.0
66.4
NC
66.2
NC
1971
1704.600
235
7504
85.2
79.8
NC
82.3
NC
1972
1580.000
232
8736
100.0
77.9
NC
78.0
NC
1973
Data Not Provided
1974
1584.000
195
8736
100.0
90.4
NC
93.0
NC
1975
1540.000
195
8713
99.7
88.5
NC
90.4
NC
1976
1512.000
195
8904
100.0
86.4
80.3
87.1
81.5
1977
1493.000
195
8736
100.0
88.9
81.4
87.6
82.3
1978
1289.000
195
8736
100.0
75.6
80.8
75.7
81.5
1979
1406.000
195
8736
100.0
82.2
80.9
82.5
81.6
1980
742.000
195
5207
59.6
42.8
77.4
43.6
78.1
1981
1380.000
195
8904
100.0
73.0
77.0
79.5
78.3
1982
1458.000
195
8736
100.0
84.4
77.6
85.6
78.8
1983
1343.500
195
8548
97.8
77.6
77.6
78.9
78.8
1984
1432.000
195
8736
100.0
83.8
78.0
84.1
79.2
1985
1610.120
195
8736
100.0
87.5
78.6
94.5
80.1
1986
1464.140
195
8736
100.0
81.0
78.8
86.0
80.5
1987
1548.150
195
8904
100.0
84.4
79.1
89.2
81.0
1988
1009.130
195
8568
98.1
57.9
78.0
59.2
79.8
1989
1298.820
195
8736
100.0
86.5
78.4
76.2
79.6
1990
1320.720
195
8684
99.4
77.5
78.3
77.5
79.6
1991
162.080
195
910
100.0
95.3
78.4
95.3
79.6
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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