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BORSSELE
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
KWU 2LP
N.V. ELEKTRICITEITS-PRODUKTIEMAATSCHAPPIJ ZUID-NEDERLAND
N.V. ELEKTRICITEITS-PRODUKTIEMAATSCHAPPIJ ZUID-NEDERLAND
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
482
MW
e
495
MW
e
515
MW
e
1366
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1969
20 Jun, 1973
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
04 Jul, 1973
26 Oct, 1973
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
171.23 TW.h
85.1 %
86.4 %
14.9 %
84.8 %
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
1973
620.500
447
2682
71.3
47.8
47.8
47.7
47.7
1974
2993.700
477
6840
78.1
71.6
68.4
71.6
68.4
1975
2776.900
447
6494
74.1
70.8
69.5
70.9
69.5
1976
3274.400
450
7521
85.6
82.8
73.6
82.8
73.7
1977
3142.400
450
7318
83.5
80.4
75.2
79.7
75.1
1978
3424.100
445
7997
91.3
88.4
77.7
87.8
77.5
1979
2900.000
445
6785
77.4
83.5
78.6
74.4
77.0
1980
3593.000
447
8496
96.7
92.8
80.6
91.5
79.0
1981
3048.300
447
7094
81.0
78.8
80.4
77.8
78.9
1982
3315.900
452
7489
85.5
83.9
80.8
83.7
79.4
1983
3050.000
452
6959
79.4
76.9
80.4
77.0
79.2
1984
3062.000
452
6895
78.5
76.6
80.0
77.1
79.0
1985
3261.150
452
7299
83.3
81.9
80.2
82.4
79.3
1986
3574.000
452
8053
91.9
89.9
80.9
90.3
80.1
1987
2950.930
452
6756
77.1
74.2
80.5
74.5
79.7
1988
3032.550
452
6763
77.0
76.2
80.2
76.4
79.5
1989
3421.850
452
7711
88.0
87.8
80.7
81.2
79.6
1990
2885.860
452
6636
75.8
75.6
80.4
68.5
78.9
1991
2728.530
452
6221
71.0
69.2
79.8
68.9
78.4
1992
2830.340
452
6412
73.0
80.6
79.8
71.3
78.0
1993
3328.150
452
7376
84.2
83.6
80.0
84.0
78.3
1994
3321.970
452
7489
85.5
84.1
80.2
83.9
78.6
1995
3386.750
452
7654
87.4
86.8
80.5
85.5
78.9
1996
3520.280
452
7978
90.8
88.2
80.8
88.7
79.3
1997
Data Not Provided
1998
"
1999
3604.200
449
8363
95.5
94.2
81.4
91.6
79.8
2000
3698.960
449
8262
94.1
93.1
81.8
93.8
80.4
2001
3746.670
449
8404
95.9
94.6
82.3
95.3
80.9
2002
3686.890
450
8284
94.6
93.4
82.7
93.5
81.4
2003
3788.310
450
8431
96.2
95.3
83.2
96.1
81.9
2004
3604.690
450
8073
91.9
91.1
83.4
91.2
82.2
2005
3771.930
450
8430
96.2
95.5
83.8
95.7
82.7
2006
3272.610
482
7542
86.1
84.6
83.8
82.5
82.6
2007
3993.870
482
8346
95.3
95.1
84.2
94.6
83.0
2008
3933.640
482
8161
92.9
92.6
84.5
92.9
83.4
2009
4017.670
482
8352
95.3
95.1
84.8
95.2
83.7
2010
3754.880
482
7807
89.1
88.9
84.9
88.9
83.9
2011
3917.240
482
8092
92.4
92.1
85.1
92.8
84.1
2012
3706.680
482
7722
87.9
86.9
85.2
87.6
84.2
2013
2736.930
482
5737
65.5
63.7
84.6
64.8
83.7
2014
3873.510
482
8054
92.0
91.2
84.8
91.8
83.9
2015
3861.630
482
8020
91.6
90.5
84.9
91.5
84.1
2016
3749.810
482
7836
89.2
87.8
85.0
88.6
84.2
2017
3263.180
482
6672
76.2
75.6
84.8
77.3
84.1
2018
3340.530
482
6997
79.9
78.3
84.6
79.1
83.9
2019
3700.710
482
7769
88.7
86.8
84.7
87.7
84.0
2020
3885.680
482
8100
92.2
91.7
84.8
91.8
84.2
2021
3614.160
482
7956
90.8
86.4
84.9
85.6
84.2
2022
3930.560
482
8265
94.4
94.1
85.1
93.1
84.4
2023
3771.240
482
7955
90.8
89.8
85.1
89.3
84.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-25
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