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MUEHLEBERG
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-4
BKW ENERGIE AG
BKW ENERGIE AG
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
373
MW
e
306
MW
e
390
MW
e
1097
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Mar, 1967
08 Mar, 1971
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Jul, 1971
06 Nov, 1972
Permanent Shutdown Date
20 Dec, 2019
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
122.46 TW.h
87.4 %
90.4 %
12.6 %
87.8 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2019
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
1971
Data from a trial operation not provided
1972
860.100
323
3834
91.1
92.2
92.2
82.0
82.0
1973
2011.600
306
7315
83.5
80.7
82.4
75.0
76.1
1974
1846.200
306
7062
80.6
73.2
78.2
68.9
72.8
1975
2344.100
306
7989
91.2
87.1
81.0
87.4
77.4
1976
2355.200
306
7960
90.6
85.2
82.0
87.6
79.8
1977
2429.300
320
8097
92.4
85.7
82.7
86.7
81.2
1978
2465.700
320
8001
91.3
87.3
83.5
88.0
82.3
1979
2473.900
320
8024
91.6
87.7
84.1
88.2
83.2
1980
2482.400
320
8005
91.1
88.5
84.6
88.3
83.8
1981
2539.000
324
8051
91.9
89.1
85.2
89.5
84.5
1982
2663.300
326
8017
91.5
88.9
85.5
93.3
85.4
1983
2564.300
326
8026
91.6
89.6
85.9
89.8
85.8
1984
2527.170
326
7989
91.0
88.1
86.1
88.2
86.0
1985
2500.660
322
7882
90.0
87.2
86.2
88.2
86.1
1986
2114.470
326
6645
75.9
73.7
85.3
74.0
85.3
1987
2464.950
326
7959
90.9
85.5
85.3
86.3
85.3
1988
2497.600
326
7968
90.7
87.1
85.4
87.2
85.5
1989
2297.500
322
7226
82.5
81.3
85.2
81.0
85.2
1990
2477.890
323
7910
90.3
86.5
85.2
87.3
85.3
1991
2415.070
322
7714
88.1
84.8
85.2
85.4
85.3
1992
2413.450
322
7755
88.3
85.0
85.2
85.1
85.3
1993
2568.470
355
7917
90.4
86.8
85.3
86.5
85.4
1994
2643.110
355
7952
90.8
84.9
85.3
85.0
85.3
1995
2668.960
355
7894
90.1
85.4
85.3
85.8
85.4
1996
2649.030
355
7847
89.3
84.4
85.2
85.0
85.4
1997
2549.150
355
7671
87.6
81.8
85.1
82.0
85.2
1998
2659.690
355
7886
90.0
85.2
85.1
85.5
85.2
1999
2702.820
355
8064
92.0
86.6
85.2
86.9
85.3
2000
2817.030
355
8290
94.4
90.1
85.3
90.3
85.5
2001
2768.730
355
8195
93.6
88.8
85.5
89.0
85.6
2002
2828.210
355
8280
94.5
87.7
85.6
91.0
85.8
2003
2744.240
355
8034
91.7
87.7
85.6
88.2
85.9
2004
2906.120
355
8282
94.3
92.4
85.8
93.2
86.1
2005
2855.320
355
8130
92.8
91.0
86.0
91.8
86.3
2006
2882.880
355
8174
93.3
90.9
86.2
92.7
86.5
2007
2900.360
355
8021
91.6
90.5
86.3
93.3
86.7
2008
2973.260
355
8114
92.4
91.3
86.4
95.4
87.0
2009
2983.630
373
8025
91.6
90.7
86.6
91.3
87.1
2010
3008.810
373
8198
93.6
91.3
86.7
92.1
87.2
2011
2495.890
373
6707
76.6
75.7
86.4
76.4
86.9
2012
2971.320
373
8017
91.3
90.7
86.5
90.7
87.0
2013
2919.480
373
7947
90.7
89.4
86.6
89.4
87.1
2014
3014.590
373
8146
93.0
92.3
86.8
92.3
87.2
2015
2934.180
373
8025
91.6
90.5
86.8
89.8
87.3
2016
2946.090
373
8160
92.9
90.0
86.9
89.9
87.4
2017
3004.030
373
8157
93.1
92.0
87.0
91.9
87.5
2018
2970.390
373
8132
92.8
90.9
87.1
90.9
87.6
2019
3124.950
373
8484
99.9
98.1
87.4
98.6
87.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-03-27
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