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GOESGEN
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
PWR 3 Loop
KERNKRAFTWERK GÖSGEN-DÄNIKEN AG
KERNKRAFTWERK GÖSGEN-DÄNIKEN AG
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1010
MW
e
920
MW
e
1060
MW
e
3002
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Dec, 1973
20 Jan, 1979
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
02 Feb, 1979
01 Nov, 1979
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
313.35 TW.h
89.0 %
90.7 %
11.0 %
89.4 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2021
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
1979
3398.700
920
4724
97.1
93.2
93.2
93.2
93.2
1980
5935.700
920
6819
77.6
73.5
76.3
73.4
76.3
1981
6527.600
920
7523
85.9
80.7
78.3
81.0
78.4
1982
6436.100
920
7665
87.5
79.8
78.8
79.9
78.9
1983
6891.600
920
7790
88.9
86.2
80.6
85.5
80.5
1984
7134.780
900
8015
91.2
89.8
82.3
90.2
82.3
1985
6747.720
909
7789
88.9
84.6
82.7
84.7
82.7
1986
6754.540
941
7386
84.3
82.8
82.7
81.9
82.6
1987
6910.340
935
7521
85.9
84.4
82.9
84.4
82.8
1988
6858.970
936
7476
85.1
83.4
83.0
83.4
82.9
1989
6878.680
931
7514
85.8
84.3
83.1
84.3
83.0
1990
7131.490
929
7983
91.1
87.6
83.5
87.6
83.5
1991
7141.940
925
7918
90.4
88.1
83.9
88.1
83.8
1992
7406.910
944
8107
92.3
90.2
84.4
90.2
84.3
1993
7408.120
950
8075
92.2
88.9
84.7
89.0
84.7
1994
7661.090
947
8102
92.5
91.1
85.1
92.4
85.2
1995
7820.850
971
8109
92.6
91.1
85.5
92.0
85.6
1996
7928.350
986
8204
93.4
91.5
85.9
91.5
86.0
1997
7967.770
986
8189
93.5
91.6
86.2
92.2
86.4
1998
7839.730
986
8179
93.4
90.8
86.4
90.8
86.6
1999
7533.930
970
7887
90.0
88.8
86.6
88.7
86.7
2000
7804.260
970
8089
92.1
91.7
86.8
91.6
86.9
2001
7870.470
970
8206
93.7
92.6
87.1
92.6
87.2
2002
7853.300
970
8154
93.1
92.3
87.3
92.4
87.4
2003
7988.680
970
8291
94.6
93.9
87.6
94.0
87.7
2004
8015.600
970
8300
94.5
93.8
87.8
94.1
88.0
2005
7588.230
970
7754
88.5
88.0
87.9
89.3
88.0
2006
8099.100
970
8230
94.0
93.6
88.1
95.3
88.3
2007
8158.910
970
8313
94.9
94.6
88.3
96.0
88.6
2008
7964.010
970
8148
92.8
92.2
88.4
93.5
88.8
2009
8072.420
970
8267
94.4
94.0
88.6
95.0
89.0
2010
8029.090
970
8220
93.8
93.1
88.8
94.5
89.1
2011
7910.310
970
8122
92.7
92.0
88.9
93.1
89.3
2012
8073.930
985
8281
94.3
93.1
89.0
93.3
89.4
2013
6410.200
985
6491
74.1
73.4
88.5
74.3
88.9
2014
8021.580
1010
8029
91.7
90.8
88.6
91.8
89.0
2015
7971.200
1010
7980
91.1
90.3
88.7
90.1
89.0
2016
8233.250
1010
8232
93.7
92.6
88.8
92.8
89.2
2017
8154.300
1010
8148
93.0
92.0
88.9
92.2
89.2
2018
8172.010
1010
8244
94.1
92.1
89.0
92.4
89.3
2019
7743.070
1010
7835
89.4
87.4
88.9
87.5
89.3
2020
8249.560
1010
8360
95.2
92.9
89.0
93.0
89.4
2021
7819.830
1010
7900
90.2
88.2
89.0
88.4
89.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-02-02
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