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LEIBSTADT
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-6
KERNKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT
KERNKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1233
MW
e
960
MW
e
1275
MW
e
3600
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1974
09 Mar, 1984
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
24 May, 1984
15 Dec, 1984
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
317.76 TW.h
82.4 %
86.1 %
17.6 %
82.6 %
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
1984
2.210
1030
3361
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.1
0.1
1985
6769.300
950
7233
82.6
80.1
81.8
81.2
74.4
1986
7209.230
990
7668
87.5
83.2
82.5
85.9
79.9
1987
7376.420
990
7917
90.4
85.2
83.4
85.1
81.6
1988
7003.530
990
7536
85.8
80.0
82.6
80.5
81.4
1989
7364.210
990
7671
87.6
85.5
83.1
84.9
82.1
1990
7596.230
990
7905
90.2
89.8
84.3
87.6
83.0
1991
7060.300
990
7580
86.5
81.3
83.8
81.4
82.8
1992
7537.620
990
7986
90.9
86.4
84.2
86.7
83.2
1993
7338.050
990
7898
90.2
84.4
84.2
84.6
83.4
1994
6988.220
1030
7108
81.1
79.4
83.7
79.5
83.0
1995
7673.830
1030
7819
89.3
84.2
83.8
85.0
83.2
1996
7705.130
1030
7734
88.0
84.8
83.8
85.2
83.4
1997
7762.500
1030
7830
89.4
86.2
84.0
86.0
83.6
1998
8046.200
1030
8102
92.5
88.2
84.3
89.2
84.0
1999
8319.990
1080
8126
92.8
86.8
84.5
87.9
84.3
2000
8823.190
1115
8159
92.9
89.5
84.8
90.1
84.7
2001
9089.770
1115
8187
93.5
90.4
85.2
93.1
85.2
2002
9173.830
1115
8250
94.2
90.8
85.5
93.9
85.7
2003
9309.340
1165
8204
93.6
90.1
85.8
91.2
86.1
2004
8692.040
1165
7633
86.9
84.9
85.8
84.9
86.0
2005
5768.080
1165
5004
57.1
56.3
84.2
56.5
84.4
2006
9367.040
1165
8206
93.7
91.7
84.6
91.8
84.8
2007
9436.800
1165
8276
94.5
93.2
85.0
92.5
85.2
2008
9307.650
1165
8119
92.4
90.7
85.2
91.0
85.4
2009
9385.050
1165
8203
93.6
91.7
85.5
92.0
85.7
2010
8774.540
1165
7640
87.2
85.1
85.5
86.0
85.7
2011
9481.350
1190
8094
92.4
90.7
85.7
91.0
86.0
2012
7881.300
1190
6746
76.8
74.9
85.3
75.4
85.5
2013
9691.670
1220
8150
93.0
90.6
85.5
90.7
85.7
2014
9457.600
1220
7970
91.0
88.5
85.6
88.5
85.8
2015
8598.520
1220
7322
83.6
80.4
85.4
80.4
85.6
2016
6075.410
1220
5147
58.6
57.0
84.4
56.7
84.6
2017
5618.750
1220
5347
61.0
52.9
83.4
52.6
83.6
2018
7812.960
1220
7658
87.4
73.1
83.0
73.1
83.2
2019
8819.520
1220
7792
89.0
82.5
83.0
82.5
83.2
2020
9058.710
1220
7727
88.0
84.5
83.1
84.5
83.2
2021
4851.900
1220
4102
46.8
45.0
82.0
45.4
82.1
2022
9753.380
1233
8048
91.9
90.3
82.2
90.3
82.4
2023
9689.420
1233
8016
91.5
89.7
82.4
89.7
82.6
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-24
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