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BRUNSBUETTEL
(KKB)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-69
1. (66,6%) Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH 2. (33,3%) E.ON Kernkraft GmbH
Kernkraftwerk Brunsbüttel GmbH & Co. oHG
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
771
MW
e
770
MW
e
806
MW
e
2292
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
15 Apr, 1970
23 Jun, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
13 Jul, 1976
09 Feb, 1977
Permanent Shutdown Date
06 Aug, 2011
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
120.37 TW.h
54.7 %
57.9 %
45.3 %
51.1 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2011
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
1976
1032.200
770
2112
1977
3313.800
770
4547
50.4
47.4
47.4
47.4
47.4
1978
2333.500
770
3405
38.9
34.5
40.7
34.6
40.7
1979
0.000
770
0
0.0
0.0
26.7
0.0
26.8
1980
714.900
770
1354
15.4
11.3
22.8
10.6
22.6
1981
4462.400
770
7432
84.8
66.4
31.6
66.2
31.5
1982
3439.200
770
5007
57.2
51.1
34.9
51.0
34.8
1983
2416.000
770
3241
37.0
34.2
34.8
35.8
34.9
1984
5334.000
770
7549
85.9
78.9
40.4
78.9
40.5
1985
5625.310
770
7661
87.4
83.1
45.2
83.4
45.3
1986
5630.910
771
7802
89.1
86.1
49.3
83.4
49.1
1987
5233.830
771
7837
89.5
85.9
52.7
77.5
51.7
1988
5085.310
771
7800
88.8
85.4
55.4
75.1
53.7
1989
4097.170
771
6730
76.8
71.6
56.7
60.7
54.2
1990
4780.320
771
8527
97.3
93.8
59.4
70.8
55.4
1991
3819.300
771
6317
72.1
61.2
59.5
56.6
55.5
1992
3487.350
771
5425
61.8
57.4
59.4
51.5
55.2
1993
0.000
771
0
0.0
0.0
55.8
0.0
52.0
1994
0.000
771
0
0.0
0.0
52.7
0.0
49.1
1995
3001.030
771
4750
54.2
51.3
52.6
44.4
48.8
1996
4696.350
771
7255
82.6
74.7
53.8
69.3
49.9
1997
5102.940
771
8760
100.0
97.4
55.8
75.6
51.1
1998
3993.890
771
5712
65.2
64.7
56.2
59.1
51.5
1999
6219.820
771
8290
94.6
93.6
57.9
92.1
53.2
2000
5784.800
771
8295
94.4
93.8
59.4
85.4
54.6
2001
5764.310
771
8202
93.6
86.8
60.5
85.4
55.8
2002
859.990
771
1167
13.3
13.1
58.7
12.7
54.2
2003
4905.810
771
6688
76.4
76.3
59.3
72.6
54.8
2004
4873.180
771
6504
74.0
73.3
59.8
72.0
55.5
2005
6027.240
771
7989
91.2
89.0
60.8
89.2
56.6
2006
5967.390
771
7958
90.8
88.5
61.8
88.4
57.7
2007
2487.870
771
3362
38.4
38.2
61.0
36.8
57.0
2008
0.000
771
0
0.0
0.0
59.1
0.0
55.2
2009
0.000
771
0
0.0
0.0
57.3
0.0
53.5
2010
0.000
771
0
0.0
0.0
55.6
0.0
52.0
2011
0.000
771
0
0.0
0.0
54.7
0.0
51.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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