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UNTERWESER
(KKU)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
PWR
E.ON Kernkraft GmbH
E.ON Kernkraft GmbH
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1345
MW
e
1230
MW
e
1410
MW
e
3900
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1972
16 Sep, 1978
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
29 Sep, 1978
06 Sep, 1979
Permanent Shutdown Date
06 Aug, 2011
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
289.75 TW.h
82.7 %
83.7 %
17.3 %
79.4 %
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
1978
787.700
1230
1268
1979
8081.000
1230
7597
93.3
92.1
92.1
92.7
92.7
1980
9272.000
1230
7832
89.2
85.8
87.4
85.8
87.5
1981
9023.500
1230
7606
86.8
83.5
85.7
83.8
85.9
1982
9114.200
1230
8022
91.6
84.8
85.4
84.6
85.5
1983
8215.000
1230
7191
82.1
75.8
83.2
76.2
83.4
1984
9483.000
1230
7908
90.0
87.2
83.9
87.8
84.2
1985
9931.810
1230
8279
94.5
93.4
85.4
92.2
85.5
1986
7280.830
1230
6254
71.4
67.4
83.0
67.6
83.0
1987
8673.920
1230
7277
83.1
80.7
82.7
80.5
82.7
1988
9108.380
1230
7627
86.8
85.0
83.0
84.3
82.9
1989
9245.560
1230
7873
89.9
89.4
83.6
85.8
83.2
1990
8485.000
1230
6921
79.0
78.9
83.2
78.8
82.8
1991
6485.940
1243
5369
61.3
61.1
81.4
60.1
81.0
1992
8731.470
1230
7646
87.0
86.5
81.8
80.8
80.9
1993
10824.830
1255
8760
100.0
99.9
83.0
98.5
82.2
1994
7685.920
1255
7039
80.4
80.1
82.8
69.9
81.4
1995
7980.630
1255
6832
78.0
77.5
82.5
72.6
80.8
1996
9907.730
1285
8055
91.7
91.3
83.0
87.8
81.2
1997
9932.430
1285
8291
94.6
94.4
83.7
88.2
81.6
1998
6618.000
1285
5217
59.6
58.7
82.3
58.8
80.4
1999
8096.580
1285
6899
78.8
78.3
82.1
71.9
80.0
2000
9615.760
1345
7604
86.6
86.2
82.3
84.5
80.2
2001
10656.720
1345
8378
95.6
90.8
82.7
90.4
80.7
2002
6774.790
1345
5313
60.6
60.5
81.7
57.5
79.6
2003
9254.860
1345
7882
90.0
88.3
82.0
78.6
79.6
2004
9724.030
1345
7711
87.8
87.4
82.2
82.3
79.7
2005
8890.640
1345
6742
77.0
75.9
82.0
75.5
79.5
2006
10391.460
1345
8315
94.9
88.6
82.2
88.2
79.9
2007
9076.270
1345
6984
79.7
77.3
82.0
77.0
79.8
2008
9295.520
1345
7663
87.2
79.5
82.0
78.7
79.7
2009
10028.910
1345
7868
89.8
85.1
82.1
85.1
79.9
2010
10698.900
1345
8179
93.4
91.0
82.4
90.8
80.3
2011
2369.340
1345
1828
35.9
99.3
82.7
34.6
79.4
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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