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BIBLIS-B
(KWB B)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
PWR
RWE Power AG
RWE Power AG
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1240
MW
e
1178
MW
e
1300
MW
e
3733
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Feb, 1972
25 Mar, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
25 Apr, 1976
31 Jan, 1977
Permanent Shutdown Date
06 Aug, 2011
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
247.35 TW.h
72.5 %
74.5 %
27.5 %
66.0 %
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
705.700
1178
1027
1977
8017.200
1178
7490
85.6
78.5
78.5
77.4
77.4
1978
5658.000
1178
6015
68.7
55.3
66.4
54.8
65.6
1979
6026.000
1178
7254
82.8
77.9
70.4
58.4
63.1
1980
5592.000
1240
5761
65.6
57.8
67.0
51.3
60.0
1981
8105.600
1240
6804
77.7
75.4
68.8
74.6
63.1
1982
9196.000
1240
7681
87.7
85.5
71.7
84.7
66.8
1983
6490.000
1240
5360
61.2
60.6
70.0
59.8
65.8
1984
8216.000
1240
7338
83.5
77.6
71.0
75.4
67.0
1985
7780.210
1240
6918
79.0
75.3
71.5
71.6
67.5
1986
6722.620
1240
6370
72.7
68.2
71.2
61.9
67.0
1987
5622.990
1240
7273
83.0
76.2
71.6
51.8
65.5
1988
5591.760
1240
6593
75.1
74.8
71.9
51.3
64.3
1989
5165.800
1240
4807
54.9
53.6
70.5
47.6
63.0
1990
9100.100
1240
8631
98.5
90.0
71.9
83.8
64.5
1991
3917.760
1240
3626
41.4
39.3
69.7
36.1
62.6
1992
7630.500
1240
7184
81.8
81.5
70.4
70.0
63.1
1993
7441.760
1240
7368
84.1
83.8
71.2
68.5
63.4
1994
7973.790
1240
7468
85.2
84.9
72.0
73.4
64.0
1995
7854.230
1240
6603
75.4
75.4
72.2
72.3
64.4
1996
7857.360
1240
6762
77.0
80.1
72.6
72.1
64.8
1997
8469.430
1240
7560
86.3
85.9
73.2
78.0
65.4
1998
8182.070
1240
7409
84.6
84.4
73.7
75.3
65.9
1999
8707.400
1240
7474
85.3
85.0
74.2
80.2
66.5
2000
8295.680
1240
7950
90.5
89.2
74.8
76.2
66.9
2001
7442.240
1240
6470
73.9
73.8
74.8
68.5
67.0
2002
10173.600
1240
8371
95.6
95.2
75.6
93.7
68.0
2003
7792.040
1240
6630
75.7
75.3
75.6
71.7
68.2
2004
8768.390
1240
7309
83.2
82.5
75.8
80.5
68.6
2005
6892.460
1240
6014
68.6
64.0
75.4
63.4
68.4
2006
8312.140
1240
6929
79.1
77.9
75.5
76.5
68.7
2007
885.240
1240
731
8.3
8.2
73.3
8.2
66.7
2008
10367.970
1240
8766
99.8
96.1
74.0
95.2
67.6
2009
1511.330
1240
1513
17.3
14.1
72.2
13.9
66.0
2010
9737.540
1240
8138
92.9
90.4
72.8
89.6
66.7
2011
1640.980
1240
1342
26.4
59.3
72.5
26.0
66.0
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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