HEYSHAM-A1

(Operational)


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
GCR
AGR
Edf Energy
Edf Energy
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
585 MWe
611 MWe
625 MWe
1500 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
01 Dec, 1970
06 Apr, 1983
09 Jul, 1983
01 Apr, 1989

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
87.95 TW.h
70.8 %
73.9 %
29.2 %
69.9 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2012

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
1983 Data from a trial operation not provided
1984 1527.000 600 4718
1985 256.390 621 726
1986 2118.760 621 5731
1987 1887.120 621 6007
1988 1646.390 485 3025
1989 3045.300 420 7113 82.5 100.0 100.0 84.8 84.8
1990 1786.740 510 4096 46.9 43.4 65.7 42.0 58.9
1991 3826.170 621 7279 83.3 86.4 74.7 70.5 63.9
1992 2764.170 550 5981 67.2 55.6 69.3 56.4 61.8
1993 3638.220 560 6643 76.0 74.3 70.4 75.0 64.7
1994 4563.370 575 8128 93.0 90.4 74.1 90.8 69.5
1995 2808.870 575 4794 54.6 55.9 71.3 55.6 67.4
1996 4056.800 575 7674 87.4 80.2 72.5 80.3 69.1
1997 4298.790 575 7757 88.3 84.5 73.9 85.1 71.0
1998 3766.080 575 6950 79.1 73.8 73.9 74.6 71.4
1999 4549.830 575 7990 91.0 89.7 75.4 90.1 73.2
2000 4587.900 575 8230 93.7 90.4 76.7 90.8 74.7
2001 4034.580 575 6959 79.2 77.6 76.8 79.9 75.2
2002 4445.530 575 7921 90.4 87.9 77.6 88.3 76.1
2003 3746.220 575 6783 77.4 74.4 77.4 74.4 76.0
2004 2638.070 575 4951 56.4 52.5 75.8 52.2 74.5
2005 4033.070 575 7458 85.1 80.1 76.0 80.1 74.8
2006 3839.080 585 7229 82.5 75.5 76.0 75.2 74.8
2007 2498.550 585 4892 55.8 49.1 74.5 48.8 73.4
2008 0.000 585 0 0.0 0.0 70.6 0.0 69.6
2009 3478.250 585 6363 72.6 68.4 70.5 67.9 69.5
2010 2826.720 585 5117 58.4 55.1 69.8 55.2 68.8
2011 4627.860 585 8225 93.9 90.5 70.7 90.3 69.8
2012 3749.040 585 7055 80.3 73.4 70.8 73.0 69.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data are from the PRIS database. Last update on 2013-06-18

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