1990 RESULTS OF GERMAN NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT OPERATION .1. NUCLEAR GENERATING-UNITS OF UP TO 1000-MW POWER

The twenty nuclear generating units with an aggregate gross installed capacity of 22,365 MWe in operation in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 converted 147,243 GWh of nuclear power into electricity; this is 1.5% less than the 1989 production of 149,453 GWh. The seven units of 1000 MWe maximum rated power with an aggregate gross 5152 MWe supplied 28,746 GWh in 1990 at an average availability in terms of time of 69.9% and a net capacity utilization of 63.4%. No accident occured in the nuclear power plants in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 which could have endangered personnel in the plants or the population in the vicinity. The operating performance data of the nuclear generating units of up to 1000 MW power are published in Part I of the article as excerpts from the 1990 Annual Report by the Operating Experiences Committee (ABE Committee) of the Technical Association of Operators of Large Power Plants (VGB). Part II of the article, which will be published at a later date, will contain the performance data of nuclear generating units of more than 1000 MW power.