Brokdorf nuclear power plant in Schleswig-Holstein is operated by PreussenElektra GmbH and Kernkraftwerk Brokorf GmbH & Co. oHG. Commercial operation began in 1986.
Details
General information
Site
Brokdorf
Federal state
Schleswig-Holstein
Type (construction line)
Pressurised water reactor (pre-Convoy)
Current operator
Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf GmbH & Co. OHG
Manufacturer
KWU
Owner
PreussenElektra GmbH, Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH
Operational data
Application date
12 March 1974
Start of construction
1 January 1976
First criticality
8 October 1986
First grid synchronisation
14 October 1986
Start of commercial operation
22 December 1986
Expiry of authorisation for power operation in accordance with the German Atomic Energy Act (AtG)
31 December 2021
Technical data
Thermal reactor power
3.900 MW
Gross electric capacity
1.480 MW
Net electric capacity
1.410 MW
Number of reactor coolant pumps
4
Number and mass of fuel elements
193, mass per fuel element 859 kg
Number of fuel rods per fuel element
16x16-20 (uranium); 16x16-24 (MOX)
Composition of the nuclear fuel
Uranium oxide with 4.45% U-235 max. uranium-plutonium MOX up to a reactivity equivalent of a uranium oxide fuel element nominally enriched with 4.0% U-235
