Isar-2 nuclear power station twenty-five years
Description
The Isar-2 nuclear power station (KKI 2) began commercial power operation on April 9, 1988. In these past 25 years the plant generated a total of approx. 285 billion kWh of electricity. The annual electricity production of KKI 2 of approx. 12 billion kWh corresponds to a share of approx. 15 % in the cumulated Bavarian electricity production. This amount of electricity, theoretically, could supply some 3 million three person households, or meet two thirds of the electricity requirement of the Bavarian industry, for one year. In its 25 years of power operation the Isar-2 nuclear power plant has recorded the highest annual gross electricity production of all nuclear power plants in the world nine times so far. A plant performance as impressive as this necessitates a plant availability far above the average. This, in turn, is based on short revision times and faultfree plant operation. However, high plant safety and availability must not be taken for granted, but are the result of responsible, safety-minded plant operation combined with continuous plant optimization and permanent execution of comprehensive checks, inspections, and maintenance measures. Besides plant technology also organization and administration were permanently advanced and adapted to changing requirements so as to safeguard reliable, safe, and non-polluting plant operation.
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- 25 Jahre Kernkraftwerk Isar 2
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Atw. Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Kernenergie
- Journal Volume
- 58
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 304-307
- ISSN
- 1431-5254
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 51088125
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- AVAILABILITY; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; ISAR-2 REACTOR; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SAFETY; SAFEGUARDS;
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OPERATION; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE;
Optional Information
- Notes
- This record replaces 44069344