Goesgen nuclear power plant
Gross capacity
1,060MW
Goesgen nuclear power plant is a pressurised water reactor unit at Goesgen nuclear power plant in Switzerland rated at 1,060 MW gross. It is operating. Commercial operation began 1 Nov 1979.
Specification
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | PWR 3 Loop |
| Size | Largeabove 300 MWe |
| Coolant | Light water |
| Moderator | Light water |
| Gross capacity | 1,060MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | 1,010MW |
| Net capacity (design) | 920MW |
| Thermal output | 3,002MWt |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Typical enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Goesgen nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | not stated |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Owner | Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG100% |
| Operator | Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken |
| Coordinates | 47.3656, 7.9680 |
Live status
ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, declared availability
State
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Available capacity
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Last 90 days, one cell per day
Declared: an outage or limit the operator has announced. No outage declared is not a confirmation that the unit is running.
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Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding
Enrichment
3–5% U-235
Who makes this assembly
- China National Nuclear Corporation PWR fuel assemblies
- ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas PWR and BWR fuel assemblies
- Framatome PWR fuel assemblies
- KEPCO Nuclear Fuel PWR fuel assemblies
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries PWR fuel assemblies
- Westinghouse Electric Company PWR fuel assemblies
Supply position
Switzerland runs 3 operating units on PWR (square-lattice) fuel. 6 fabricators are documented for it. No documented fabricator is based in Switzerland. Country exposure
Upstream
Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units,
utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.
Timeline
- 1 Dec 1973Construction start
- 20 Jan 1979First criticality
- 2 Feb 1979Grid connection
- 1 Nov 1979Commercial operation
Other PWR 3 Loop units
2 units worldwide share this model designation.
| Unit | Country | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trillo nuclear power plant 1 | Spain | 1,066 |
Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2024-05-09
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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