Leibstadt nuclear power plant
Gross capacity
1,275MW
Leibstadt nuclear power plant is a boiling water reactor unit at Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland rated at 1,275 MW gross. It is operating. Commercial operation began 15 Dec 1984.
Specification
| Reactor type | Boiling water reactor (BWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BWR-6 |
| Size | Largeabove 300 MWe |
| Coolant | Light water |
| Moderator | Light water |
| Gross capacity | 1,275MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | 1,233MW |
| Net capacity (design) | 960MW |
| Thermal output | 3,600MWt |
| NSSS vendor | GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energyall vendors |
| Typical enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Leibstadt nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | not stated |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Owner | Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt100% |
| Operator | Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt |
| Coordinates | 47.6012, 8.1845 |
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
- Framatome BWR fuel assemblies
- Global Nuclear Fuel BWR fuel assemblies
- Westinghouse Electric Company BWR fuel assemblies
Supply position
Switzerland runs 1 operating unit on BWR fuel. 3 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utilities do not publish fuel contracts.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 Jan 1974Construction start
- 9 Mar 1984First criticality
- 24 May 1984Grid connection
- 15 Dec 1984Commercial operation
Other BWR-6 units
5 units worldwide share this model designation.
| Unit | Country | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuosheng nuclear power plant 1 | Taiwan | Retired | 985 |
| Kuosheng nuclear power plant 2 | Taiwan | Retired | 985 |
| Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant 1 | Italy | Cancelled | 1,009 |
| Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant 2 | Italy | Cancelled | 1,009 |
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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