Goesgen nuclear power plant

Goesgen nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Goesgen nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 3 operating nuclear sites in Switzerland, holding 34% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 146th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating unit started up in 1979; the unit is 47.0 years old, younger than the median of 50.5 in Switzerland.

The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 5.2 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1970s is 5.4 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Beznau nuclear power plant (28 km), Leibstadt nuclear power plant (31 km) and Cattenom nuclear power plant (262 km).

The current net rating of the unit differs from its design net capacity by +9.8% (920 MW at design, 1,010 MW now).

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.