Leibstadt nuclear power plant

Leibstadt nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Leibstadt nuclear power plant is the 1st largest of 3 operating nuclear sites in Switzerland, holding 41% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 127th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating unit started up in 1984; the unit is 42.0 years old, younger than the median of 50.5 in Switzerland.

The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 10.4 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Beznau nuclear power plant (6 km), Goesgen nuclear power plant (31 km) and Cattenom nuclear power plant (248 km).

The current net rating of the unit differs from its design net capacity by +28.4% (960 MW at design, 1,233 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.