Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model P4 REP 1300
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 1 May 1980
First Criticality Thursday, 12 June 1986
First Grid Connection Friday, 18 July 1986
Commercial Operation Monday, 9 March 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 1330 MWe
Capacity Gross 1382 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3817 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1330 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1986 1290 1915 1665.00 - - - - -
1987 1290 6310 7140.20 69.40 88.70 88.70 58.90 58.90
1988 1330 5674 7106.00 64.60 65.40 75.80 60.80 60.00
1989 1330 3836 4824.50 43.80 48.70 66.20 41.40 53.40
1990 1330 6392 7819.60 73.00 75.70 68.70 67.10 57.00
1991 1330 6432 7965.71 73.40 70.60 69.10 68.40 59.30
1992 1330 6962 8842.44 79.30 78.00 70.60 75.70 62.20
1993 1330 6338 7985.20 72.40 69.20 70.40 68.50 63.10
1994 1330 6711 8384.27 76.60 75.30 71.00 72.00 64.20
1995 1330 7264 8962.41 82.90 81.40 72.20 76.90 65.70
1996 1330 7685 9387.50 87.50 86.60 73.70 80.40 67.20
1997 1330 7351 8546.04 83.90 95.30 75.70 73.40 67.70
1998 1330 4880 5656.61 55.70 55.40 74.00 48.60 66.10
1999 1330 6034 7248.90 68.90 65.20 73.30 62.20 65.80
2000 1330 8122 9907.94 92.50 93.80 74.80 84.80 67.20
2001 1330 6863 8565.10 78.30 76.20 74.90 73.50 67.60
2002 1330 6839 8502.35 78.10 77.90 75.00 73.00 68.00
2003 1330 8365 10065.35 95.50 93.40 76.10 86.40 69.00
2004 1330 6125 7499.84 69.70 66.80 75.60 64.20 68.80
2005 1330 7894 9779.11 90.10 86.70 76.20 83.90 69.60
2006 1330 8438 10125.81 96.30 97.60 77.30 86.90 70.50
2007 1330 7021 8063.02 80.20 76.50 77.20 69.20 70.40
2008 1330 5052 6140.92 57.50 54.40 76.20 52.60 69.60
2009 1330 8016 9531.78 91.50 88.40 76.70 81.80 70.10
2010 1330 6329 7594.30 72.20 68.80 76.40 65.20 69.90
2011 1330 7438 9342.70 84.90 83.50 76.70 80.20 70.30
2012 1330 8733 10359.02 99.40 99.30 77.60 88.70 71.00
2013 1330 6183 7631.58 70.60 66.30 77.10 65.50 70.80
2014 1330 7610 9693.92 86.90 84.80 77.40 83.20 71.30
2015 1330 6149 7869.45 70.20 68.70 77.10 67.50 71.10
2016 1330 8013 9880.46 91.20 88.00 77.50 84.60 71.60
2017 1330 6107 7646.67 69.70 65.70 77.10 65.60 71.40
2018 1330 8415 10350.78 96.10 90.10 77.50 88.80 72.00
2019 1330 217 236.76 2.50 2.00 75.20 2.00 69.80
2020 1330 479 404.48 5.40 3.50 73.10 3.50 67.80
2021 1330 8547 10791.47 97.60 94.30 73.70 92.60 68.60
2022 1330 1577 1910.62 18.00 16.80 72.10 16.40 67.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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