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St. Laurent-A2, France

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Permanent Shutdown

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	GCR
Vendor	Electricite de France (EdF)
Owner	Electricite De France
Model	UNGG
Operator	Electricite De France
Capacity Net	465 MWe
Capacity Gross	530 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1475 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 January 1966
Criticality	4 July 1971
Grid Connection	9 August 1971
Commercial Operation	1 November 1971
Shutdown	27 May 1992

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	46.92 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	54.1 %

St Laurent A NPP

St Laurent A NPP [Image: EDF]

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	515	2880.8	6722	63.7	76.5
1973	515	3696.5	7872	81.9	89.9
1974	515	2901.3	6276	64.3	71.6
1975	515	3765.4	7866	83.5	89.8
1976	515	3168.7	7325	70	83.4
1977	515	3222	7585	71.4	86.6
1978	515	3421.4	7944	75.8	90.7
1979	515	2770	6691	61.4	76.4
1980	450	763	1705	19.3	19.4
1981	450	0	0	0	0
1982	450	330	1961	8.4	22.4
1983	450	1156	4611	29.3	52.6
1984	450	2207	6233	55.8	71
1985	450	2191.4	5656	55.6	64.6
1986	450	2437	6453	61.8	73.7
1987	450	2419.4	6145	61.4	70.2
1988	450	2640.2	6859	66.8	78.1
1989	450	1326.54	3826	33.6	43.7
1990	450	877.94	2634	22.3	30.1
1991	450	2471.31	7257	62.7	82.8
1992	465	1332.65	3375	78.6	92.5
1993	0	0	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0	0	0
1995	0	0	0	0	0
1996	0	0	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0	0	0
2010	0	0	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0	0
Total:		45978.54

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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