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Gravelines-5, France

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Framatome
Owner	Electricite De France
Model	CP1
Operator	Electricite De France
Capacity Net	910 MWe
Capacity Gross	951 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2785 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 October 1979
Criticality	5 August 1984
Grid Connection	28 August 1984
Commercial Operation	15 January 1985

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	169.29 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	75.4 %

The Gravelines nuclear power plant in France. [Image: Areva]

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1979	0	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0	0	0
1984	910	876	1573	0	0
1985	910	6768.4	7785	84.9	88.9
1986	910	5152.6	6673	64.6	76.2
1987	910	5236.5	6818	65.7	77.8
1988	910	4964	6306	62.1	71.8
1989	910	6020.57	7198	75.5	82.2
1990	910	5992.77	7367	75.2	84.1
1991	910	5276.17	6352	66.2	72.5
1992	910	6308.02	7361	78.9	83.8
1993	910	6180.53	7290	77.5	83.2
1994	910	5793.25	7147	72.7	81.6
1995	910	6180.98	7704	77.5	88
1996	910	5495.18	6652	68.8	75.7
1997	910	6429.86	7586	80.7	86.6
1998	910	6884.31	8286	86.4	94.6
1999	910	5124.26	6127	64.3	69.9
2000	910	5985.5	7444	74.9	84.7
2001	910	5762.64	6990	72.3	79.8
2002	915	6423.39	7662	80.1	87.5
2003	910	6473.43	7518	81.2	85.8
2004	910	6613.48	7836	82.7	89.2
2005	910	6410.04	7524	80.4	85.9
2006	910	5313.17	6313	66.6	72.1
2007	910	6510.19	7592	81.7	86.7
2008	910	6357.76	7352	79.5	83.7
2009	910	6652.21	7846	83.4	89.6
2010	910	6228.43	7120	78.1	81.3
2011	910	6859.22	7807	86	89.1
2012	910	5099.17	5943	63.8	67.7
Total:		169372.03

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

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