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Civaux-1, France

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Framatome
Owner	Electricite De France
Model	N4 REP 1450
Operator	Electricite De France
Capacity Net	1495 MWe
Capacity Gross	1561 MWe
Capacity Thermal	4270 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	15 October 1988
Criticality	29 November 1997
Grid Connection	24 December 1997
Commercial Operation	29 January 2002

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	125.5 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	77.4 %

Civaux 1 and 2