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Tihange-1, Belgium

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	ACLF (ACEC; Creusot Loire; Framatome; Westinghouse)
Owner	Societe Belgo-Francaise D''energie Nuclaire Mosane.Part Of Edf
Model	Framatome 3 loops reactor
Operator	Electrabel M. V. Nucleaire Produktie
Capacity Net	962 MWe
Capacity Gross	1009 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2873 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 June 1970
Criticality	21 February 1975
Grid Connection	7 March 1975
Commercial Operation	1 October 1975

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	250.72 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	83.5 %

The Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium. [Image: Areva]

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	0	0	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0	0	0
1975	870	3096.3	5360	76.2	94.5
1976	870	4409.5	6354	57.7	72.3
1977	870	5842.3	7234	76.7	82.6
1978	870	6371	7582	83.6	86.6
1979	870	5159	6121	67.7	69.9
1980	870	6173	7337	80.8	83.5
1981	870	6414.2	7762	84.2	88.6
1982	870	6164.8	7269	80.9	83
1983	870	5843	7135	76.7	81.4
1984	870	6374	7774	83.4	88.5
1985	870	5979	8077	78.4	92.2
1986	870	4005	5429	52.6	62
1987	870	7337	8733	96.3	99.7
1988	870	6310	7520	82.6	85.6
1989	870	6508	7854	85.4	89.7
1990	870	6683	8082	87.7	92.3
1991	870	6163	7714	80.9	88.1
1992	870	6059	7807	79.3	88.9
1993	870	7317	8459	96	96.6
1994	863	6737	8018	89.1	91.5
1995	931	5442	6488	70.4	74.1
1996	931	7210.66	7823	88.2	89.1
1997	962	7942.57	8385	94.2	95.7
1998	962	7264	7777	86.2	88.8
1999	962	7272	7905	86.3	90.2
2000	962	8457	8782	100.1	100
2001	962	6969	7481	82.7	85.4
2002	962	7047.15	7631	83.6	87.1
2003	962	7990.42	8552	94.8	97.6
2004	962	7106.47	7456	84.1	84.9
2005	962	6810.95	7403	80.8	84.5
2006	962	8186.91	8693	97.2	99.2
2007	962	7055.9	7627	83.7	87.1
2008	962	7264.54	7650	86	87.1
2009	962	8269.54	8679	98.1	99.1
2010	962	7316.1	7752	86.8	88.5
2011	962	6848.28	7333	81.3	83.7
2012	962	6763.3	8784	80	100
Total:		250161.89

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

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