Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP1
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 January 1977
First Criticality Monday, 28 June 1982
First Grid Connection Saturday, 17 July 1982
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 1 February 1983

Specifications

Capacity Net 910 MWe
Capacity Gross 951 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 910 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 (%)
1982 910 2571 1672.70 - - - - -
1983 910 5817 5094.00 63.90 62.30 62.30 61.60 61.60
1984 910 7716 6645.00 87.80 85.50 74.50 83.10 72.80
1985 910 7937 6819.70 90.60 89.90 79.80 85.60 77.20
1986 910 7142 6048.40 81.50 82.90 80.60 75.90 76.90
1987 910 7218 5987.10 82.40 84.20 81.30 75.10 76.50
1988 910 5718 4162.00 65.10 90.80 82.90 52.10 72.40
1989 910 6720 5560.97 76.70 73.40 81.50 69.80 72.00
1990 910 7381 5656.42 84.30 85.70 82.10 71.00 71.90
1991 910 6789 5326.54 77.50 75.10 81.30 66.80 71.30
1992 910 7505 5953.25 85.40 83.70 81.50 74.50 71.60
1993 910 6203 5253.21 70.80 67.00 80.20 65.90 71.10
1994 910 7658 6692.60 87.40 88.10 80.90 84.00 72.20
1995 910 7775 6725.49 88.80 85.60 81.20 84.40 73.10
1996 910 7587 6709.81 86.40 85.00 81.50 83.90 73.90
1997 910 7681 6769.92 87.70 84.80 81.70 84.90 74.60
1998 910 7883 6974.32 90.00 87.20 82.10 87.50 75.40
1999 910 6544 5836.20 74.70 73.00 81.50 73.20 75.30
2000 910 5592 4941.11 63.70 63.00 80.50 61.80 74.60
2001 910 7358 6547.95 84.00 81.90 80.60 82.10 75.00
2002 910 7357 5971.95 84.00 82.70 80.70 74.90 75.00
2003 910 5784 5181.16 66.00 63.70 79.90 65.00 74.50
2004 910 7346 6734.56 83.60 81.50 79.90 84.20 74.90
2005 910 7513 6918.75 85.80 84.60 80.20 86.80 75.40
2006 910 7599 6786.69 86.80 85.40 80.40 85.10 75.80
2007 910 6686 6035.60 76.30 74.30 80.10 75.70 75.80
2008 910 7977 7191.21 90.80 89.70 80.50 90.00 76.40
2009 910 6736 6050.55 76.90 75.00 80.30 75.90 76.40
2010 910 6919 6341.07 79.00 78.20 80.20 79.60 76.50
2011 910 7156 6516.19 81.70 81.00 80.20 81.70 76.70
2012 910 7345 6486.49 83.60 81.80 80.30 81.20 76.80
2013 910 5591 4891.24 63.80 61.70 79.70 61.40 76.30
2014 910 7030 6064.42 80.20 87.10 79.90 76.10 76.30
2015 910 7227 6278.21 82.50 81.00 80.00 78.80 76.40
2016 910 8106 6937.64 92.30 89.90 80.20 86.80 76.70
2017 910 6972 6376.49 79.60 78.40 80.20 80.00 76.80
2018 910 7825 7003.89 89.30 87.90 80.40 87.90 77.10
2019 910 7008 6366.21 80.00 78.60 80.40 79.90 77.20
2020 910 7468 6716.68 85.00 82.50 80.40 84.00 77.40
2021 910 6016 5452.66 68.70 66.70 80.10 68.40 77.10
2022 910 7395 6323.87 84.40 83.90 80.20 79.30 77.20
2023 910 4176 3520.88 47.70 43.40 79.30 44.20 76.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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