Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP0
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 July 1974
First Criticality Sunday, 15 July 1979
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 31 July 1979
Commercial Operation Thursday, 3 January 1980

Specifications

Capacity Net 880 MWe
Capacity Gross 917 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 900 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 (%)
1979 900 2337 1260.00 - - - - -
1980 900 8050 6589.00 91.60 84.50 84.50 83.40 83.40
1981 900 6061 4869.30 69.20 62.80 73.60 61.80 72.60
1982 900 6956 5738.50 79.40 76.40 74.60 72.80 72.60
1983 900 6649 5578.00 75.90 73.90 74.40 70.80 72.20
1984 900 6884 5778.00 78.40 74.10 74.30 73.10 72.40
1985 900 7314 6079.70 83.50 80.50 75.40 77.10 73.20
1986 900 6493 5465.50 74.10 75.50 75.40 69.30 72.60
1987 900 6044 5015.90 69.00 66.60 74.30 63.60 71.50
1988 900 6465 5466.00 73.60 84.60 75.40 69.10 71.20
1989 900 6185 4757.98 70.60 64.70 74.40 60.40 70.10
1990 880 7156 5585.97 81.70 74.80 74.40 72.50 70.30
1991 880 4258 3358.36 48.60 44.00 71.90 43.60 68.20
1992 880 5003 4034.99 57.00 52.50 70.50 52.20 66.90
1993 880 5329 4416.61 60.80 57.40 69.50 57.30 66.30
1994 880 6311 4487.33 72.00 85.70 70.60 58.20 65.70
1995 880 7060 5582.80 80.60 78.00 71.00 72.40 66.20
1996 880 6844 5361.36 77.90 77.50 71.40 69.40 66.30
1997 880 7302 5592.90 83.40 84.30 72.10 72.60 66.70
1998 880 6844 5320.37 78.10 80.50 72.60 69.00 66.80
1999 880 7679 6108.75 87.70 82.70 73.10 79.20 67.40
2000 880 6889 5403.24 78.40 74.60 73.10 69.90 67.50
2001 880 5604 4358.59 64.00 72.10 73.10 56.50 67.00
2002 880 7925 6146.94 90.50 91.00 73.90 79.70 67.60
2003 880 7220 5711.09 82.40 80.00 74.10 74.10 67.80
2004 880 6438 5256.10 73.30 71.40 74.00 68.00 67.90
2005 880 8573 7022.84 97.80 97.60 74.90 91.10 68.70
2006 880 7765 6118.12 88.60 86.60 75.30 79.40 69.10
2007 880 7051 5752.87 80.50 75.10 75.30 74.60 69.30
2008 880 7822 6302.49 89.00 84.30 75.60 81.50 69.70
2009 880 7935 6556.83 90.60 86.60 76.00 85.10 70.20
2010 880 7457 5927.46 85.10 80.10 76.10 76.90 70.50
2011 880 4079 3271.68 46.60 43.50 75.10 42.40 69.60
2012 880 8569 7133.76 97.60 98.30 75.80 92.30 70.30
2013 880 5997 5083.50 68.50 66.70 75.60 65.90 70.20
2014 880 6492 5508.01 74.10 72.40 75.50 71.40 70.20
2015 880 5693 4924.48 65.00 63.90 75.10 63.90 70.00
2016 880 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 73.10 0.00 68.10
2017 880 3887 3282.27 44.40 42.70 72.30 42.60 67.50
2018 880 5902 5098.42 67.40 65.90 72.20 66.10 67.40
2019 880 8655 7323.23 98.80 97.30 72.80 95.00 68.10
2020 880 6900 5887.45 78.60 76.30 72.90 76.20 68.30
2021 880 4822 4054.52 55.00 52.50 72.40 52.60 67.90
2022 880 5623 4244.17 64.20 55.50 72.00 55.10 67.60
2023 880 7143 6081.03 81.50 80.30 72.20 78.90 67.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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