Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 February 1975
First Criticality Saturday, 15 March 1980
First Grid Connection Sunday, 23 March 1980
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 10 September 1980

Specifications

Capacity Net 890 MWe
Capacity Gross 937 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 890 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 (%)
1980 900 3950 2764.00 73.10 61.90 61.90 69.10 69.10
1981 900 5270 4322.10 60.20 55.90 57.40 54.80 58.40
1982 890 5994 5043.90 68.40 65.60 60.90 64.70 61.10
1983 890 7847 6263.00 89.60 85.90 68.40 80.30 66.80
1984 890 6777 5391.00 77.20 73.60 69.60 69.00 67.30
1985 890 7223 5738.50 82.40 80.60 71.60 73.60 68.50
1986 890 6673 5157.40 76.20 75.70 72.30 66.20 68.10
1987 890 6245 4780.20 71.30 65.90 71.40 61.30 67.20
1988 890 5239 3920.00 59.60 59.60 70.00 50.10 65.20
1989 890 8207 6467.63 93.70 97.90 73.00 83.00 67.10
1990 890 3110 2187.08 35.50 34.00 69.20 28.00 63.30
1991 890 7305 6390.92 83.40 81.80 70.30 82.00 64.90
1992 890 7293 6305.06 83.00 80.70 71.20 80.60 66.20
1993 890 7676 6702.80 87.60 86.40 72.30 86.00 67.70
1994 890 6185 5299.19 70.60 68.90 72.10 68.00 67.70
1995 890 7413 6193.95 84.60 82.90 72.80 79.40 68.50
1996 890 7378 5895.50 84.00 82.20 73.40 75.40 68.90
1997 890 6465 5172.13 73.80 71.90 73.30 66.30 68.80
1998 890 7294 6042.70 83.30 80.50 73.70 77.50 69.20
1999 890 6815 5492.41 77.80 75.30 73.80 70.40 69.30
2000 890 7676 6153.75 87.40 85.40 74.30 78.70 69.80
2001 890 5152 4125.07 58.80 56.70 73.50 52.90 69.00
2002 890 7586 6249.59 86.60 86.80 74.10 80.20 69.50
2003 890 6964 5733.30 79.50 76.80 74.20 73.50 69.60
2004 890 7840 6091.18 89.20 89.30 74.80 77.90 70.00
2005 890 7554 5838.83 86.20 82.80 75.10 74.90 70.20
2006 890 8077 6615.07 92.20 88.60 75.60 84.80 70.70
2007 890 7329 6050.04 83.70 80.70 75.80 77.60 71.00
2008 890 8051 6545.33 91.70 89.70 76.30 83.70 71.40
2009 890 6048 4973.23 69.00 66.70 76.00 63.80 71.20
2010 890 7511 6357.03 85.70 83.90 76.30 81.50 71.50
2011 890 6373 5426.06 72.80 70.70 76.10 69.60 71.40
2012 890 7623 6464.50 86.80 84.50 76.30 82.70 71.80
2013 890 5882 5072.13 67.20 65.90 76.00 65.10 71.60
2014 890 7927 6775.73 90.50 87.70 76.40 86.90 72.00
2015 890 7168 6035.49 81.80 78.70 76.40 77.40 72.20
2016 890 8073 6803.89 91.90 89.30 76.80 87.00 72.60
2017 890 7027 6000.03 80.20 78.70 76.80 77.00 72.70
2018 890 7824 6520.92 89.30 86.60 77.10 83.60 73.00
2019 890 5699 4901.76 65.10 63.90 76.80 62.90 72.80
2020 890 4156 3532.86 47.30 49.00 76.10 45.20 72.10
2021 890 2238 1862.24 25.60 24.10 74.80 23.90 70.90
2022 890 6476 5530.96 73.90 71.60 74.70 70.90 70.90
2023 890 5699 4348.67 65.10 60.90 74.40 55.80 70.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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