Details

Reactor Type Heavy Water Gas-Cooled Reactor (or HWGCR)
Model MONTS-D'ARREE
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 1 July 1962
First Criticality Friday, 23 December 1966
First Grid Connection Sunday, 9 July 1967
Commercial Operation Saturday, 1 June 1968
Permanent Shutdown Wednesday, 31 July 1985

Specifications

Capacity Net 70 MWe
Capacity Gross 75 MWe
Thermal Capacity 250 MWt
Design Net Capacity 70 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 (%)
1967 - - - - - - - -
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 - - - - - - - -
1971 77 3374 176.30 38.50 38.50 - 26.10 -
1972 75 7106 512.80 80.90 80.80 - 77.80 -
1973 70 6338 428.50 72.40 72.00 63.40 69.90 57.40
1974 70 8158 550.80 93.10 90.90 70.00 89.80 65.20
1975 70 7661 425.20 87.40 78.30 71.60 69.30 66.00
1976 70 7705 517.90 87.70 84.70 73.70 84.20 69.00
1977 70 7027 478.60 80.20 78.40 74.40 78.00 70.20
1978 70 7542 525.70 86.10 84.80 75.60 85.70 72.10
1979 70 7938 540.00 90.60 90.80 77.30 88.10 73.80
1980 70 7620 523.00 86.80 85.10 78.10 85.10 75.00
1981 70 5166 349.00 59.00 57.90 76.30 56.90 73.30
1982 70 5577 373.00 63.70 61.20 75.00 60.80 72.30
1983 70 4807 222.00 54.90 36.40 72.10 36.20 69.60
1984 70 6202 358.00 70.60 55.60 70.90 58.20 68.80
1985 70 4107 239.40 80.70 67.80 70.80 67.20 68.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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