Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP2
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 May 1976
First Criticality Sunday, 4 January 1981
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 21 January 1981
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 August 1983

Specifications

Capacity Net 915 MWe
Capacity Gross 956 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 915 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 (%)
1981 880 2094 840.80 - - - - -
1982 880 1299 638.90 - - - - -
1983 880 4382 3670.00 93.80 92.00 92.00 91.90 91.90
1984 880 5042 4401.00 57.40 56.00 66.60 56.90 67.20
1985 880 6827 5630.40 77.90 75.00 70.10 73.00 69.60
1986 880 7144 5476.40 81.60 79.70 72.90 71.00 70.00
1987 880 6667 5171.30 76.10 76.10 73.60 67.10 69.40
1988 915 6464 5721.00 73.60 76.00 74.10 71.20 69.70
1989 915 7699 6609.76 87.90 82.70 75.40 82.50 71.80
1990 915 7089 6113.67 80.90 84.10 76.60 76.30 72.40
1991 915 4736 4005.40 54.10 52.30 73.70 50.00 69.70
1992 915 6690 5621.12 76.20 74.00 73.70 69.90 69.70
1993 915 6821 5668.51 77.90 72.40 73.60 70.70 69.80
1994 915 7252 6095.73 82.80 85.10 74.60 76.00 70.40
1995 915 5211 4442.99 59.50 60.30 73.40 55.40 69.10
1996 915 6888 5541.09 78.40 78.80 73.80 68.90 69.10
1997 915 6404 5132.60 73.10 75.40 74.00 64.00 68.80
1998 915 7366 6030.71 84.10 82.10 74.50 75.20 69.20
1999 915 6207 5062.64 70.90 67.90 74.10 63.20 68.80
2000 915 5957 5086.74 67.80 66.00 73.60 63.30 68.50
2001 915 7735 6814.76 88.30 86.40 74.30 85.00 69.40
2002 915 7592 6637.03 86.70 83.40 74.80 82.80 70.10
2003 915 7658 6630.44 87.40 82.80 75.20 82.70 70.70
2004 915 7356 6364.19 83.70 80.40 75.40 79.20 71.10
2005 915 6186 5384.07 70.60 68.10 75.10 67.20 70.90
2006 915 7973 6914.14 91.00 88.20 75.70 86.30 71.60
2007 915 7380 6426.68 84.20 80.60 75.90 80.20 72.00
2008 915 8034 6894.13 91.50 88.60 76.40 85.80 72.50
2009 915 7298 6241.46 83.30 78.40 76.40 77.90 72.70
2010 915 7967 6802.10 91.00 84.90 76.80 84.90 73.20
2011 915 7000 5947.96 79.90 74.20 76.70 74.20 73.20
2012 915 7708 6577.57 87.80 83.90 76.90 81.80 73.50
2013 915 5662 4822.46 64.60 60.30 76.40 60.20 73.00
2014 915 7417 6259.24 84.70 79.10 76.50 78.10 73.20
2015 915 5185 4480.02 59.20 56.70 75.80 55.90 72.70
2016 915 7366 6385.17 83.90 80.70 76.00 79.40 72.90
2017 915 6794 5955.70 77.60 75.50 76.00 74.30 72.90
2018 915 7535 6516.26 86.00 82.20 76.20 81.30 73.20
2019 915 6561 5581.31 74.90 70.20 76.00 69.60 73.10
2020 915 6792 5698.35 77.30 71.60 75.90 70.90 73.00
2021 915 4788 4157.53 54.70 52.00 75.20 51.90 72.40
2022 915 7711 6616.63 88.00 86.10 75.50 82.60 72.70
2023 915 5669 4734.88 64.70 62.10 75.20 59.10 72.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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