Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model Framatome 3 loops reactor
Owner Societe Belgo-Francaise D'Energie Nucleaire Mosane (Part of EDF)
Operator Engie Electrabel

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 June 1970
First Criticality Friday, 21 February 1975
First Grid Connection Friday, 7 March 1975
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 1 October 1975

Specifications

Capacity Net 962 MWe
Capacity Gross 1009 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2873 MWt
Design Net Capacity 870 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 (%)
1975 870 5360 3096.30 94.50 76.20 76.20 76.20 76.20
1976 870 6354 4409.50 72.30 57.50 61.30 57.70 61.40
1977 870 7234 5842.30 82.60 76.70 68.10 76.70 68.20
1978 870 7582 6371.00 86.60 84.30 73.10 83.60 72.90
1979 870 6121 5159.00 69.90 67.60 71.80 67.70 71.70
1980 870 7337 6173.00 83.50 80.70 73.50 80.80 73.40
1981 870 7762 6414.20 88.60 83.80 75.10 84.20 75.10
1982 870 7269 6164.80 83.00 80.80 75.90 80.90 75.90
1983 870 7135 5843.00 81.40 76.50 76.00 76.70 76.00
1984 870 7774 6374.00 88.50 83.40 76.80 83.40 76.80
1985 870 8077 5979.00 92.20 81.10 77.20 78.40 77.00
1986 870 5429 4005.00 62.00 54.80 75.20 52.60 74.80
1987 870 8733 7337.00 99.70 97.60 77.00 96.30 76.60
1988 870 7520 6310.00 85.60 83.90 77.60 82.60 77.00
1989 870 7854 6508.00 89.70 87.80 78.30 85.40 77.60
1990 870 8082 6683.00 92.30 88.40 79.00 87.70 78.30
1991 870 7714 6163.00 88.10 81.00 79.10 80.90 78.40
1992 870 7807 6059.00 88.90 79.10 79.10 79.30 78.50
1993 870 8459 7317.00 96.60 96.40 80.00 96.00 79.40
1994 863 8018 6737.00 91.50 90.00 80.50 89.10 79.90
1995 931 6488 5442.00 74.10 70.00 80.00 70.40 79.40
1996 931 7823 7210.66 89.10 88.20 80.40 88.20 79.90
1997 962 8385 7942.57 95.70 94.30 81.10 94.20 80.60
1998 962 7777 7264.00 88.80 86.30 81.30 86.20 80.90
1999 962 7905 7272.00 90.20 85.50 81.50 86.30 81.10
2000 962 8782 8457.00 100.00 99.30 82.30 100.10 81.90
2001 962 7481 6969.00 85.40 82.50 82.30 82.70 82.00
2002 962 7631 7047.15 87.10 83.90 82.40 83.60 82.00
2003 962 8552 7990.42 97.60 95.10 82.80 94.80 82.50
2004 962 7456 7106.47 84.90 84.50 82.90 84.10 82.60
2005 962 7403 6810.95 84.50 80.20 82.80 80.80 82.50
2006 962 8693 8186.91 99.20 98.80 83.40 97.20 83.00
2007 962 7627 7055.90 87.10 85.10 83.40 83.70 83.00
2008 962 7650 7264.54 87.10 85.20 83.50 86.00 83.10
2009 962 8679 8269.54 99.10 97.80 83.90 98.10 83.60
2010 962 7752 7316.10 88.50 86.40 84.00 86.80 83.70
2011 962 7333 6848.28 83.70 81.20 83.90 81.30 83.60
2012 962 8784 6763.30 100.00 79.40 83.80 80.00 83.50
2013 962 7203 6878.12 82.20 80.40 83.70 81.60 83.50
2014 962 7503 7192.76 85.60 84.50 83.70 85.40 83.50
2015 962 6211 5927.29 70.90 69.70 83.40 70.30 83.20
2016 962 3026 2871.03 34.40 33.70 82.10 34.00 81.90
2017 962 3675 3409.97 42.00 40.40 81.00 40.50 80.90
2018 962 8024 7633.87 91.60 89.80 81.30 90.60 81.10
2019 962 8714 8319.24 99.50 98.20 81.70 98.70 81.50
2020 962 434 303.85 4.90 3.60 79.80 3.60 79.70
2021 962 8760 8384.09 100.00 99.00 80.30 99.50 80.20
2022 962 4940 4685.63 56.40 55.30 79.70 55.60 79.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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