Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (3-loop)
Owner Engie Electrabel
Operator Engie Electrabel

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 1 April 1976
First Criticality Tuesday, 5 October 1982
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 13 October 1982
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 1 June 1983
Permanent Shutdown Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Specifications

Capacity Net 1008 MWe
Capacity Gross 1055 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3064 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 (%)
1982 900 577 217.98 - - - - -
1983 901 6373 5507.00 89.80 86.90 86.90 86.90 86.90
1984 901 7693 6856.00 87.60 86.40 86.60 86.60 86.70
1985 900 7890 6636.00 90.10 87.80 87.00 84.20 85.70
1986 900 7509 6189.00 85.70 83.10 85.90 78.50 83.70
1987 900 7477 6584.00 85.40 83.40 85.40 83.50 83.70
1988 900 7992 6966.00 91.00 87.90 85.80 88.10 84.50
1989 901 7728 6663.00 88.20 84.70 85.70 84.40 84.50
1990 901 7827 6919.00 89.40 88.00 86.00 87.70 84.90
1991 901 7790 6850.00 88.90 87.80 86.20 86.80 85.10
1992 901 7912 6746.00 90.10 86.90 86.30 85.20 85.10
1993 901 7507 6555.00 85.70 83.60 86.00 83.00 84.90
1994 894 8501 7585.00 97.00 96.70 86.90 96.80 86.00
1995 930 7697 6849.00 87.90 85.00 86.80 84.90 85.90
1996 955 7810 7253.00 88.90 87.00 86.80 87.50 86.00
1997 960 7241 6854.00 82.70 81.30 86.40 81.50 85.70
1998 960 8015 7664.00 91.50 90.60 86.70 91.10 86.00
1999 960 8380 8111.00 95.70 95.50 87.20 96.40 86.70
2000 960 7901 7481.00 90.00 88.00 87.30 88.70 86.80
2001 960 7137 6976.00 81.50 80.70 86.90 83.00 86.60
2002 1008 7821 7833.39 89.30 87.90 87.00 88.70 86.70
2003 1008 7589 7600.97 86.60 85.60 86.90 86.10 86.70
2004 1008 8478 8517.32 96.50 96.00 87.40 96.20 87.20
2005 1008 7929 7890.01 90.50 89.50 87.40 89.40 87.30
2006 1008 7348 7219.32 83.90 82.40 87.20 81.80 87.00
2007 1008 8760 8751.57 100.00 100.00 87.80 99.10 87.50
2008 1008 7165 7129.35 81.60 80.40 87.50 80.50 87.20
2009 1008 7664 7732.29 87.50 86.70 87.40 87.60 87.30
2010 1008 8726 8823.79 99.60 99.20 87.90 99.90 87.80
2011 1008 7345 7322.51 83.80 82.90 87.70 82.90 87.60
2012 1008 5475 5506.11 62.30 61.80 86.80 62.20 86.70
2013 1008 4963 4939.33 56.70 55.60 85.70 55.90 85.60
2014 1008 2025 2056.12 23.10 23.00 83.60 23.30 83.50
2015 1008 411 385.00 4.70 4.30 81.00 4.40 81.00
2016 1008 8521 8603.65 97.00 96.20 81.50 97.20 81.50
2017 1008 7351 7131.59 83.90 80.10 81.50 80.80 81.40
2018 1008 5460 5478.07 62.30 61.50 80.90 62.00 80.90
2019 1008 3377 3276.69 38.60 37.10 79.60 37.10 79.60
2020 1008 7398 7373.82 84.20 83.10 79.70 83.30 79.70
2021 1008 7835 7597.40 89.40 85.80 79.90 86.00 79.90
2022 1008 7665 7476.91 87.50 84.60 80.00 84.70 80.00
2023 1008 743 721.74 99.90 96.20 80.10 96.20 80.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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