Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 November 1978
First Criticality Wednesday, 5 June 1985
First Grid Connection Saturday, 15 June 1985
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 September 1985

Specifications

Capacity Net 1038 MWe
Capacity Gross 1089 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3000 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1020 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 (%)
1985 - - - - - - - -
1986 1020 7733 7558.00 88.30 85.60 85.60 84.60 84.60
1987 1020 7872 7829.00 89.90 87.30 86.40 87.60 86.10
1988 1020 7773 7623.00 88.50 85.00 86.00 85.10 85.80
1989 1020 7790 7749.00 88.90 87.00 86.20 86.70 86.00
1990 1020 7924 7794.00 90.50 87.10 86.40 87.20 86.20
1991 1020 7903 7649.00 90.20 86.20 86.40 85.60 86.10
1992 1020 8246 8335.00 93.90 93.30 87.40 93.00 87.10
1993 1020 7874 7748.00 89.90 88.10 87.40 86.70 87.10
1994 1015 7666 7480.00 87.50 84.70 87.10 84.10 86.80
1995 1015 7632 7559.00 87.10 84.70 86.90 85.00 86.60
1996 1015 7142 7189.00 81.30 81.10 86.40 80.60 86.00
1997 1015 8342 8357.00 95.20 94.40 87.00 94.00 86.70
1998 1015 6903 6738.00 78.80 75.90 86.20 75.80 85.90
1999 1015 8686 8799.00 99.20 98.90 87.10 99.00 86.80
2000 1015 7656 7597.00 87.20 84.90 87.00 85.20 86.70
2001 1015 7929 7729.00 90.50 86.50 86.90 86.90 86.70
2002 1015 8368 8340.47 95.50 93.70 87.30 93.80 87.10
2003 1015 7846 7661.54 89.60 86.50 87.30 86.20 87.10
2004 1015 7969 7936.43 90.70 89.20 87.40 89.00 87.20
2005 1015 8753 8707.53 99.90 99.60 88.00 97.90 87.70
2006 1015 7592 7237.59 86.70 83.30 87.80 81.40 87.40
2007 1015 7406 7339.40 84.50 83.00 87.50 82.50 87.20
2008 1015 8365 8385.26 95.20 93.90 87.80 94.00 87.50
2009 1054 7480 7717.15 85.40 84.60 87.70 84.60 87.40
2010 1046 7489 7563.23 85.50 81.90 87.40 82.00 87.10
2011 1046 8701 8981.89 99.30 98.00 87.90 98.00 87.60
2012 1046 7800 7974.73 88.80 87.80 87.90 86.80 87.50
2013 1046 7839 8094.07 89.50 88.30 87.90 88.30 87.60
2014 1046 8550 8800.74 97.60 96.60 88.20 96.00 87.90
2015 1038 7264 7336.42 82.90 80.40 87.90 80.50 87.60
2016 1038 7623 7835.57 86.80 85.80 87.80 85.90 87.60
2017 1038 8737 8963.79 99.70 98.50 88.20 98.60 87.90
2018 1038 2138 2221.56 24.40 24.40 86.20 24.40 86.00
2019 1038 8758 8945.12 100.00 98.40 86.60 98.40 86.30
2020 1038 5686 5838.22 64.70 64.00 85.90 64.00 85.70
2021 1038 8760 9001.86 100.00 99.20 86.30 99.00 86.10
2022 1038 7297 7366.37 83.30 81.10 86.20 81.00 85.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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