Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model N4 REP 1450
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 15 October 1988
First Criticality Saturday, 29 November 1997
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 24 December 1997
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 29 January 2002

Specifications

Capacity Net 1495 MWe
Capacity Gross 1561 MWe
Thermal Capacity 4270 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1450 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 (%)
1997 - - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - -
1999 1450 2608 2916.84 - - - - -
2000 1450 7133 8859.03 - - - - -
2001 1450 1667 2026.82 - - - - -
2002 1495 7331 9544.10 84.80 82.60 82.60 74.70 74.70
2003 1495 7438 10932.08 84.90 83.10 82.80 83.50 79.30
2004 1495 7816 11276.48 89.00 86.90 84.20 85.90 81.60
2005 1495 6855 9672.34 78.20 73.80 81.60 73.80 79.60
2006 1495 7189 10318.21 82.10 79.30 81.10 78.80 79.40
2007 1495 6242 9031.53 71.20 69.40 79.10 69.00 77.60
2008 1495 6967 9872.98 79.30 76.00 78.70 75.20 77.30
2009 1495 6852 9494.39 78.20 73.40 78.00 72.50 76.70
2010 1495 7582 10590.11 86.60 81.40 78.40 80.90 77.20
2011 1495 6006 8663.88 68.60 67.20 77.30 66.20 76.00
2012 1495 8487 11583.20 96.60 96.40 79.00 88.20 77.20
2013 1495 5425 7637.26 61.90 58.90 77.30 58.30 75.60
2014 1495 5902 8649.46 67.40 66.30 76.50 66.00 74.80
2015 1495 8359 11646.17 95.40 94.70 77.80 88.90 75.90
2016 1495 7010 9873.52 79.80 75.70 77.60 75.20 75.80
2017 1495 5263 7559.81 60.10 57.70 76.40 57.70 74.70
2018 1495 7321 10636.19 83.60 82.30 76.80 81.20 75.10
2019 1495 8247 11608.53 94.10 94.10 77.70 88.60 75.80
2020 1495 4025 5723.66 45.80 43.70 75.90 43.60 74.10
2021 1495 5519 7952.74 63.00 62.00 75.20 60.70 73.40
2022 1495 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.60 0.00 69.90
2023 1495 7878 10575.26 89.90 86.10 72.30 80.80 70.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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