Gentilly 2

Permanent Shutdown

Details

Reactor Type	Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model	CANDU 6
Owner	Hydro Quebec
Operator	Hydro Quebec

Timeline

Construction Start	Monday, 1 April 1974
First Criticality	Saturday, 11 September 1982
First Grid Connection	Saturday, 4 December 1982
Commercial Operation	Saturday, 1 October 1983
Permanent Shutdown	Friday, 28 December 2012

Specifications

Capacity Net	635 MWe
Capacity Gross	675 MWe
Thermal Capacity	2156 MWt
Design Net Capacity	645 MWe

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	645	1580	937.70	71.60	65.90	65.90	65.80	65.80
1984	645	6742	3426.02	76.80	67.80	67.40	60.50	61.60
1985	645	6347	3189.45	72.40	71.10	69.10	56.40	59.30
1986	645	7488	3792.14	85.50	85.80	74.20	67.10	61.70
1987	640	7654	4658.46	87.40	85.50	76.80	83.10	66.70
1988	640	8372	5283.59	95.30	95.30	80.40	94.00	71.90
1989	640	7722	4870.25	88.20	89.50	81.80	86.90	74.30
1990	640	7748	4080.56	88.40	72.90	80.60	72.80	74.10
1991	640	6317	3925.51	72.10	69.90	79.30	70.00	73.60
1992	640	7431	4701.50	84.60	84.80	79.90	83.60	74.70
1993	685	7731	4827.10	88.20	92.40	81.20	80.40	75.20
1994	635	8634	5405.46	98.60	98.60	82.70	97.20	77.20
1995	635	7229	4518.97	82.50	82.50	82.70	81.20	77.50
1996	635	8289	5241.98	94.40	94.40	83.60	94.00	78.70
1997	635	6901	4217.52	78.80	78.80	83.20	75.80	78.50
1998	635	6258	3825.06	71.40	71.40	82.50	68.80	77.90
1999	635	6132	3793.28	70.00	69.90	81.70	68.20	77.30
2000	635	7879	4886.20	89.70	89.70	82.20	87.60	77.90
2001	635	7766	4711.19	88.60	88.30	82.50	84.70	78.30
2002	635	7366	4532.29	84.10	83.40	82.50	81.50	78.40
2003	635	5833	3567.07	66.60	65.20	81.70	64.10	77.70
2004	635	7905	4875.39	90.00	89.20	82.00	87.40	78.20
2005	635	7329	4486.19	83.70	83.50	82.10	80.60	78.30
2006	635	7541	4595.25	86.10	86.10	82.30	82.60	78.50
2007	635	7126	4328.59	81.40	77.80	82.10	77.80	78.40
2008	635	6207	3648.41	70.70	65.40	81.40	65.40	77.90
2009	635	6039	3611.44	68.90	64.90	80.80	64.90	77.40
2010	635	5641	3490.45	64.40	62.80	80.20	62.80	76.90
2011	635	5861	3490.60	66.90	62.80	79.50	62.80	76.40
2012	635	7114	3911.56	81.70	70.70	79.20	70.70	76.20