France

Belleville 2

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model P4 REP 1300
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 1 August 1980
First Criticality Wednesday, 25 May 1988
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 6 July 1988
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 January 1989

Specifications

Capacity Net 1310 MWe
Capacity Gross 1363 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3817 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1310 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 (%)
1988 1310 2477 2087.00 - - - - -
1989 1310 7419 8505.66 84.70 86.60 86.60 74.10 74.10
1990 1310 5350 6323.98 61.10 56.90 71.80 55.10 64.60
1991 1310 6578 7876.29 75.10 70.30 71.30 68.60 66.00
1992 1310 6904 8262.05 78.60 75.30 72.30 71.80 67.40
1993 1310 7435 8871.34 84.90 80.10 73.80 77.30 69.40
1994 1310 7122 8241.32 81.30 76.90 74.40 71.80 69.80
1995 1310 7438 7960.50 84.90 97.50 77.70 69.40 69.70
1996 1310 6666 7229.81 75.90 71.20 76.80 62.80 68.90
1997 1310 7339 8508.10 83.80 82.00 77.40 74.10 69.50
1998 1310 4239 5068.01 48.40 45.00 74.20 44.20 66.90
1999 1310 4040 4899.26 46.10 43.30 71.40 42.70 64.70
2000 1310 8271 9882.48 94.20 96.70 73.50 85.90 66.50
2001 1310 6935 8457.97 79.20 78.60 73.90 73.70 67.00
2002 1310 7687 9378.75 87.80 84.30 74.60 81.70 68.10
2003 1310 7135 8624.72 81.40 79.40 75.00 75.20 68.60
2004 1310 8621 10202.59 98.10 97.00 76.30 88.70 69.80
2005 1310 7767 9242.31 88.60 84.40 76.80 80.50 70.40
2006 1310 7309 8743.63 83.40 79.10 76.90 76.20 70.80
2007 1310 7895 9516.03 90.10 88.60 77.60 82.90 71.40
2008 1310 8327 9734.88 94.80 92.40 78.30 84.60 72.10
2009 1310 5166 6310.85 59.00 55.60 77.20 55.00 71.30
2010 1310 6361 7869.74 72.60 70.00 76.90 68.60 71.10
2011 1310 8727 10390.88 99.60 96.10 77.70 90.60 72.00
2012 1310 7456 8959.34 84.90 81.90 77.90 77.90 72.20
2013 1310 6273 7480.48 71.60 69.40 77.60 65.20 72.00
2014 1310 8753 10177.69 99.90 98.90 78.40 88.70 72.60
2015 1310 7444 9264.45 85.00 81.50 78.50 80.70 72.90
2016 1310 6779 8068.56 77.20 72.60 78.30 70.10 72.80
2017 1310 6633 8376.52 75.70 75.00 78.20 73.00 72.80
2018 1310 6173 7508.77 70.50 65.80 77.80 65.40 72.60
2019 1310 3481 4402.58 39.70 38.60 76.50 38.40 71.40
2020 1310 8606 10421.33 98.00 95.80 77.10 90.60 72.00
2021 1310 6773 8432.45 77.30 74.50 77.00 73.50 72.10
2022 1310 6194 7778.25 70.70 68.20 76.80 67.80 72.00
2023 1310 6192 7004.38 70.70 67.40 76.50 61.00 71.60
2024 1310 7843 9437.18 89.30 86.20 76.80 82.00 71.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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