France

Chinon B 1

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP2
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 March 1977
First Criticality Thursday, 28 October 1982
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 30 November 1982
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 1 February 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 905 MWe
Capacity Gross 954 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 870 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 870 470 37.10 - - - - -
1983 870 6027 3835.00 - - - - -
1984 870 5570 4568.00 60.10 57.60 57.60 56.10 56.10
1985 870 7402 5978.20 84.50 82.10 70.40 78.40 67.80
1986 870 7609 6322.20 86.90 86.10 75.80 83.00 73.00
1987 870 6438 4914.10 73.50 72.90 75.00 64.50 70.80
1988 870 7195 5271.00 81.90 96.20 79.30 69.00 70.40
1989 870 5724 4734.28 65.30 63.60 76.70 62.10 69.00
1990 870 7043 5912.97 80.40 79.10 77.00 77.60 70.30
1991 905 6033 5339.25 68.90 67.70 75.80 67.40 69.90
1992 905 7133 5972.02 81.20 80.60 76.40 75.10 70.50
1993 905 6914 5651.68 78.90 73.30 76.00 71.30 70.60
1994 905 6347 5366.30 72.40 71.40 75.60 67.70 70.30
1995 905 7573 6333.93 86.40 84.40 76.40 79.90 71.10
1996 905 7476 6295.23 85.10 83.40 76.90 79.20 71.80
1997 905 7268 6093.31 83.00 81.80 77.30 76.90 72.10
1998 905 7759 6631.27 88.60 85.70 77.80 83.60 72.90
1999 905 7483 6214.03 85.40 82.10 78.10 78.40 73.30
2000 905 7416 6166.79 84.40 82.70 78.40 77.60 73.50
2001 905 7260 5769.00 82.90 81.20 78.60 72.80 73.50
2002 905 7671 6229.34 87.60 85.60 78.90 78.60 73.80
2003 905 6357 5181.70 72.60 68.40 78.40 65.40 73.30
2004 905 7536 6252.57 85.80 83.70 78.60 78.60 73.60
2005 905 7611 6465.82 86.90 83.90 78.90 81.60 74.00
2006 905 7873 6637.84 89.90 86.70 79.20 83.70 74.40
2007 905 5559 4538.82 63.50 57.70 78.30 57.20 73.70
2008 905 7862 6893.10 89.50 86.90 78.70 86.70 74.20
2009 905 5003 4345.75 57.10 55.10 77.80 54.80 73.40
2010 905 4893 4165.79 55.90 52.80 76.80 52.60 72.70
2011 905 6601 5808.26 75.40 73.60 76.70 73.30 72.70
2012 905 7766 6881.62 88.40 87.30 77.10 86.60 73.20
2013 905 4634 4078.88 52.90 51.60 76.20 51.40 72.40
2014 905 7473 6524.18 85.30 83.20 76.40 82.30 72.80
2015 905 6812 5847.76 77.80 75.30 76.40 73.80 72.80
2016 905 7846 6754.06 89.30 86.80 76.70 85.00 73.20
2017 905 5867 5139.16 67.00 65.20 76.40 64.80 72.90
2018 905 7949 6888.18 90.70 88.50 76.70 86.90 73.30
2019 905 6750 5820.16 77.00 74.40 76.70 73.40 73.30
2020 905 6335 5253.27 72.10 68.70 76.40 66.10 73.10
2021 905 6240 5250.72 71.20 69.40 76.30 66.20 72.90
2022 905 8247 6467.62 94.10 86.20 76.50 81.60 73.20
2023 905 889 628.22 10.20 7.90 74.80 7.90 71.50
2024 905 5426 4406.29 61.80 58.70 74.40 55.40 71.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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