France

Chinon B 3

Operable

Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 October 1980
First Criticality Thursday, 18 September 1986
First Grid Connection Monday, 20 October 1986
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 4 March 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 905 MWe
Capacity Gross 954 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 905 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 (%)
1986 870 1190 596.80 - - - - -
1987 870 5311 4120.60 59.70 67.60 67.60 52.00 52.00
1988 905 5354 4413.00 61.00 58.90 62.80 55.50 54.00
1989 905 6125 5028.58 69.90 77.80 68.10 63.40 57.30
1990 905 6274 5417.63 71.60 69.10 68.40 68.30 60.20
1991 905 8204 7026.39 93.60 90.70 73.00 88.60 66.10
1992 905 7468 6091.45 85.00 85.60 75.20 76.60 67.90
1993 905 6827 5600.75 77.90 72.60 74.80 70.60 68.30
1994 905 6325 5064.02 72.20 75.40 74.90 63.90 67.80
1995 905 7177 6005.65 81.90 82.50 75.80 75.80 68.70
1996 905 7761 6277.96 88.40 86.90 76.90 79.00 69.70
1997 905 7249 5816.77 82.80 85.10 77.60 73.40 70.10
1998 905 7472 6345.64 85.30 81.30 78.00 80.00 70.90
1999 905 6656 5601.97 76.00 72.20 77.50 70.70 70.90
2000 905 7386 6330.11 84.10 82.50 77.90 79.60 71.50
2001 905 7665 6318.00 87.50 84.80 78.30 79.70 72.10
2002 905 7971 6720.45 91.00 87.60 78.90 84.80 72.90
2003 905 6954 5807.75 79.40 77.60 78.80 73.30 72.90
2004 905 7444 5784.36 84.70 82.30 79.00 72.80 72.90
2005 905 7287 5595.37 83.20 76.50 78.90 70.60 72.80
2006 905 7930 6369.75 90.50 86.30 79.30 80.40 73.20
2007 905 7310 6061.29 83.40 77.90 79.20 76.50 73.30
2008 905 7760 6498.11 88.30 82.30 79.40 81.70 73.70
2009 905 4114 3433.46 47.00 43.40 77.80 43.30 72.40
2010 905 7485 6488.82 85.40 82.40 78.00 81.80 72.80
2011 905 6906 6043.83 78.80 77.60 78.00 76.20 72.90
2012 905 7662 6770.53 87.20 85.90 78.30 85.20 73.40
2013 905 6823 5930.23 77.90 75.30 78.20 74.80 73.40
2014 905 7711 6733.16 88.00 86.60 78.50 84.90 73.80
2015 905 6515 5735.52 74.40 72.80 78.30 72.40 73.80
2016 905 7949 6806.55 90.50 87.40 78.60 85.60 74.20
2017 905 7079 6070.41 80.80 78.90 78.60 76.60 74.30
2018 905 7668 6593.67 87.50 84.70 78.80 83.20 74.60
2019 905 5526 4795.66 63.10 62.10 78.30 60.50 74.10
2020 905 6046 4848.50 68.80 67.60 78.00 61.00 73.70
2021 905 6022 5119.31 68.70 66.20 77.60 64.60 73.50
2022 905 2323 1976.92 26.50 25.50 76.20 24.90 72.10
2023 905 5722 4835.37 65.30 61.90 75.80 61.00 71.80
2024 905 6322 5363.61 72.00 71.20 75.60 67.50 71.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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