Details
Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
Model |
N4 REP 1450 |
Owner |
EDF |
Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
Construction Start |
Tuesday, 31 December 1985 |
First Criticality |
Monday, 10 March 1997 |
First Grid Connection |
Thursday, 10 April 1997 |
Commercial Operation |
Friday, 29 September 2000 |
Specifications
Capacity Net |
1500 MWe |
Capacity Gross |
1560 MWe |
Thermal Capacity |
4270 MWt |
Design Net Capacity |
1455 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 |
1455 |
2997 |
2960.25 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1998 |
1455 |
172 |
86.28 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1999 |
1455 |
5267 |
7308.70 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2000 |
1455 |
5347 |
7213.35 |
94.70 |
90.20 |
90.20 |
92.20 |
92.20 |
2001 |
1455 |
7221 |
10159.53 |
82.40 |
80.40 |
82.30 |
79.70 |
82.20 |
2002 |
1455 |
7240 |
9814.83 |
82.60 |
81.50 |
82.00 |
77.00 |
79.90 |
2003 |
1500 |
7457 |
10472.75 |
85.10 |
83.30 |
82.40 |
79.70 |
79.80 |
2004 |
1500 |
7061 |
10063.94 |
80.40 |
80.10 |
81.80 |
76.40 |
79.00 |
2005 |
1500 |
7343 |
10321.55 |
83.80 |
81.60 |
81.80 |
78.60 |
78.90 |
2006 |
1500 |
6845 |
9460.52 |
78.10 |
79.60 |
81.50 |
72.00 |
77.80 |
2007 |
1500 |
7725 |
11016.49 |
88.20 |
85.20 |
82.00 |
83.80 |
78.60 |
2008 |
1500 |
7639 |
11038.88 |
87.00 |
84.60 |
82.30 |
83.80 |
79.30 |
2009 |
1500 |
5593 |
7821.91 |
63.80 |
62.50 |
80.10 |
59.50 |
77.10 |
2010 |
1500 |
7529 |
10739.75 |
86.00 |
83.40 |
80.50 |
81.70 |
77.60 |
2011 |
1500 |
8076 |
11507.74 |
92.20 |
91.20 |
81.40 |
87.60 |
78.50 |
2012 |
1500 |
4092 |
5773.74 |
46.60 |
44.00 |
78.40 |
43.80 |
75.60 |
2013 |
1500 |
7351 |
10676.71 |
83.90 |
82.40 |
78.60 |
81.20 |
76.00 |
2014 |
1500 |
8686 |
12405.66 |
99.20 |
98.00 |
80.00 |
94.40 |
77.30 |
2015 |
1500 |
6673 |
9504.22 |
76.20 |
74.10 |
79.60 |
72.30 |
77.00 |
2016 |
1500 |
7791 |
11021.73 |
88.70 |
85.60 |
80.00 |
83.60 |
77.40 |
2017 |
1500 |
5351 |
7691.34 |
61.10 |
59.80 |
78.80 |
58.50 |
76.30 |
2018 |
1500 |
8388 |
12031.86 |
95.80 |
94.20 |
79.70 |
91.60 |
77.20 |
2019 |
1500 |
4846 |
6757.53 |
55.30 |
53.80 |
78.30 |
51.40 |
75.80 |
2020 |
1500 |
6107 |
8328.39 |
69.50 |
70.00 |
77.90 |
63.20 |
75.20 |
2021 |
1500 |
3523 |
4693.11 |
40.20 |
35.70 |
75.90 |
35.70 |
73.30 |
2022 |
1500 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
72.50 |
0.00 |
70.00 |
2023 |
1500 |
5559 |
7888.17 |
63.50 |
62.10 |
72.00 |
60.00 |
69.60 |
2024 |
1500 |
4933 |
6948.69 |
56.20 |
60.10 |
71.60 |
52.70 |
68.90 |