France

Cruas 1

Operable

Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 August 1978
First Criticality Saturday, 2 April 1983
First Grid Connection Friday, 29 April 1983
Commercial Operation Monday, 2 April 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 915 MWe
Capacity Gross 956 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 880 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 (%)
1983 880 1150 388.40 - - - - -
1984 880 7165 5482.00 92.90 82.60 82.60 82.60 82.60
1985 880 6615 5185.20 75.50 72.00 76.50 67.30 73.90
1986 880 7377 5888.00 84.20 86.00 80.00 76.40 74.80
1987 880 6860 5359.50 78.30 81.80 80.50 69.50 73.40
1988 880 5562 4025.00 63.30 96.70 83.90 52.10 68.90
1989 880 7239 5648.89 82.60 83.60 83.80 73.30 69.60
1990 880 6809 4983.52 77.70 82.60 83.70 64.60 68.90
1991 880 5762 4477.80 65.80 65.30 81.30 58.10 67.50
1992 880 7183 5739.40 81.80 77.80 80.90 74.20 68.30
1993 880 7353 6156.63 83.90 84.60 81.30 79.90 69.50
1994 915 7498 6181.24 85.60 84.20 81.60 77.10 70.20
1995 915 5624 4630.41 64.20 62.50 79.90 57.80 69.10
1996 915 7478 6258.55 85.10 83.00 80.10 77.90 69.80
1997 915 6784 5271.22 77.40 74.10 79.70 65.80 69.50
1998 915 7864 6387.28 89.80 89.50 80.40 79.70 70.20
1999 915 7367 5890.67 84.10 83.80 80.60 73.50 70.40
2000 915 7742 6320.52 88.10 86.00 80.90 78.60 70.90
2001 915 7264 5918.31 82.90 81.10 80.90 73.80 71.10
2002 915 7349 6069.76 83.90 80.50 80.90 75.70 71.40
2003 915 7403 6120.53 84.50 81.10 80.90 76.40 71.60
2004 915 6907 5866.08 78.60 76.10 80.70 73.00 71.70
2005 915 6311 5345.43 72.00 70.60 80.20 66.70 71.40
2006 915 7716 6491.00 88.10 83.70 80.40 81.00 71.90
2007 915 5506 4468.50 62.80 55.90 79.30 55.80 71.20
2008 915 7285 6281.45 82.90 79.30 79.30 78.20 71.50
2009 915 6016 5066.64 68.70 63.40 78.70 63.20 71.20
2010 915 7413 6529.54 84.60 82.20 78.80 81.50 71.50
2011 915 6573 5791.82 75.00 72.80 78.60 72.30 71.60
2012 915 6640 5896.70 75.60 73.50 78.40 73.40 71.60
2013 915 7087 6325.06 80.90 79.90 78.50 78.90 71.90
2014 915 7720 6767.39 88.10 86.30 78.70 84.40 72.30
2015 915 4245 3668.25 48.50 45.90 77.70 45.80 71.40
2016 915 7417 6374.97 84.40 80.00 77.80 79.30 71.70
2017 915 4655 3987.13 53.10 49.90 76.90 49.70 71.00
2018 915 7364 6471.31 84.10 80.90 77.00 80.70 71.30
2019 915 5891 5215.27 67.20 65.20 76.70 65.10 71.10
2020 915 7161 6241.26 81.50 79.60 76.80 77.60 71.30
2021 915 4932 4211.93 56.30 53.40 76.20 52.60 70.80
2022 915 7711 6879.40 88.00 86.70 76.40 85.80 71.20
2023 915 4596 3816.03 52.50 48.40 75.70 47.60 70.60
2024 915 7881 6930.71 89.70 87.60 76.00 86.20 71.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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