Details
| Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
| Model |
CP2 |
| Owner |
EDF |
| Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
| Construction Start |
Wednesday, 15 November 1978 |
| First Criticality |
Wednesday, 1 August 1984 |
| First Grid Connection |
Thursday, 6 September 1984 |
| Commercial Operation |
Monday, 1 April 1985 |
Specifications
| Capacity Net |
915 MWe |
| Capacity Gross |
956 MWe |
| Thermal Capacity |
2785 MWt |
| Design Net Capacity |
915 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 (%) |
| 1984 |
880 |
651 |
146.00 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1985 |
880 |
8330 |
6103.20 |
97.30 |
96.00 |
96.00 |
83.40 |
83.40 |
| 1986 |
880 |
6258 |
4955.00 |
71.40 |
70.10 |
81.20 |
64.30 |
72.50 |
| 1987 |
900 |
6761 |
5559.90 |
77.20 |
79.10 |
80.40 |
70.50 |
71.80 |
| 1988 |
915 |
7176 |
5698.00 |
81.70 |
80.60 |
80.50 |
70.90 |
71.50 |
| 1989 |
915 |
7697 |
6298.51 |
87.90 |
83.30 |
81.10 |
78.60 |
73.00 |
| 1990 |
915 |
7114 |
6001.78 |
81.20 |
77.70 |
80.50 |
74.90 |
73.40 |
| 1991 |
915 |
4838 |
4099.88 |
55.20 |
53.80 |
76.50 |
51.20 |
70.00 |
| 1992 |
915 |
6910 |
5946.87 |
78.70 |
77.00 |
76.50 |
74.00 |
70.60 |
| 1993 |
915 |
6463 |
5441.04 |
73.80 |
73.50 |
76.20 |
67.90 |
70.20 |
| 1994 |
915 |
6765 |
5566.06 |
77.20 |
94.10 |
78.00 |
69.40 |
70.20 |
| 1995 |
915 |
6581 |
5366.77 |
75.10 |
72.40 |
77.50 |
67.00 |
69.90 |
| 1996 |
915 |
7870 |
6521.86 |
89.60 |
87.10 |
78.30 |
81.10 |
70.80 |
| 1997 |
915 |
6596 |
5176.08 |
75.30 |
76.50 |
78.20 |
64.60 |
70.30 |
| 1998 |
915 |
7396 |
6003.57 |
84.40 |
79.00 |
78.20 |
74.90 |
70.70 |
| 1999 |
915 |
7787 |
6393.81 |
88.90 |
85.30 |
78.70 |
79.80 |
71.30 |
| 2000 |
915 |
7755 |
6420.91 |
88.30 |
85.60 |
79.20 |
79.90 |
71.80 |
| 2001 |
915 |
7053 |
5914.40 |
80.50 |
76.50 |
79.00 |
73.80 |
72.00 |
| 2002 |
915 |
7776 |
6547.44 |
88.80 |
86.00 |
79.40 |
81.70 |
72.50 |
| 2003 |
915 |
6927 |
5727.93 |
79.10 |
75.60 |
79.20 |
71.50 |
72.40 |
| 2004 |
915 |
7661 |
6612.96 |
87.20 |
84.90 |
79.50 |
82.30 |
73.00 |
| 2005 |
915 |
7684 |
6504.12 |
87.70 |
83.00 |
79.70 |
81.10 |
73.40 |
| 2006 |
915 |
7736 |
6509.49 |
88.30 |
84.30 |
79.90 |
81.20 |
73.70 |
| 2007 |
915 |
5602 |
4617.90 |
64.00 |
58.00 |
78.90 |
57.60 |
73.00 |
| 2008 |
915 |
6633 |
5597.43 |
75.50 |
69.80 |
78.50 |
69.60 |
72.90 |
| 2009 |
915 |
6886 |
5862.16 |
78.60 |
73.60 |
78.30 |
73.10 |
72.90 |
| 2010 |
915 |
6036 |
5305.44 |
68.90 |
66.60 |
77.90 |
66.20 |
72.60 |
| 2011 |
915 |
6577 |
5791.15 |
75.10 |
73.00 |
77.70 |
72.20 |
72.60 |
| 2012 |
915 |
7665 |
6761.59 |
87.30 |
84.70 |
77.90 |
84.10 |
73.00 |
| 2013 |
915 |
6729 |
5729.40 |
76.80 |
73.00 |
77.80 |
71.50 |
73.00 |
| 2014 |
915 |
7931 |
6708.45 |
90.50 |
86.20 |
78.00 |
83.70 |
73.30 |
| 2015 |
915 |
6630 |
5568.66 |
75.70 |
70.20 |
77.80 |
69.50 |
73.20 |
| 2016 |
915 |
7743 |
6596.10 |
88.20 |
83.10 |
78.00 |
82.10 |
73.50 |
| 2017 |
915 |
7739 |
6505.00 |
88.30 |
84.00 |
78.20 |
81.20 |
73.70 |
| 2018 |
915 |
5958 |
4984.84 |
68.00 |
64.40 |
77.70 |
62.20 |
73.40 |
| 2019 |
915 |
6038 |
4872.15 |
68.90 |
65.10 |
77.40 |
60.80 |
73.00 |
| 2020 |
915 |
6924 |
5761.69 |
78.80 |
74.50 |
77.30 |
71.70 |
73.00 |
| 2021 |
915 |
6401 |
5251.28 |
73.10 |
67.90 |
77.00 |
65.50 |
72.80 |
| 2022 |
915 |
6707 |
5384.34 |
76.60 |
69.60 |
76.80 |
67.20 |
72.60 |
| 2023 |
915 |
6336 |
5425.63 |
72.30 |
69.20 |
76.60 |
67.70 |
72.50 |
| 2024 |
915 |
7365 |
6092.76 |
83.80 |
84.70 |
76.80 |
75.80 |
72.60 |