France

Dampierre 2

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP1
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 April 1975
First Criticality Friday, 5 December 1980
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 10 December 1980
Commercial Operation Monday, 16 February 1981

Specifications

Capacity Net 890 MWe
Capacity Gross 937 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 890 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 (%)
1980 900 310 50.00 - - - - -
1981 900 7306 5818.40 81.70 75.50 75.50 73.90 73.90
1982 890 4848 4110.80 55.30 53.00 63.40 52.70 62.40
1983 890 6139 5191.00 70.10 67.70 64.90 66.60 63.90
1984 890 6884 5781.00 78.40 76.10 67.80 74.00 66.50
1985 890 7400 6056.90 84.50 84.30 71.20 77.70 68.80
1986 890 6983 5658.50 79.70 82.00 73.00 72.60 69.50
1987 890 5715 4855.97 65.20 76.40 73.50 62.30 68.40
1988 890 6153 4583.00 70.00 92.40 76.00 58.60 67.20
1989 890 6927 5485.29 79.10 77.00 76.10 70.40 67.50
1990 890 6292 4869.51 71.80 67.80 75.20 62.50 67.00
1991 890 5407 4201.95 61.70 63.30 74.10 53.90 65.80
1992 890 6429 5049.75 73.20 74.70 74.20 64.60 65.70
1993 890 7625 5976.57 87.00 79.60 74.60 76.70 66.60
1994 890 5328 4444.99 60.80 84.80 75.30 57.00 65.90
1995 890 6952 5562.04 79.40 95.00 76.60 71.30 66.20
1996 890 7437 5761.00 84.70 81.50 77.00 73.70 66.70
1997 890 6204 4966.59 70.80 67.50 76.40 63.70 66.50
1998 890 7192 5855.92 82.10 78.30 76.50 75.10 67.00
1999 890 6688 5312.90 76.40 69.20 76.10 68.20 67.10
2000 890 7121 5866.14 81.10 76.00 76.10 75.00 67.50
2001 890 6593 5355.88 75.30 72.40 75.90 68.70 67.50
2002 890 5196 4307.55 59.30 56.00 75.00 55.20 67.00
2003 890 7631 6268.32 87.10 81.30 75.30 80.40 67.60
2004 890 7286 5983.93 83.00 93.70 76.10 76.50 67.90
2005 890 6719 5255.28 76.70 75.80 76.10 67.40 67.90
2006 890 7371 5880.50 84.10 83.20 76.30 75.40 68.20
2007 890 8201 6582.66 93.60 88.90 76.80 84.40 68.80
2008 890 7462 6014.89 85.00 82.10 77.00 76.90 69.10
2009 890 7902 6455.29 90.20 86.60 77.30 82.80 69.60
2010 890 6491 5399.78 74.10 71.20 77.10 69.30 69.60
2011 890 7890 6741.93 90.10 88.70 77.50 86.50 70.10
2012 890 6091 5117.98 69.30 67.40 77.20 65.50 70.00
2013 890 7666 6508.82 87.50 87.40 77.50 83.50 70.40
2014 890 6913 5771.73 78.90 77.80 77.50 74.00 70.50
2015 890 7490 6402.25 85.50 83.00 77.70 82.10 70.80
2016 890 5619 4932.37 64.00 61.60 77.20 63.10 70.60
2017 890 6869 6153.50 78.40 77.20 77.20 78.90 70.80
2018 890 6585 5831.89 75.20 72.90 77.10 74.80 70.90
2019 890 7793 7062.17 89.00 87.60 77.40 90.60 71.40
2020 890 6011 5081.11 68.40 63.10 77.00 65.00 71.30
2021 890 7346 6520.64 83.90 81.70 77.10 83.60 71.60
2022 890 2069 1855.50 23.60 23.10 75.80 23.80 70.40
2023 890 7843 6679.55 89.50 88.50 76.10 85.70 70.80
2024 890 5994 5070.05 68.20 66.40 75.90 64.80 70.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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