France

Dampierre 4

Operable

Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 December 1975
First Criticality Wednesday, 5 August 1981
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 18 August 1981
Commercial Operation Friday, 20 November 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 (%)
1981 900 2392 1569.50 79.30 77.30 77.30 77.30 77.30
1982 890 7413 5745.60 84.60 81.80 81.40 73.70 74.00
1983 890 5207 4156.00 59.40 57.60 70.00 53.30 64.10
1984 890 7765 6276.00 88.40 85.10 74.90 80.30 69.30
1985 890 7387 5859.90 84.30 78.90 75.90 75.20 70.80
1986 890 7862 6664.90 89.80 88.50 78.40 85.50 73.60
1987 890 6795 5447.80 77.60 78.10 78.30 69.90 73.00
1988 890 6645 5086.00 75.60 79.90 78.60 65.10 71.90
1989 890 6621 5392.37 75.60 72.90 77.80 69.20 71.60
1990 890 6792 5153.00 77.50 87.30 78.90 66.10 71.00
1991 890 7612 6062.80 86.90 86.70 79.70 77.80 71.60
1992 890 6832 5331.48 77.80 74.50 79.20 68.20 71.30
1993 890 6103 4827.70 69.70 63.40 77.90 61.90 70.60
1994 890 7103 5263.99 81.10 79.50 78.00 67.50 70.30
1995 890 6997 5488.04 79.90 75.40 77.80 70.40 70.30
1996 890 7596 6118.49 86.50 82.90 78.20 78.30 70.80
1997 890 7178 5918.58 81.90 80.50 78.30 75.90 71.20
1998 890 5435 4506.48 62.00 59.00 77.20 57.80 70.40
1999 890 5770 4642.53 65.90 64.10 76.40 59.60 69.80
2000 890 6752 5598.66 76.90 75.20 76.40 71.60 69.90
2001 890 6422 5361.82 73.30 70.10 76.10 68.80 69.80
2002 890 7576 6134.48 86.50 83.80 76.40 78.70 70.20
2003 890 6759 5547.40 77.20 73.40 76.30 71.20 70.30
2004 890 5551 4531.79 63.20 59.40 75.60 58.00 69.80
2005 890 7956 6566.95 90.80 87.60 76.10 84.20 70.40
2006 890 7428 5905.36 84.80 83.60 76.40 75.70 70.60
2007 890 7384 5763.52 84.30 83.50 76.60 73.90 70.70
2008 890 6317 5249.14 71.90 67.50 76.30 67.10 70.60
2009 890 7151 6259.13 81.60 80.20 76.40 80.30 70.90
2010 890 7344 6472.40 83.80 82.60 76.60 83.00 71.30
2011 890 7506 6433.47 85.70 83.10 76.90 82.50 71.70
2012 890 5644 5014.64 64.20 63.60 76.40 64.10 71.40
2013 890 7942 7074.86 90.70 89.80 76.80 90.80 72.10
2014 890 4507 3970.80 51.40 50.30 76.00 50.90 71.40
2015 890 8025 6750.08 91.60 86.70 76.40 86.60 71.90
2016 890 7442 6456.43 84.70 82.40 76.50 82.60 72.20
2017 890 7688 6599.79 87.80 84.60 76.80 84.60 72.50
2018 890 4116 3438.52 47.00 44.30 75.90 44.10 71.80
2019 890 7196 5979.78 82.20 79.80 76.00 76.70 71.90
2020 890 5335 4457.67 60.70 57.40 75.50 57.00 71.50
2021 890 7571 6437.40 86.40 83.90 75.70 82.60 71.80
2022 890 6027 5033.31 68.80 65.00 75.50 64.60 71.60
2023 890 6634 5490.50 75.70 72.40 75.40 70.40 71.60
2024 890 4730 3973.68 53.80 53.40 74.90 50.80 71.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

See Also

Related News

WNN articles on France
Subscribe to receive updates on news