France

Fessenheim 1

Permanent Shutdown

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP0
Owner Électricité De France
Operator Électricité De France

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 September 1971
First Criticality Monday, 7 March 1977
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 6 April 1977
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 January 1978
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 22 February 2020

Specifications

Capacity Net 880 MWe
Capacity Gross 920 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 (%)
1977 890 2019 932.40 - - - - -
1978 890 7302 6079.20 83.40 78.20 78.20 78.00 78.00
1979 890 5338 4542.00 60.90 58.80 68.50 58.30 68.10
1980 890 6350 5510.00 72.30 70.70 69.20 70.50 68.90
1981 890 5844 5065.30 66.70 65.30 68.20 65.00 67.90
1982 880 2138 1848.20 24.40 24.00 59.50 24.00 59.20
1983 880 6701 5690.00 76.50 75.30 62.10 73.80 61.60
1984 880 7731 6503.00 88.00 85.20 65.40 84.10 64.80
1985 880 7105 6044.60 81.10 79.80 67.20 78.40 66.50
1986 880 6702 5661.30 76.50 74.70 68.00 73.40 67.30
1987 880 6147 5029.60 70.20 73.60 68.60 65.20 67.10
1988 880 7069 5399.00 80.50 77.90 69.40 69.80 67.30
1989 880 4108 3253.33 46.90 43.40 67.30 42.20 65.20
1990 880 6481 5036.69 74.00 74.60 67.80 65.30 65.20
1991 880 4900 4053.54 55.90 55.50 66.90 52.60 64.40
1992 880 6079 4867.06 69.20 66.90 66.90 63.00 64.30
1993 880 7161 5548.68 81.80 74.60 67.40 72.00 64.70
1994 880 7508 6186.14 85.70 86.40 68.50 80.20 65.60
1995 880 6990 5856.09 79.80 84.70 69.40 76.00 66.20
1996 880 7544 6164.97 85.90 85.20 70.30 79.80 66.90
1997 880 7209 5826.79 82.30 81.50 70.80 75.60 67.40
1998 880 5727 4617.05 65.40 61.70 70.40 59.90 67.00
1999 880 6283 5228.79 71.70 70.80 70.40 67.80 67.00
2000 880 7145 5782.65 81.30 80.80 70.90 74.80 67.40
2001 880 7095 5507.53 81.00 78.40 71.20 71.40 67.60
2002 880 3832 2989.75 43.70 41.10 70.00 38.80 66.40
2003 880 8518 6985.20 97.20 96.40 71.00 90.60 67.30
2004 880 4500 3726.49 51.20 49.60 70.20 48.20 66.60
2005 880 6673 5448.42 76.20 75.30 70.40 70.70 66.80
2006 880 8338 6875.72 95.20 93.50 71.20 89.20 67.50
2007 880 5715 4666.98 65.20 61.10 70.80 60.50 67.30
2008 880 6120 5147.36 69.70 66.80 70.70 66.60 67.30
2009 880 6365 5382.77 72.70 70.10 70.70 69.80 67.40
2010 880 6209 5181.48 70.90 68.00 70.60 67.20 67.40
2011 880 6197 5187.84 70.70 68.00 70.50 67.30 67.40
2012 880 8158 7031.35 92.90 92.40 71.20 91.00 68.00
2013 880 5419 4453.46 61.90 58.10 70.80 57.80 67.80
2014 880 6441 5361.14 73.50 70.50 70.80 69.60 67.80
2015 880 8433 7194.82 96.30 93.80 71.40 93.30 68.50
2016 880 6167 4981.46 70.20 64.90 71.20 64.40 68.40
2017 880 6803 5807.00 77.70 76.10 71.40 75.30 68.50
2018 880 8504 7037.75 97.10 93.10 71.90 91.30 69.10
2019 880 7325 6208.07 83.60 81.00 72.10 80.50 69.40
2020 880 1250 1082.25 98.30 96.70 72.20 96.70 69.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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