Details
| Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
| Model |
CP0 |
| Owner |
EDF |
| Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
| Construction Start |
Tuesday, 1 February 1972 |
| First Criticality |
Monday, 27 June 1977 |
| First Grid Connection |
Friday, 7 October 1977 |
| Commercial Operation |
Saturday, 1 April 1978 |
| Permanent Shutdown |
Monday, 29 June 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 |
655 |
212.20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1978 |
890 |
7032 |
5760.40 |
85.60 |
81.80 |
81.80 |
81.50 |
81.50 |
| 1979 |
890 |
5684 |
4521.00 |
64.90 |
58.70 |
68.60 |
58.00 |
68.10 |
| 1980 |
890 |
6603 |
5601.00 |
75.20 |
72.20 |
69.90 |
71.60 |
69.40 |
| 1981 |
890 |
7117 |
6055.00 |
81.20 |
79.40 |
72.50 |
77.70 |
71.60 |
| 1982 |
880 |
8247 |
6047.90 |
94.10 |
93.10 |
76.80 |
78.40 |
73.00 |
| 1983 |
880 |
5206 |
4315.00 |
59.40 |
58.20 |
73.60 |
56.00 |
70.10 |
| 1984 |
880 |
7860 |
6459.00 |
89.50 |
88.40 |
75.80 |
83.60 |
72.10 |
| 1985 |
880 |
7248 |
5917.20 |
82.70 |
78.60 |
76.10 |
76.80 |
72.70 |
| 1986 |
880 |
6573 |
5522.50 |
75.00 |
73.20 |
75.80 |
71.60 |
72.60 |
| 1987 |
880 |
7335 |
6150.10 |
83.70 |
82.60 |
76.50 |
79.80 |
73.30 |
| 1988 |
880 |
6158 |
4830.00 |
70.10 |
69.80 |
75.90 |
62.50 |
72.30 |
| 1989 |
880 |
6944 |
5643.37 |
79.30 |
96.20 |
77.60 |
73.20 |
72.40 |
| 1990 |
880 |
4612 |
3552.40 |
52.60 |
49.60 |
75.40 |
46.10 |
70.30 |
| 1991 |
880 |
6537 |
5308.43 |
74.60 |
72.80 |
75.20 |
68.90 |
70.20 |
| 1992 |
880 |
2699 |
2202.03 |
30.70 |
29.90 |
72.20 |
28.50 |
67.40 |
| 1993 |
880 |
7167 |
5775.09 |
81.80 |
77.60 |
72.50 |
74.90 |
67.90 |
| 1994 |
880 |
6807 |
5294.89 |
77.70 |
98.20 |
74.00 |
68.70 |
67.90 |
| 1995 |
880 |
6305 |
5098.25 |
72.00 |
70.50 |
73.80 |
66.10 |
67.80 |
| 1996 |
880 |
7515 |
6192.10 |
85.60 |
84.40 |
74.40 |
80.10 |
68.50 |
| 1997 |
880 |
6982 |
5808.56 |
79.70 |
80.00 |
74.70 |
75.40 |
68.80 |
| 1998 |
880 |
6797 |
5597.00 |
77.60 |
73.70 |
74.60 |
72.60 |
69.00 |
| 1999 |
880 |
7708 |
6392.59 |
88.00 |
86.40 |
75.20 |
82.90 |
69.60 |
| 2000 |
880 |
4514 |
3730.37 |
51.40 |
51.00 |
74.10 |
48.30 |
68.70 |
| 2001 |
880 |
7876 |
6699.95 |
89.90 |
87.30 |
74.70 |
86.90 |
69.50 |
| 2002 |
880 |
7729 |
6562.58 |
88.20 |
85.60 |
75.10 |
85.10 |
70.10 |
| 2003 |
880 |
5434 |
4589.49 |
62.00 |
60.70 |
74.50 |
59.50 |
69.70 |
| 2004 |
880 |
8435 |
6913.74 |
96.00 |
93.60 |
75.20 |
89.40 |
70.40 |
| 2005 |
880 |
7813 |
6381.24 |
89.20 |
85.10 |
75.60 |
82.80 |
70.90 |
| 2006 |
880 |
5844 |
4803.12 |
66.70 |
64.70 |
75.20 |
62.30 |
70.60 |
| 2007 |
880 |
5781 |
4816.72 |
66.00 |
62.90 |
74.80 |
62.50 |
70.30 |
| 2008 |
880 |
6384 |
5131.40 |
72.70 |
66.80 |
74.60 |
66.40 |
70.20 |
| 2009 |
880 |
4206 |
3366.58 |
48.00 |
43.90 |
73.60 |
43.70 |
69.30 |
| 2010 |
880 |
8100 |
6573.08 |
92.50 |
87.00 |
74.00 |
85.30 |
69.80 |
| 2011 |
880 |
2521 |
1976.89 |
28.80 |
25.70 |
72.60 |
25.60 |
68.50 |
| 2012 |
880 |
6584 |
5427.83 |
75.00 |
73.10 |
72.60 |
70.20 |
68.60 |
| 2013 |
880 |
5841 |
4815.26 |
66.70 |
63.30 |
72.30 |
62.50 |
68.40 |
| 2014 |
880 |
8244 |
6874.97 |
94.10 |
91.70 |
72.80 |
89.20 |
69.00 |
| 2015 |
880 |
6904 |
5669.65 |
78.80 |
76.70 |
73.00 |
73.60 |
69.10 |
| 2016 |
880 |
3960 |
3428.20 |
45.10 |
44.60 |
72.20 |
44.40 |
68.40 |
| 2017 |
880 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
70.40 |
0.00 |
66.70 |
| 2018 |
880 |
6006 |
4909.07 |
68.60 |
64.50 |
70.30 |
63.70 |
66.60 |
| 2019 |
880 |
7064 |
6108.70 |
80.60 |
79.60 |
70.50 |
79.20 |
67.00 |
| 2020 |
880 |
4247 |
3697.08 |
97.20 |
96.80 |
70.80 |
96.20 |
67.30 |