Details
| Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
| Model |
CP1 |
| Owner |
EDF |
| Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
| Construction Start |
Thursday, 1 April 1976 |
| First Criticality |
Sunday, 31 May 1981 |
| First Grid Connection |
Sunday, 14 June 1981 |
| Commercial Operation |
Thursday, 1 October 1981 |
Specifications
| Capacity Net |
910 MWe |
| Capacity Gross |
951 MWe |
| Thermal Capacity |
2785 MWt |
| Design Net Capacity |
910 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 |
920 |
3434 |
2636.60 |
92.00 |
85.40 |
85.40 |
84.80 |
84.80 |
| 1982 |
910 |
7193 |
5498.20 |
82.10 |
80.80 |
81.70 |
69.00 |
72.20 |
| 1983 |
910 |
4986 |
4062.00 |
56.90 |
54.50 |
69.60 |
51.00 |
62.80 |
| 1984 |
910 |
7173 |
6006.00 |
81.70 |
82.80 |
73.70 |
75.10 |
66.60 |
| 1985 |
910 |
7387 |
6178.80 |
84.30 |
80.90 |
75.40 |
77.50 |
69.10 |
| 1986 |
910 |
7862 |
6556.60 |
89.80 |
88.60 |
77.90 |
82.20 |
71.60 |
| 1987 |
910 |
6787 |
5472.80 |
77.50 |
75.80 |
77.60 |
68.60 |
71.20 |
| 1988 |
910 |
7789 |
6221.00 |
88.70 |
85.90 |
78.70 |
77.80 |
72.10 |
| 1989 |
910 |
6025 |
4982.33 |
68.80 |
66.90 |
77.30 |
62.50 |
70.90 |
| 1990 |
910 |
7058 |
6151.73 |
80.60 |
77.20 |
77.30 |
77.20 |
71.60 |
| 1991 |
910 |
7067 |
6261.99 |
80.70 |
80.50 |
77.60 |
78.60 |
72.30 |
| 1992 |
910 |
7137 |
6419.80 |
81.20 |
80.20 |
77.80 |
80.30 |
73.00 |
| 1993 |
910 |
6112 |
4680.57 |
69.80 |
75.30 |
77.60 |
58.70 |
71.80 |
| 1994 |
910 |
6824 |
6039.34 |
77.90 |
82.50 |
78.00 |
75.80 |
72.10 |
| 1995 |
910 |
7313 |
6289.53 |
83.50 |
85.40 |
78.50 |
78.90 |
72.60 |
| 1996 |
910 |
7552 |
6288.41 |
86.00 |
83.20 |
78.80 |
78.70 |
73.00 |
| 1997 |
910 |
7206 |
5986.68 |
82.30 |
80.50 |
78.90 |
75.10 |
73.10 |
| 1998 |
910 |
7570 |
6519.35 |
86.40 |
84.10 |
79.20 |
81.80 |
73.60 |
| 1999 |
910 |
6734 |
5550.87 |
76.90 |
74.30 |
78.90 |
69.60 |
73.40 |
| 2000 |
910 |
5453 |
4563.64 |
62.10 |
57.70 |
77.80 |
57.10 |
72.60 |
| 2001 |
910 |
7094 |
5990.69 |
81.00 |
78.30 |
77.80 |
75.20 |
72.70 |
| 2002 |
910 |
7219 |
6028.10 |
82.40 |
80.00 |
78.00 |
75.60 |
72.80 |
| 2003 |
910 |
6589 |
5701.86 |
75.20 |
74.20 |
77.80 |
71.50 |
72.80 |
| 2004 |
910 |
7693 |
6544.62 |
87.60 |
85.40 |
78.10 |
81.90 |
73.20 |
| 2005 |
910 |
7354 |
6437.07 |
84.00 |
81.80 |
78.30 |
80.80 |
73.50 |
| 2006 |
910 |
8079 |
7123.08 |
92.20 |
89.90 |
78.70 |
89.40 |
74.10 |
| 2007 |
910 |
7164 |
6341.02 |
81.80 |
79.80 |
78.80 |
79.50 |
74.30 |
| 2008 |
910 |
7678 |
6663.01 |
87.40 |
85.00 |
79.00 |
83.40 |
74.60 |
| 2009 |
910 |
7342 |
6312.54 |
83.80 |
81.40 |
79.10 |
79.20 |
74.80 |
| 2010 |
910 |
7958 |
6785.73 |
90.80 |
88.50 |
79.40 |
85.10 |
75.20 |
| 2011 |
910 |
7383 |
6464.37 |
84.30 |
82.00 |
79.50 |
81.10 |
75.40 |
| 2012 |
910 |
7612 |
6669.67 |
86.70 |
83.90 |
79.60 |
83.40 |
75.60 |
| 2013 |
910 |
6967 |
6120.30 |
79.50 |
77.10 |
79.60 |
76.80 |
75.60 |
| 2014 |
910 |
5335 |
4797.97 |
60.90 |
59.70 |
79.00 |
60.20 |
75.20 |
| 2015 |
910 |
7127 |
6476.69 |
81.40 |
80.30 |
79.00 |
81.20 |
75.40 |
| 2016 |
910 |
7445 |
6716.29 |
84.80 |
82.50 |
79.10 |
84.00 |
75.60 |
| 2017 |
910 |
6063 |
5517.18 |
69.20 |
67.50 |
78.80 |
69.20 |
75.40 |
| 2018 |
910 |
7474 |
6884.99 |
85.30 |
84.80 |
78.90 |
86.40 |
75.70 |
| 2019 |
910 |
6192 |
5724.80 |
70.70 |
69.80 |
78.70 |
71.80 |
75.60 |
| 2020 |
910 |
7155 |
6658.46 |
81.40 |
80.60 |
78.80 |
83.30 |
75.80 |
| 2021 |
910 |
4480 |
4015.61 |
51.10 |
49.60 |
78.00 |
50.40 |
75.20 |
| 2022 |
910 |
6452 |
5937.41 |
73.60 |
73.20 |
77.90 |
74.50 |
75.20 |
| 2023 |
910 |
7826 |
6792.53 |
89.30 |
87.00 |
78.10 |
85.20 |
75.40 |
| 2024 |
910 |
3234 |
2894.99 |
36.80 |
35.60 |
77.10 |
36.20 |
74.50 |