Details
| Reactor Type |
Fast Reactor (or FBR) |
| Model |
PH-250 |
| Owner |
CEA |
| Operator |
CEA (80%), EDF (20%) |
Timeline
| Construction Start |
Friday, 1 November 1968 |
| First Criticality |
Friday, 31 August 1973 |
| First Grid Connection |
Thursday, 13 December 1973 |
| Commercial Operation |
Sunday, 14 July 1974 |
| Permanent Shutdown |
Monday, 1 February 2010 |
Specifications
| Capacity Net |
130 MWe |
| Capacity Gross |
142 MWe |
| Thermal Capacity |
345 MWt |
| Design Net Capacity |
233 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 (%) |
| 1973 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1974 |
233 |
4716 |
958.00 |
79.60 |
71.50 |
71.50 |
71.50 |
71.50 |
| 1975 |
233 |
5932 |
1308.40 |
67.70 |
64.10 |
66.60 |
64.10 |
66.60 |
| 1976 |
233 |
4799 |
950.80 |
54.60 |
46.70 |
58.60 |
46.50 |
58.50 |
| 1977 |
233 |
2120 |
300.80 |
24.20 |
15.50 |
46.30 |
14.70 |
46.00 |
| 1978 |
233 |
5905 |
1238.80 |
67.40 |
60.90 |
49.60 |
60.70 |
49.30 |
| 1979 |
233 |
7350 |
1719.00 |
83.90 |
84.00 |
55.80 |
84.20 |
55.60 |
| 1980 |
233 |
5679 |
1319.00 |
64.60 |
64.70 |
57.20 |
64.40 |
57.00 |
| 1981 |
233 |
6217 |
1421.90 |
71.00 |
69.90 |
58.90 |
69.70 |
58.70 |
| 1982 |
233 |
5429 |
989.10 |
62.00 |
48.60 |
57.70 |
48.50 |
57.50 |
| 1983 |
233 |
5515 |
1122.00 |
63.00 |
55.10 |
57.40 |
55.00 |
57.20 |
| 1984 |
233 |
6206 |
1414.00 |
70.60 |
53.70 |
57.00 |
69.10 |
58.40 |
| 1985 |
233 |
6784 |
1153.00 |
77.40 |
60.40 |
57.30 |
56.50 |
58.20 |
| 1986 |
233 |
6996 |
1519.10 |
79.90 |
73.20 |
58.60 |
74.40 |
59.50 |
| 1987 |
233 |
7059 |
1556.40 |
80.60 |
71.50 |
59.60 |
76.20 |
60.70 |
| 1988 |
233 |
6300 |
1475.40 |
71.70 |
71.40 |
60.40 |
72.10 |
61.50 |
| 1989 |
233 |
2678 |
601.18 |
30.60 |
29.60 |
58.40 |
29.40 |
59.40 |
| 1990 |
233 |
4637 |
982.46 |
52.90 |
47.90 |
57.80 |
48.10 |
58.80 |
| 1991 |
233 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
58.60 |
57.80 |
0.00 |
55.40 |
| 1992 |
233 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
54.70 |
0.00 |
52.40 |
| 1993 |
233 |
286 |
34.79 |
3.30 |
94.20 |
56.70 |
1.70 |
49.80 |
| 1994 |
233 |
184 |
22.60 |
2.10 |
17.10 |
54.80 |
1.10 |
47.40 |
| 1995 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1996 |
233 |
0 |
2.71 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
52.20 |
0.10 |
45.20 |
| 1997 |
130 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.90 |
0.00 |
44.10 |
| 1998 |
130 |
3019 |
382.18 |
34.50 |
58.60 |
51.10 |
33.60 |
43.80 |
| 1999 |
130 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
49.90 |
0.00 |
42.80 |
| 2000 |
130 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
48.70 |
0.00 |
41.80 |
| 2001 |
130 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
47.60 |
0.00 |
40.80 |
| 2002 |
130 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
46.50 |
0.00 |
39.90 |
| 2003 |
130 |
711 |
61.82 |
8.10 |
6.20 |
45.60 |
5.40 |
39.10 |
| 2004 |
130 |
4888 |
626.91 |
55.60 |
55.10 |
45.80 |
54.90 |
39.50 |
| 2005 |
130 |
6341 |
804.53 |
72.40 |
71.20 |
46.40 |
70.60 |
40.10 |
| 2006 |
130 |
4601 |
591.00 |
52.50 |
51.90 |
46.50 |
51.90 |
40.40 |
| 2007 |
130 |
4452 |
565.14 |
50.80 |
49.60 |
46.50 |
49.60 |
40.60 |
| 2008 |
130 |
5312 |
664.62 |
60.50 |
60.20 |
46.80 |
58.20 |
40.90 |
| 2009 |
130 |
1999 |
245.99 |
22.80 |
22.50 |
46.30 |
21.60 |
40.50 |
| 2010 |
130 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
46.30 |
0.00 |
40.50 |