France

St. Alban 2

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model P4 REP 1300
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 31 July 1979
First Criticality Saturday, 7 June 1986
First Grid Connection Thursday, 3 July 1986
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 March 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 1335 MWe
Capacity Gross 1381 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3817 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1335 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 (%)
1986 1300 1485 1084.60 - - - - -
1987 1300 6094 6952.20 68.30 79.00 79.00 59.10 59.10
1988 1335 4308 5185.00 49.00 46.50 61.10 44.20 50.90
1989 1335 4806 6126.50 54.90 56.20 59.40 52.40 51.40
1990 1335 5146 6070.64 58.70 56.50 58.60 51.90 51.60
1991 1335 6484 7962.55 74.00 71.10 61.20 68.10 55.00
1992 1335 5405 6375.15 61.50 62.30 61.40 54.40 54.90
1993 1335 6121 6433.10 69.90 83.10 64.60 55.00 54.90
1994 1335 6074 7125.76 69.30 73.00 65.70 60.90 55.70
1995 1335 6763 7751.41 77.20 72.70 66.50 66.30 56.90
1996 1335 7247 8344.63 82.50 79.70 67.80 71.20 58.30
1997 1335 7072 8049.72 80.70 91.80 70.00 68.80 59.30
1998 1335 5654 6555.74 64.50 63.20 69.40 56.10 59.00
1999 1335 7188 8606.97 82.00 79.30 70.20 73.60 60.20
2000 1335 7202 8729.60 82.00 79.00 70.80 74.40 61.20
2001 1335 7657 8654.77 87.40 91.30 72.20 74.00 62.10
2002 1335 6950 8290.64 79.30 75.20 72.40 70.90 62.60
2003 1335 7558 9254.77 86.30 83.00 73.00 79.10 63.60
2004 1335 8709 10476.49 99.20 97.70 74.40 89.30 65.00
2005 1335 6361 7237.98 72.60 65.20 74.00 61.90 64.90
2006 1335 6292 7584.24 71.80 67.40 73.60 64.80 64.90
2007 1335 8660 10476.05 98.90 95.00 74.60 89.60 66.10
2008 1335 5320 6270.91 60.60 54.70 73.70 53.50 65.50
2009 1335 7052 8753.18 80.50 78.40 73.90 74.80 65.90
2010 1335 6659 8297.53 76.00 73.00 73.90 71.00 66.10
2011 1335 8474 10599.69 96.70 94.10 74.70 90.60 67.10
2012 1335 7044 8662.28 80.20 77.40 74.80 73.90 67.40
2013 1335 6032 7287.87 68.90 66.50 74.50 62.30 67.20
2014 1335 8684 10438.17 99.10 96.60 75.30 89.30 68.00
2015 1335 7930 9426.74 90.50 85.70 75.70 80.60 68.40
2016 1335 7056 8339.93 80.30 75.00 75.60 71.10 68.50
2017 1335 7023 8493.06 80.20 77.60 75.70 72.60 68.60
2018 1335 4805 5530.66 54.80 48.80 74.90 47.30 68.00
2019 1335 6622 8171.02 75.60 72.80 74.80 69.90 68.00
2020 1335 8649 9928.37 98.50 94.20 75.40 84.70 68.50
2021 1335 7697 9517.07 87.90 82.80 75.60 81.40 68.90
2022 1335 4727 5931.74 54.00 51.40 74.90 50.70 68.40
2023 1335 8759 11131.59 100.00 97.00 75.50 95.20 69.10
2024 1335 7493 8938.09 85.30 82.30 75.70 76.20 69.30

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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