Details
| Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
| Model |
CP2 |
| Owner |
EDF |
| Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
| Construction Start |
Saturday, 1 May 1976 |
| First Criticality |
Sunday, 4 January 1981 |
| First Grid Connection |
Wednesday, 21 January 1981 |
| Commercial Operation |
Monday, 1 August 1983 |
Specifications
| Capacity Net |
915 MWe |
| Capacity Gross |
956 MWe |
| Thermal Capacity |
2785 MWt |
| Design Net Capacity |
915 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 |
880 |
2094 |
840.80 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1982 |
880 |
1299 |
638.90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1983 |
880 |
4382 |
3670.00 |
93.80 |
92.00 |
92.00 |
91.90 |
91.90 |
| 1984 |
880 |
5042 |
4401.00 |
57.40 |
56.00 |
66.60 |
56.90 |
67.20 |
| 1985 |
880 |
6827 |
5630.40 |
77.90 |
75.00 |
70.10 |
73.00 |
69.60 |
| 1986 |
880 |
7144 |
5476.40 |
81.60 |
79.70 |
72.90 |
71.00 |
70.00 |
| 1987 |
880 |
6667 |
5171.30 |
76.10 |
76.10 |
73.60 |
67.10 |
69.40 |
| 1988 |
915 |
6464 |
5721.00 |
73.60 |
76.00 |
74.10 |
71.20 |
69.70 |
| 1989 |
915 |
7699 |
6609.76 |
87.90 |
82.70 |
75.40 |
82.50 |
71.80 |
| 1990 |
915 |
7089 |
6113.67 |
80.90 |
84.10 |
76.60 |
76.30 |
72.40 |
| 1991 |
915 |
4736 |
4005.40 |
54.10 |
52.30 |
73.70 |
50.00 |
69.70 |
| 1992 |
915 |
6690 |
5621.12 |
76.20 |
74.00 |
73.70 |
69.90 |
69.70 |
| 1993 |
915 |
6821 |
5668.51 |
77.90 |
72.40 |
73.60 |
70.70 |
69.80 |
| 1994 |
915 |
7252 |
6095.73 |
82.80 |
85.10 |
74.60 |
76.00 |
70.40 |
| 1995 |
915 |
5211 |
4442.99 |
59.50 |
60.30 |
73.40 |
55.40 |
69.10 |
| 1996 |
915 |
6888 |
5541.09 |
78.40 |
78.80 |
73.80 |
68.90 |
69.10 |
| 1997 |
915 |
6404 |
5132.60 |
73.10 |
75.40 |
74.00 |
64.00 |
68.80 |
| 1998 |
915 |
7366 |
6030.71 |
84.10 |
82.10 |
74.50 |
75.20 |
69.20 |
| 1999 |
915 |
6207 |
5062.64 |
70.90 |
67.90 |
74.10 |
63.20 |
68.80 |
| 2000 |
915 |
5957 |
5086.74 |
67.80 |
66.00 |
73.60 |
63.30 |
68.50 |
| 2001 |
915 |
7735 |
6814.76 |
88.30 |
86.40 |
74.30 |
85.00 |
69.40 |
| 2002 |
915 |
7592 |
6637.03 |
86.70 |
83.40 |
74.80 |
82.80 |
70.10 |
| 2003 |
915 |
7658 |
6630.44 |
87.40 |
82.80 |
75.20 |
82.70 |
70.70 |
| 2004 |
915 |
7356 |
6364.19 |
83.70 |
80.40 |
75.40 |
79.20 |
71.10 |
| 2005 |
915 |
6186 |
5384.07 |
70.60 |
68.10 |
75.10 |
67.20 |
70.90 |
| 2006 |
915 |
7973 |
6914.14 |
91.00 |
88.20 |
75.70 |
86.30 |
71.60 |
| 2007 |
915 |
7380 |
6426.68 |
84.20 |
80.60 |
75.90 |
80.20 |
72.00 |
| 2008 |
915 |
8034 |
6894.13 |
91.50 |
88.60 |
76.40 |
85.80 |
72.50 |
| 2009 |
915 |
7298 |
6241.46 |
83.30 |
78.40 |
76.40 |
77.90 |
72.70 |
| 2010 |
915 |
7967 |
6802.10 |
91.00 |
84.90 |
76.80 |
84.90 |
73.20 |
| 2011 |
915 |
7000 |
5947.96 |
79.90 |
74.20 |
76.70 |
74.20 |
73.20 |
| 2012 |
915 |
7708 |
6577.57 |
87.80 |
83.90 |
76.90 |
81.80 |
73.50 |
| 2013 |
915 |
5662 |
4822.46 |
64.60 |
60.30 |
76.40 |
60.20 |
73.00 |
| 2014 |
915 |
7417 |
6259.24 |
84.70 |
79.10 |
76.50 |
78.10 |
73.20 |
| 2015 |
915 |
5185 |
4480.02 |
59.20 |
56.70 |
75.80 |
55.90 |
72.70 |
| 2016 |
915 |
7366 |
6385.17 |
83.90 |
80.70 |
76.00 |
79.40 |
72.90 |
| 2017 |
915 |
6794 |
5955.70 |
77.60 |
75.50 |
76.00 |
74.30 |
72.90 |
| 2018 |
915 |
7535 |
6516.26 |
86.00 |
82.20 |
76.20 |
81.30 |
73.20 |
| 2019 |
915 |
6561 |
5581.31 |
74.90 |
70.20 |
76.00 |
69.60 |
73.10 |
| 2020 |
915 |
6792 |
5698.35 |
77.30 |
71.60 |
75.90 |
70.90 |
73.00 |
| 2021 |
915 |
4788 |
4157.53 |
54.70 |
52.00 |
75.20 |
51.90 |
72.40 |
| 2022 |
915 |
7711 |
6616.63 |
88.00 |
86.10 |
75.50 |
82.60 |
72.70 |
| 2023 |
915 |
5669 |
4734.88 |
64.70 |
62.10 |
75.20 |
59.10 |
72.40 |
| 2024 |
915 |
7591 |
6328.39 |
86.40 |
83.80 |
75.40 |
78.70 |
72.50 |