Details
| Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
| Model |
CP2 |
| Owner |
EDF |
| Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
| Construction Start |
Thursday, 1 July 1976 |
| First Criticality |
Tuesday, 12 May 1981 |
| First Grid Connection |
Monday, 1 June 1981 |
| Commercial Operation |
Monday, 1 August 1983 |
Specifications
| Capacity Net |
915 MWe |
| Capacity Gross |
956 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 (%) |
| 1981 |
880 |
1301 |
597.10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1982 |
880 |
2493 |
1356.00 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1983 |
880 |
4839 |
4123.00 |
16.70 |
16.10 |
16.10 |
15.80 |
15.80 |
| 1984 |
880 |
7237 |
5724.00 |
82.40 |
88.90 |
67.40 |
74.00 |
56.90 |
| 1985 |
880 |
6806 |
5295.60 |
77.70 |
75.70 |
70.80 |
68.70 |
61.80 |
| 1986 |
880 |
7337 |
5662.80 |
83.80 |
79.80 |
73.40 |
73.50 |
65.20 |
| 1987 |
880 |
6798 |
5060.20 |
77.60 |
79.40 |
74.80 |
65.60 |
65.30 |
| 1988 |
880 |
6262 |
5108.00 |
71.30 |
69.60 |
73.80 |
66.10 |
65.40 |
| 1989 |
880 |
6490 |
5034.03 |
74.10 |
75.90 |
74.20 |
65.30 |
65.40 |
| 1990 |
915 |
6212 |
5165.86 |
70.90 |
71.30 |
73.80 |
64.40 |
65.30 |
| 1991 |
915 |
7374 |
6043.04 |
84.20 |
84.20 |
75.00 |
75.40 |
66.50 |
| 1992 |
915 |
6982 |
5490.13 |
79.50 |
79.40 |
75.50 |
68.30 |
66.70 |
| 1993 |
915 |
6149 |
5042.24 |
70.20 |
64.10 |
74.40 |
62.90 |
66.30 |
| 1994 |
915 |
7406 |
6322.70 |
84.50 |
81.20 |
75.00 |
78.90 |
67.50 |
| 1995 |
915 |
6720 |
5311.31 |
76.70 |
72.10 |
74.80 |
66.30 |
67.40 |
| 1996 |
915 |
7303 |
6057.67 |
83.10 |
80.80 |
75.20 |
75.40 |
68.00 |
| 1997 |
915 |
7147 |
5960.69 |
81.60 |
78.10 |
75.40 |
74.40 |
68.40 |
| 1998 |
915 |
7585 |
6415.27 |
86.60 |
83.20 |
75.90 |
80.00 |
69.20 |
| 1999 |
915 |
7013 |
5845.85 |
80.10 |
77.20 |
76.00 |
72.90 |
69.40 |
| 2000 |
915 |
6069 |
5134.00 |
69.10 |
67.00 |
75.50 |
63.90 |
69.10 |
| 2001 |
915 |
7226 |
6046.65 |
82.50 |
80.10 |
75.80 |
75.40 |
69.40 |
| 2002 |
915 |
7434 |
6215.02 |
84.90 |
82.70 |
76.10 |
77.50 |
69.90 |
| 2003 |
915 |
5580 |
4702.44 |
63.70 |
61.60 |
75.40 |
58.70 |
69.30 |
| 2004 |
915 |
7838 |
6468.60 |
89.20 |
85.60 |
75.90 |
80.50 |
69.80 |
| 2005 |
915 |
7038 |
5728.05 |
80.30 |
77.00 |
75.90 |
71.40 |
69.90 |
| 2006 |
915 |
7580 |
6004.32 |
86.50 |
88.30 |
76.50 |
74.90 |
70.10 |
| 2007 |
915 |
6949 |
5906.81 |
79.30 |
74.70 |
76.40 |
73.70 |
70.30 |
| 2008 |
915 |
7784 |
6581.43 |
88.60 |
86.10 |
76.80 |
81.90 |
70.70 |
| 2009 |
915 |
7086 |
6175.76 |
80.90 |
77.30 |
76.80 |
77.00 |
71.00 |
| 2010 |
915 |
7737 |
6694.83 |
88.30 |
83.60 |
77.00 |
83.50 |
71.40 |
| 2011 |
915 |
6171 |
5285.01 |
70.40 |
66.20 |
76.70 |
65.90 |
71.20 |
| 2012 |
915 |
7591 |
6501.97 |
86.40 |
81.40 |
76.80 |
80.90 |
71.60 |
| 2013 |
915 |
3990 |
3380.08 |
45.60 |
42.40 |
75.70 |
42.20 |
70.60 |
| 2014 |
915 |
7035 |
5991.68 |
80.30 |
75.20 |
75.70 |
74.80 |
70.70 |
| 2015 |
915 |
7188 |
6132.94 |
82.00 |
79.00 |
75.80 |
76.50 |
70.90 |
| 2016 |
915 |
6867 |
5812.80 |
78.20 |
74.60 |
75.70 |
72.30 |
71.00 |
| 2017 |
915 |
7246 |
6252.54 |
82.70 |
79.20 |
75.80 |
78.00 |
71.20 |
| 2018 |
915 |
6257 |
5268.72 |
71.40 |
66.60 |
75.60 |
65.70 |
71.00 |
| 2019 |
915 |
6030 |
4987.68 |
68.80 |
63.60 |
75.20 |
62.20 |
70.80 |
| 2020 |
915 |
7807 |
6094.77 |
88.90 |
78.80 |
75.30 |
75.80 |
70.90 |
| 2021 |
915 |
5972 |
4799.08 |
68.20 |
60.50 |
75.00 |
59.90 |
70.60 |
| 2022 |
915 |
3256 |
2756.21 |
37.20 |
34.60 |
73.90 |
34.40 |
69.70 |
| 2023 |
915 |
1019 |
500.78 |
11.60 |
6.20 |
72.20 |
6.20 |
68.10 |
| 2024 |
915 |
6179 |
4778.58 |
70.30 |
60.90 |
72.00 |
59.40 |
67.90 |