France

Tricastin 1

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP1
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 1 November 1974
First Criticality Thursday, 21 February 1980
First Grid Connection Saturday, 31 May 1980
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 December 1980

Specifications

Capacity Net 915 MWe
Capacity Gross 955 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 (%)
1980 920 3412 2468.00 97.00 56.60 56.60 95.80 95.80
1981 920 5176 4416.00 59.10 56.30 56.40 54.80 58.00
1982 915 8151 5909.80 93.00 81.90 68.60 73.70 65.50
1983 915 6097 5111.00 69.60 67.20 68.10 63.80 65.00
1984 915 7662 6468.00 87.20 86.70 72.70 80.50 68.80
1985 915 7560 6217.90 86.30 81.60 74.40 77.60 70.50
1986 915 7188 5880.30 82.00 77.00 74.90 73.40 71.00
1987 915 7360 5978.10 84.00 78.20 75.30 74.60 71.50
1988 915 7200 5836.00 82.00 76.70 75.50 72.60 71.60
1989 915 7550 5830.15 86.20 83.20 76.30 72.70 71.70
1990 915 6377 5099.69 72.80 65.10 75.20 63.60 70.90
1991 915 7262 5909.12 82.90 77.00 75.40 73.70 71.20
1992 915 7573 5659.31 86.20 83.00 76.00 70.40 71.10
1993 915 7393 6134.82 84.40 77.70 76.10 76.50 71.50
1994 915 6458 5008.42 73.70 70.30 75.70 62.50 70.90
1995 915 6374 5372.68 72.80 70.60 75.40 67.00 70.60
1996 915 8448 7302.13 96.20 93.80 76.50 90.80 71.90
1997 915 6711 5548.30 76.60 72.50 76.30 69.20 71.70
1998 915 7075 5503.66 80.80 71.00 76.00 68.70 71.60
1999 915 4016 3426.65 45.80 44.50 74.40 42.80 70.10
2000 915 7842 6644.86 89.30 87.20 75.00 82.70 70.70
2001 915 7261 6053.29 82.90 82.00 75.30 75.50 70.90
2002 915 7778 6384.56 88.80 86.70 75.80 79.60 71.30
2003 915 7029 5670.06 80.20 73.00 75.70 70.70 71.30
2004 915 8049 6832.46 91.60 89.00 76.30 85.00 71.90
2005 915 7007 5830.97 80.00 74.00 76.20 72.70 71.90
2006 915 7989 6466.79 91.20 87.40 76.60 80.70 72.20
2007 915 7496 6344.72 85.60 82.60 76.80 79.20 72.50
2008 915 7950 6808.19 90.50 87.90 77.20 84.70 72.90
2009 915 5435 4655.39 62.00 59.20 76.60 58.10 72.40
2010 915 7755 6688.43 88.50 86.60 76.90 83.40 72.80
2011 915 6483 5580.09 74.00 76.40 76.90 69.60 72.70
2012 915 7345 6339.05 83.60 80.60 77.00 78.90 72.90
2013 915 6741 5868.42 77.00 74.70 77.00 73.20 72.90
2014 915 7683 6743.76 87.70 85.70 77.20 84.10 73.20
2015 915 6557 5751.37 74.80 73.10 77.10 71.80 73.20
2016 915 5400 4576.92 61.50 58.80 76.60 57.00 72.70
2017 915 4975 4029.83 56.80 53.30 76.00 50.30 72.10
2018 915 6477 5586.73 73.90 70.80 75.80 69.70 72.00
2019 915 3231 2843.84 36.90 35.70 74.80 35.50 71.10
2020 915 7846 6655.75 89.30 86.10 75.10 82.80 71.40
2021 915 7270 6052.10 83.00 78.50 75.20 75.50 71.50
2022 915 7555 6479.64 86.20 82.40 75.40 80.80 71.70
2023 915 6633 5453.03 75.70 73.10 75.30 68.00 71.60
2024 915 7529 5979.00 85.70 82.10 75.40 74.40 71.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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