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Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
FBR
PH-250
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (80%) Electricité de France (20%)
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
130
MW
e
233
MW
e
142
MW
e
345
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1968
31 Aug, 1973
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
13 Dec, 1973
14 Jul, 1974
Permanent Shutdown Date
01 Feb, 2010
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
24.44 TW.h
46.3 %
41.2 %
53.7 %
40.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2010
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1973
Data from a trial operation not provided
1974
958.000
233
4716
79.6
71.5
71.5
71.5
71.5
1975
1308.400
233
5932
67.7
64.1
66.6
64.1
66.6
1976
950.800
233
4799
54.6
46.7
58.6
46.5
58.5
1977
300.800
233
2120
24.2
15.5
46.3
14.7
46.0
1978
1238.800
233
5905
67.4
60.9
49.6
60.7
49.3
1979
1719.000
233
7350
83.9
84.0
55.8
84.2
55.6
1980
1319.000
233
5679
64.6
64.7
57.2
64.4
57.0
1981
1421.900
233
6217
71.0
69.9
58.9
69.7
58.7
1982
989.100
233
5429
62.0
48.6
57.7
48.5
57.5
1983
1122.000
233
5515
63.0
55.1
57.4
55.0
57.2
1984
1414.000
233
6206
70.6
53.7
57.0
69.1
58.4
1985
1153.000
233
6784
77.4
60.4
57.3
56.5
58.2
1986
1519.100
233
6996
79.9
73.2
58.6
74.4
59.5
1987
1556.400
233
7059
80.6
71.5
59.6
76.2
60.7
1988
1475.400
233
6300
71.7
71.4
60.4
72.1
61.5
1989
601.180
233
2678
30.6
29.6
58.4
29.4
59.4
1990
982.460
233
4637
52.9
47.9
57.8
48.1
58.8
1991
0.000
233
0
0.0
58.6
57.8
0.0
55.4
1992
0.000
233
0
0.0
0.0
54.7
0.0
52.4
1993
34.790
233
286
3.3
94.2
56.7
1.7
49.8
1994
22.600
233
184
2.1
17.1
54.8
1.1
47.4
1995
Data Not Provided
1996
2.710
233
0
0.0
0.0
52.2
0.1
45.2
1997
0.000
130
0
0.0
0.0
50.9
0.0
44.1
1998
382.180
130
3019
34.5
58.6
51.1
33.6
43.8
1999
0.000
130
0
0.0
0.0
49.9
0.0
42.8
2000
0.000
130
0
0.0
0.0
48.7
0.0
41.8
2001
0.000
130
0
0.0
0.0
47.6
0.0
40.8
2002
0.000
130
0
0.0
0.0
46.5
0.0
39.9
2003
61.820
130
711
8.1
6.2
45.6
5.4
39.1
2004
626.910
130
4888
55.6
55.1
45.8
54.9
39.5
2005
804.530
130
6341
72.4
71.2
46.4
70.6
40.1
2006
591.000
130
4601
52.5
51.9
46.5
51.9
40.4
2007
565.140
130
4452
50.8
49.6
46.5
49.6
40.6
2008
664.620
130
5312
60.5
60.2
46.8
58.2
40.9
2009
245.990
130
1999
22.8
22.5
46.3
21.6
40.5
2010
0.000
130
0
0.0
0.0
46.3
0.0
40.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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