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FESSENHEIM-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CP0
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
880
MW
e
880
MW
e
920
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1971
07 Mar, 1977
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
06 Apr, 1977
01 Jan, 1978
Permanent Shutdown Date
22 Feb, 2020
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
226.73 TW.h
72.2 %
74.1 %
27.8 %
69.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2020
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
1977
932.400
890
2019
1978
6079.200
890
7302
83.4
78.2
78.2
78.0
78.0
1979
4542.000
890
5338
60.9
58.8
68.5
58.3
68.1
1980
5510.000
890
6350
72.3
70.7
69.2
70.5
68.9
1981
5065.300
890
5844
66.7
65.3
68.2
65.0
67.9
1982
1848.200
880
2138
24.4
24.0
59.5
24.0
59.2
1983
5690.000
880
6701
76.5
75.3
62.1
73.8
61.6
1984
6503.000
880
7731
88.0
85.2
65.4
84.1
64.8
1985
6044.600
880
7105
81.1
79.8
67.2
78.4
66.5
1986
5661.300
880
6702
76.5
74.7
68.0
73.4
67.3
1987
5029.600
880
6147
70.2
73.6
68.6
65.2
67.1
1988
5399.000
880
7069
80.5
77.9
69.4
69.8
67.3
1989
3253.330
880
4108
46.9
43.4
67.3
42.2
65.2
1990
5036.690
880
6481
74.0
74.6
67.8
65.3
65.2
1991
4053.540
880
4900
55.9
55.5
66.9
52.6
64.4
1992
4867.060
880
6079
69.2
66.9
66.9
63.0
64.3
1993
5548.680
880
7161
81.8
74.6
67.4
72.0
64.7
1994
6186.140
880
7508
85.7
86.4
68.5
80.2
65.6
1995
5856.090
880
6990
79.8
84.7
69.4
76.0
66.2
1996
6164.970
880
7544
85.9
85.2
70.3
79.8
66.9
1997
5826.790
880
7209
82.3
81.5
70.8
75.6
67.4
1998
4617.050
880
5727
65.4
61.7
70.4
59.9
67.0
1999
5228.790
880
6283
71.7
70.8
70.4
67.8
67.0
2000
5782.650
880
7145
81.3
80.8
70.9
74.8
67.4
2001
5507.530
880
7095
81.0
78.4
71.2
71.4
67.6
2002
2989.750
880
3832
43.7
41.1
70.0
38.8
66.4
2003
6985.200
880
8518
97.2
96.4
71.0
90.6
67.3
2004
3726.490
880
4500
51.2
49.6
70.2
48.2
66.6
2005
5448.420
880
6673
76.2
75.3
70.4
70.7
66.8
2006
6875.720
880
8338
95.2
93.5
71.2
89.2
67.5
2007
4666.980
880
5715
65.2
61.1
70.8
60.5
67.3
2008
5147.360
880
6120
69.7
66.8
70.7
66.6
67.3
2009
5382.770
880
6365
72.7
70.1
70.7
69.8
67.4
2010
5181.480
880
6209
70.9
68.0
70.6
67.2
67.4
2011
5187.840
880
6197
70.7
68.0
70.5
67.3
67.4
2012
7031.350
880
8158
92.9
92.4
71.2
91.0
68.0
2013
4453.460
880
5419
61.9
58.1
70.8
57.8
67.8
2014
5361.140
880
6441
73.5
70.5
70.8
69.6
67.8
2015
7194.820
880
8433
96.3
93.8
71.4
93.3
68.5
2016
4981.460
880
6167
70.2
64.9
71.2
64.4
68.4
2017
5807.000
880
6803
77.7
76.1
71.4
75.3
68.5
2018
7037.750
880
8504
97.1
93.1
71.9
91.3
69.1
2019
6208.070
880
7325
83.6
81.0
72.1
80.5
69.4
2020
1082.250
880
1250
98.3
96.7
72.2
96.7
69.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22
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