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FESSENHEIM-2
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 Feb, 1972
27 Jun, 1977
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
07 Oct, 1977
01 Apr, 1978
Permanent Shutdown Date
30 Jun, 2020
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
220.57 TW.h
70.8 %
72.2 %
29.2 %
67.3 %
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
212.200
890
655
1978
5760.400
890
7032
85.6
81.8
81.8
81.5
81.5
1979
4521.000
890
5684
64.9
58.7
68.6
58.0
68.1
1980
5601.000
890
6603
75.2
72.2
69.9
71.6
69.4
1981
6055.000
890
7117
81.2
79.4
72.5
77.7
71.6
1982
6047.900
880
8247
94.1
93.1
76.8
78.4
73.0
1983
4315.000
880
5206
59.4
58.2
73.6
56.0
70.1
1984
6459.000
880
7860
89.5
88.4
75.8
83.6
72.1
1985
5917.200
880
7248
82.7
78.6
76.1
76.8
72.7
1986
5522.500
880
6573
75.0
73.2
75.8
71.6
72.6
1987
6150.100
880
7335
83.7
82.6
76.5
79.8
73.3
1988
4830.000
880
6158
70.1
69.8
75.9
62.5
72.3
1989
5643.370
880
6944
79.3
96.2
77.6
73.2
72.4
1990
3552.400
880
4612
52.6
49.6
75.4
46.1
70.3
1991
5308.430
880
6537
74.6
72.8
75.2
68.9
70.2
1992
2202.030
880
2699
30.7
29.9
72.2
28.5
67.4
1993
5775.090
880
7167
81.8
77.6
72.5
74.9
67.9
1994
5294.890
880
6807
77.7
98.2
74.0
68.7
67.9
1995
5098.250
880
6305
72.0
70.5
73.8
66.1
67.8
1996
6192.100
880
7515
85.6
84.4
74.4
80.1
68.5
1997
5808.560
880
6982
79.7
80.0
74.7
75.4
68.8
1998
5597.000
880
6797
77.6
73.7
74.6
72.6
69.0
1999
6392.590
880
7708
88.0
86.4
75.2
82.9
69.6
2000
3730.370
880
4514
51.4
51.0
74.1
48.3
68.7
2001
6699.950
880
7876
89.9
87.3
74.7
86.9
69.5
2002
6562.580
880
7729
88.2
85.6
75.1
85.1
70.1
2003
4589.490
880
5434
62.0
60.7
74.5
59.5
69.7
2004
6913.740
880
8435
96.0
93.6
75.2
89.4
70.4
2005
6381.240
880
7813
89.2
85.1
75.6
82.8
70.9
2006
4803.120
880
5844
66.7
64.7
75.2
62.3
70.6
2007
4816.720
880
5781
66.0
62.9
74.8
62.5
70.3
2008
5131.400
880
6384
72.7
66.8
74.6
66.4
70.2
2009
3366.580
880
4206
48.0
43.9
73.6
43.7
69.3
2010
6573.080
880
8100
92.5
87.0
74.0
85.3
69.8
2011
1976.890
880
2521
28.8
25.7
72.6
25.6
68.5
2012
5427.830
880
6584
75.0
73.1
72.6
70.2
68.6
2013
4815.260
880
5841
66.7
63.3
72.3
62.5
68.4
2014
6874.970
880
8244
94.1
91.7
72.8
89.2
69.0
2015
5669.650
880
6904
78.8
76.7
73.0
73.6
69.1
2016
3428.200
880
3960
45.1
44.6
72.2
44.4
68.4
2017
0.000
880
0
0.0
0.0
70.4
0.0
66.7
2018
4909.070
880
6006
68.6
64.5
70.3
63.7
66.6
2019
6108.700
880
7064
80.6
79.6
70.5
79.2
67.0
2020
3697.080
880
4247
97.2
96.8
70.8
96.2
67.3
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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