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TRICASTIN-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CP1
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
915
MW
e
915
MW
e
955
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1974
21 Feb, 1980
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
31 May, 1980
01 Dec, 1980
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
249.82 TW.h
75.3 %
78.9 %
24.7 %
71.6 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2023
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
1980
2468.000
920
3412
97.0
56.6
56.6
95.8
95.8
1981
4416.000
920
5176
59.1
56.3
56.4
54.8
58.0
1982
5909.800
915
8151
93.0
81.9
68.6
73.7
65.5
1983
5111.000
915
6097
69.6
67.2
68.1
63.8
65.0
1984
6468.000
915
7662
87.2
86.7
72.7
80.5
68.8
1985
6217.900
915
7560
86.3
81.6
74.4
77.6
70.5
1986
5880.300
915
7188
82.0
77.0
74.9
73.4
71.0
1987
5978.100
915
7360
84.0
78.2
75.3
74.6
71.5
1988
5836.000
915
7200
82.0
76.7
75.5
72.6
71.6
1989
5830.150
915
7550
86.2
83.2
76.3
72.7
71.7
1990
5099.690
915
6377
72.8
65.1
75.2
63.6
70.9
1991
5909.120
915
7262
82.9
77.0
75.4
73.7
71.2
1992
5659.310
915
7573
86.2
83.0
76.0
70.4
71.1
1993
6134.820
915
7393
84.4
77.7
76.1
76.5
71.5
1994
5008.420
915
6458
73.7
70.3
75.7
62.5
70.9
1995
5372.680
915
6374
72.8
70.6
75.4
67.0
70.6
1996
7302.130
915
8448
96.2
93.8
76.5
90.8
71.9
1997
5548.300
915
6711
76.6
72.5
76.3
69.2
71.7
1998
5503.660
915
7075
80.8
71.0
76.0
68.7
71.6
1999
3426.650
915
4016
45.8
44.5
74.4
42.8
70.1
2000
6644.860
915
7842
89.3
87.2
75.0
82.7
70.7
2001
6053.290
915
7261
82.9
82.0
75.3
75.5
70.9
2002
6384.560
915
7778
88.8
86.7
75.8
79.6
71.3
2003
5670.060
915
7029
80.2
73.0
75.7
70.7
71.3
2004
6832.460
915
8049
91.6
89.0
76.3
85.0
71.9
2005
5830.970
915
7007
80.0
74.0
76.2
72.7
71.9
2006
6466.790
915
7989
91.2
87.4
76.6
80.7
72.2
2007
6344.720
915
7496
85.6
82.6
76.8
79.2
72.5
2008
6808.190
915
7950
90.5
87.9
77.2
84.7
72.9
2009
4655.390
915
5435
62.0
59.2
76.6
58.1
72.4
2010
6688.430
915
7755
88.5
86.6
76.9
83.4
72.8
2011
5580.090
915
6483
74.0
76.4
76.9
69.6
72.7
2012
6339.050
915
7345
83.6
80.6
77.0
78.9
72.9
2013
5868.420
915
6741
77.0
74.7
77.0
73.2
72.9
2014
6743.760
915
7683
87.7
85.7
77.2
84.1
73.2
2015
5751.370
915
6557
74.8
73.1
77.1
71.8
73.2
2016
4576.920
915
5400
61.5
58.8
76.6
57.0
72.7
2017
4029.830
915
4975
56.8
53.3
76.0
50.3
72.1
2018
5586.730
915
6477
73.9
70.8
75.8
69.7
72.0
2019
2843.840
915
3231
36.9
35.7
74.8
35.5
71.1
2020
6655.750
915
7846
89.3
86.1
75.1
82.8
71.4
2021
6052.100
915
7270
83.0
78.5
75.2
75.5
71.5
2022
6479.640
915
7555
86.2
82.4
75.4
80.8
71.7
2023
5453.030
915
6633
75.7
73.1
75.3
68.0
71.6
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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