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TRICASTIN-2
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 Dec, 1974
22 Jul, 1980
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
07 Aug, 1980
01 Dec, 1980
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
250.29 TW.h
75.1 %
78.2 %
24.9 %
72.0 %
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
1614.000
920
2559
76.3
68.7
68.7
68.1
68.1
1981
6155.100
920
7819
89.3
82.3
81.3
76.4
75.7
1982
4056.200
915
5932
67.7
63.0
72.5
50.6
63.7
1983
5624.000
915
7245
82.7
81.9
75.6
70.2
65.8
1984
6603.000
915
7684
87.5
87.2
78.4
82.2
69.8
1985
6261.700
915
7375
84.2
79.4
78.6
78.1
71.4
1986
6286.600
915
7631
87.1
82.6
79.3
78.4
72.6
1987
5302.300
915
6500
74.2
69.6
77.9
66.2
71.7
1988
4896.000
915
6628
75.5
73.1
77.3
60.9
70.4
1989
5164.730
915
6650
75.9
71.4
76.7
64.4
69.7
1990
5614.370
915
7177
81.9
72.5
76.2
70.0
69.7
1991
4459.140
915
5429
62.0
58.2
74.6
55.6
68.5
1992
6099.100
915
7118
81.0
78.7
75.0
75.9
69.1
1993
5777.080
915
6876
78.5
72.9
74.8
72.1
69.3
1994
6216.700
915
7222
82.4
79.1
75.1
77.6
69.9
1995
6312.320
915
7504
85.7
81.6
75.5
78.8
70.5
1996
6391.270
915
7615
86.7
82.1
76.0
79.5
71.0
1997
5218.840
915
6107
69.7
66.8
75.4
65.1
70.7
1998
6293.900
915
7354
84.0
81.2
75.7
78.5
71.1
1999
5661.490
915
6674
76.2
73.0
75.6
70.6
71.1
2000
4293.760
915
5092
58.0
55.3
74.6
53.4
70.2
2001
6710.460
915
7779
88.8
87.1
75.2
83.7
70.9
2002
6593.920
915
7714
88.1
86.9
75.7
82.3
71.4
2003
6195.950
915
7521
85.9
84.4
76.1
77.3
71.6
2004
5684.230
915
7271
82.8
80.7
76.3
70.7
71.6
2005
5878.670
915
7128
81.4
77.8
76.3
73.3
71.7
2006
6221.300
915
7366
84.1
80.7
76.5
77.6
71.9
2007
6910.130
915
7989
91.2
89.3
77.0
86.2
72.4
2008
4884.400
915
5768
65.7
63.6
76.5
60.8
72.0
2009
6083.600
915
7028
80.2
76.1
76.5
75.9
72.1
2010
6467.470
915
7629
87.1
84.8
76.8
80.7
72.4
2011
4690.910
915
5560
63.5
60.9
76.2
58.5
72.0
2012
6847.180
915
7806
88.9
86.1
76.6
85.2
72.4
2013
5664.140
915
6607
75.4
71.8
76.4
70.7
72.3
2014
6417.130
915
7593
86.7
82.1
76.6
80.1
72.6
2015
6224.430
915
6828
78.0
77.0
76.6
77.7
72.7
2016
7208.490
915
7948
90.5
88.2
76.9
89.7
73.2
2017
3839.110
915
4529
51.7
48.0
76.1
47.9
72.5
2018
4365.930
915
5046
57.6
56.0
75.6
54.5
72.0
2019
5126.600
915
5725
65.4
63.6
75.3
64.0
71.8
2020
6937.000
915
7615
86.7
85.7
75.6
86.3
72.2
2021
4051.530
915
4413
50.4
49.7
74.9
50.6
71.6
2022
7074.480
915
7808
89.1
88.0
75.2
88.3
72.0
2023
5664.110
915
6272
71.6
70.0
75.1
70.7
72.0
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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