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ST. LAURENT B-2
(Saint-Laurent B 2)
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CP2
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
915
MW
e
880
MW
e
956
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1976
12 May, 1981
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Jun, 1981
01 Aug, 1983
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
225.24 TW.h
72.2 %
75.1 %
27.8 %
68.1 %
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
1981
597.100
880
1301
1982
1356.000
880
2493
1983
4123.000
880
4839
16.7
16.1
16.1
15.8
15.8
1984
5724.000
880
7237
82.4
88.9
67.4
74.0
56.9
1985
5295.600
880
6806
77.7
75.7
70.8
68.7
61.8
1986
5662.800
880
7337
83.8
79.8
73.4
73.5
65.2
1987
5060.200
880
6798
77.6
79.4
74.8
65.6
65.3
1988
5108.000
880
6262
71.3
69.6
73.8
66.1
65.4
1989
5034.030
880
6490
74.1
75.9
74.2
65.3
65.4
1990
5165.860
915
6212
70.9
71.3
73.8
64.4
65.3
1991
6043.040
915
7374
84.2
84.2
75.0
75.4
66.5
1992
5490.130
915
6982
79.5
79.4
75.5
68.3
66.7
1993
5042.240
915
6149
70.2
64.1
74.4
62.9
66.3
1994
6322.700
915
7406
84.5
81.2
75.0
78.9
67.5
1995
5311.310
915
6720
76.7
72.1
74.8
66.3
67.4
1996
6057.670
915
7303
83.1
80.8
75.2
75.4
68.0
1997
5960.690
915
7147
81.6
78.1
75.4
74.4
68.4
1998
6415.270
915
7585
86.6
83.2
75.9
80.0
69.2
1999
5845.850
915
7013
80.1
77.2
76.0
72.9
69.4
2000
5134.000
915
6069
69.1
67.0
75.5
63.9
69.1
2001
6046.650
915
7226
82.5
80.1
75.8
75.4
69.4
2002
6215.020
915
7434
84.9
82.7
76.1
77.5
69.9
2003
4702.440
915
5580
63.7
61.6
75.4
58.7
69.3
2004
6468.600
915
7838
89.2
85.6
75.9
80.5
69.8
2005
5728.050
915
7038
80.3
77.0
75.9
71.4
69.9
2006
6004.320
915
7580
86.5
88.3
76.5
74.9
70.1
2007
5906.810
915
6949
79.3
74.7
76.4
73.7
70.3
2008
6581.430
915
7784
88.6
86.1
76.8
81.9
70.7
2009
6175.760
915
7086
80.9
77.3
76.8
77.0
71.0
2010
6694.830
915
7737
88.3
83.6
77.0
83.5
71.4
2011
5285.010
915
6171
70.4
66.2
76.7
65.9
71.2
2012
6501.970
915
7591
86.4
81.4
76.8
80.9
71.6
2013
3380.080
915
3990
45.6
42.4
75.7
42.2
70.6
2014
5991.680
915
7035
80.3
75.2
75.7
74.8
70.7
2015
6132.940
915
7188
82.0
79.0
75.8
76.5
70.9
2016
5812.800
915
6867
78.2
74.6
75.7
72.3
71.0
2017
6252.540
915
7246
82.7
79.2
75.8
78.0
71.2
2018
5268.720
915
6257
71.4
66.6
75.6
65.7
71.0
2019
4987.680
915
6030
68.8
63.6
75.2
62.2
70.8
2020
6094.770
915
7807
88.9
78.8
75.3
75.8
70.9
2021
4799.080
915
5972
68.2
60.5
75.0
59.9
70.6
2022
2756.210
915
3256
37.2
34.6
73.9
34.4
69.7
2023
500.780
915
1019
11.6
6.2
72.2
6.2
68.1
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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