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TRICASTIN-4
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 May, 1975
31 May, 1981
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
12 Jun, 1981
01 Nov, 1981
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
252.37 TW.h
78.5 %
80.9 %
21.5 %
74.4 %
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
2480.000
920
3883
99.9
97.2
97.2
95.3
95.3
1982
5470.500
915
6311
72.0
69.8
73.8
68.2
72.1
1983
6170.000
915
7386
84.3
80.7
77.0
77.0
74.4
1984
5446.000
915
7587
86.4
87.1
80.2
67.8
72.3
1985
6161.700
915
7816
89.2
84.8
81.3
76.9
73.4
1986
5873.900
915
7568
86.4
81.8
81.4
73.3
73.4
1987
5725.700
915
7257
82.8
80.1
81.2
71.4
73.0
1988
3770.000
915
4772
54.3
66.2
79.1
46.9
69.4
1989
5729.110
915
7335
83.7
79.8
79.2
71.5
69.6
1990
5201.580
915
7329
83.7
77.4
79.0
64.9
69.1
1991
5742.810
915
6838
78.1
74.6
78.6
71.6
69.4
1992
6459.260
915
7968
90.7
86.7
79.3
80.4
70.4
1993
5302.810
915
6842
78.1
70.9
78.6
66.2
70.0
1994
5952.970
915
7049
80.5
77.8
78.5
74.3
70.3
1995
6208.920
915
7562
86.3
82.0
78.8
77.5
70.8
1996
6700.350
915
7774
88.5
86.6
79.3
83.4
71.7
1997
6488.770
915
7595
86.7
84.8
79.6
81.0
72.2
1998
5912.980
915
7138
81.5
76.2
79.4
73.8
72.3
1999
5887.870
915
7158
81.7
78.0
79.4
73.5
72.4
2000
5780.250
915
6873
78.2
75.8
79.2
71.9
72.4
2001
6036.950
915
7138
81.5
81.2
79.3
75.3
72.5
2002
6260.600
915
7168
81.8
81.9
79.4
78.1
72.8
2003
6387.890
915
7399
84.5
79.9
79.4
79.7
73.1
2004
4724.060
915
5359
61.0
58.8
78.5
58.8
72.5
2005
6501.370
915
7728
88.2
83.6
78.7
81.1
72.8
2006
6410.440
915
7412
84.6
83.0
78.9
80.0
73.1
2007
7046.970
915
8096
92.4
90.4
79.3
87.9
73.7
2008
6016.610
915
6867
78.2
76.4
79.2
74.9
73.7
2009
6536.710
915
7630
87.1
84.8
79.4
81.6
74.0
2010
6263.830
915
7275
83.0
80.0
79.4
78.2
74.1
2011
6477.780
915
7589
86.6
84.3
79.6
80.8
74.4
2012
5937.330
915
7062
80.4
78.0
79.6
73.9
74.4
2013
6556.130
915
7607
86.8
84.2
79.7
81.8
74.6
2014
5218.800
915
5828
66.5
65.5
79.3
65.1
74.3
2015
6538.750
915
7080
80.8
79.6
79.3
81.6
74.5
2016
6420.530
915
6914
78.7
78.1
79.2
79.9
74.7
2017
5531.810
915
6267
71.5
69.9
79.0
69.0
74.5
2018
5916.770
915
6699
76.5
74.1
78.9
73.8
74.5
2019
6228.370
915
7130
81.4
79.6
78.9
77.7
74.6
2020
5432.690
915
6235
71.0
68.4
78.6
67.6
74.4
2021
6792.920
915
7554
86.2
85.6
78.8
84.8
74.6
2022
5407.680
915
6467
73.8
69.8
78.6
67.5
74.5
2023
5694.380
915
6859
78.3
75.7
78.5
71.0
74.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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