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GRAVELINES-3
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
910
MW
e
910
MW
e
951
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Dec, 1975
30 Nov, 1980
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
12 Dec, 1980
01 Jun, 1981
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
247.67 TW.h
76.2 %
77.9 %
23.8 %
72.5 %
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
103.000
920
389
1981
5170.100
920
6405
86.9
84.4
84.4
78.3
78.3
1982
3445.000
910
4260
48.6
47.6
61.3
43.2
56.3
1983
6006.000
910
7194
82.1
78.5
67.9
75.3
63.6
1984
6746.000
910
7505
85.4
83.9
72.4
84.4
69.4
1985
6294.400
910
7151
81.6
80.1
74.1
79.0
71.5
1986
6504.500
910
7335
83.7
81.7
75.4
81.6
73.3
1987
5382.900
910
6188
70.6
74.3
75.3
67.5
72.4
1988
4819.000
910
6724
76.6
95.4
77.9
60.3
70.8
1989
6307.710
910
7320
83.6
79.5
78.1
79.1
71.8
1990
6121.520
910
7114
81.2
77.6
78.0
76.8
72.3
1991
6306.280
910
7086
80.9
80.5
78.3
79.1
73.0
1992
4772.400
910
5388
61.3
60.0
76.7
59.7
71.8
1993
6588.060
910
7567
86.4
82.9
77.2
82.6
72.7
1994
6308.880
910
7116
81.2
83.0
77.6
79.1
73.1
1995
6221.690
910
7326
83.6
83.0
78.0
78.0
73.5
1996
5937.240
910
7377
84.0
83.0
78.3
74.3
73.5
1997
5752.680
910
6938
79.2
78.9
78.3
72.2
73.4
1998
6152.360
910
7330
83.7
83.0
78.6
77.2
73.7
1999
5412.920
910
6709
76.6
76.9
78.5
67.9
73.4
2000
6112.360
910
7396
84.2
82.9
78.7
76.5
73.5
2001
6198.040
910
7597
86.7
83.9
79.0
77.8
73.7
2002
5282.460
910
6401
73.1
76.8
78.9
66.3
73.4
2003
6045.520
910
7482
85.4
85.8
79.2
75.8
73.5
2004
6393.080
910
7499
85.4
83.8
79.4
80.0
73.8
2005
6075.920
910
7126
81.3
77.2
79.3
76.2
73.9
2006
6501.200
910
7834
89.4
85.7
79.6
81.6
74.2
2007
6265.620
910
7267
83.0
79.6
79.6
78.6
74.3
2008
6027.100
910
7335
83.5
76.5
79.4
75.4
74.4
2009
5272.780
910
6303
72.0
66.7
79.0
66.1
74.1
2010
5689.330
910
6550
74.8
71.7
78.8
71.4
74.0
2011
6227.870
910
7117
81.2
78.5
78.7
78.1
74.1
2012
3423.440
910
4028
45.9
43.1
77.6
42.8
73.1
2013
6407.370
910
7268
83.0
81.3
77.7
80.4
73.4
2014
5818.430
910
6694
76.4
74.6
77.6
73.0
73.3
2015
6840.510
910
7929
90.5
88.2
77.9
85.8
73.7
2016
6043.290
910
7044
80.2
76.4
77.9
75.6
73.8
2017
6722.260
910
7620
87.0
86.0
78.1
84.3
74.0
2018
5466.290
910
6525
74.5
70.8
77.9
68.6
73.9
2019
5539.990
910
6877
78.5
69.6
77.7
69.5
73.8
2020
4907.620
910
5881
67.0
61.5
77.3
61.4
73.5
2021
6162.840
910
7395
84.4
81.2
77.4
77.3
73.6
2022
1550.090
910
1983
22.6
20.0
76.0
19.4
72.3
2023
6448.180
910
7594
86.7
83.6
76.2
80.9
72.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22
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