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CHINON A-2
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
GCR
UNGG
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
180
MW
e
170
MW
e
230
MW
e
800
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1959
17 Aug, 1964
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
24 Feb, 1965
24 Feb, 1965
Permanent Shutdown Date
14 Jun, 1985
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
24.88 TW.h
71.0 %
75.0 %
29.0 %
71.1 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1985
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
1965
Data Not Provided
1966
"
1967
"
1968
"
1969
"
1970
1704.000
230
7863
89.8
84.2
NC
84.6
NC
1971
1162.500
230
5002
57.1
56.4
NC
57.7
NC
1972
1596.000
230
6844
77.9
76.9
NC
79.0
NC
1973
1451.500
210
7089
80.9
78.9
NC
78.9
NC
1974
1431.200
210
7047
80.4
77.8
74.7
77.8
75.5
1975
1271.900
210
6396
73.0
69.1
73.8
69.1
74.5
1976
925.400
210
5339
60.8
50.3
70.6
50.2
71.1
1977
819.100
210
4680
53.4
45.4
67.6
44.5
67.9
1978
1055.300
210
5849
66.8
57.5
66.5
57.4
66.8
1979
657.000
210
3666
41.8
41.0
64.0
35.7
63.8
1980
1261.000
180
7074
80.5
79.2
65.2
79.8
65.0
1981
1269.900
180
7131
81.4
80.6
66.3
80.5
66.1
1982
1416.600
180
7995
91.3
90.2
67.9
89.8
67.7
1983
1340.000
180
7415
84.6
83.6
68.8
85.0
68.8
1984
1510.000
180
8371
95.3
94.4
70.4
95.5
70.4
1985
710.000
180
3919
100.0
99.6
71.0
100.9
71.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
NC – cumulative values not calculated when more than 50% of required data is missing in PRIS
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-11-03
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