DAMPIERRE-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
890 MWe
890 MWe
937 MWe
2785 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1975
25 Jan, 1981
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
30 Jan, 1981
27 May, 1981

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
248.81 TW.h
77.6 %
79.0 %
22.4 %
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 5123.400 900 6452 87.0 83.5 83.5 81.7 81.7
1982 3767.600 890 4632 52.9 48.7 61.7 48.3 60.8
1983 5517.000 890 6638 75.8 72.7 65.9 70.8 64.6
1984 6206.000 890 7121 81.1 79.7 69.8 79.4 68.7
1985 6364.400 890 7523 85.9 84.9 73.0 81.6 71.5
1986 6717.200 890 8330 95.1 99.5 77.8 86.2 74.2
1987 5019.500 890 6269 71.6 79.3 78.0 64.4 72.7
1988 4964.000 890 6435 73.3 68.5 76.8 63.5 71.5
1989 5912.850 890 7242 82.7 78.4 77.0 75.8 72.0
1990 5996.460 890 7348 83.9 79.8 77.2 76.9 72.5
1991 5124.050 890 6244 71.3 69.6 76.5 65.7 71.8
1992 4875.110 890 5814 66.2 65.5 75.6 62.4 71.0
1993 6148.830 890 7333 83.7 82.8 76.1 78.9 71.6
1994 5537.560 890 7013 80.1 82.7 76.6 71.0 71.6
1995 4773.500 890 6343 72.4 80.2 76.9 61.2 70.9
1996 5575.090 890 6940 79.0 77.1 76.9 71.3 70.9
1997 5720.890 890 7211 82.3 78.3 77.0 73.4 71.1
1998 5905.830 890 7210 82.3 81.4 77.2 75.8 71.3
1999 5779.450 890 7186 82.0 78.2 77.3 74.1 71.5
2000 4308.350 890 5378 61.2 57.6 76.3 55.1 70.6
2001 5993.020 890 7060 80.6 77.4 76.3 76.9 71.0
2002 5929.800 890 6877 78.5 76.8 76.4 76.1 71.2
2003 5346.900 890 6152 70.2 68.9 76.0 68.6 71.1
2004 6867.170 890 7920 90.2 88.0 76.5 87.8 71.8
2005 6242.370 890 7627 87.1 84.1 76.8 80.1 72.1
2006 6228.480 890 7991 91.2 89.3 77.3 79.9 72.4
2007 5614.090 890 6928 79.1 76.0 77.3 72.0 72.4
2008 6725.610 890 8100 92.2 90.0 77.7 86.0 72.9
2009 5364.970 890 6486 74.0 71.0 77.5 68.8 72.8
2010 6642.910 890 7660 87.4 86.3 77.8 85.2 73.2
2011 5999.400 890 7020 80.1 78.4 77.8 77.0 73.3
2012 6513.750 890 7595 86.5 84.2 78.0 83.3 73.6
2013 4747.590 890 5438 62.1 61.1 77.5 60.9 73.2
2014 6746.720 890 7824 89.3 87.1 77.8 86.5 73.6
2015 6378.710 890 7269 83.0 81.6 77.9 81.8 73.9
2016 6045.050 890 6807 77.5 75.8 77.8 77.3 74.0
2017 5832.290 890 6540 74.7 73.6 77.7 74.8 74.0
2018 6252.310 890 7054 80.5 79.8 77.8 80.2 74.2
2019 6079.010 890 6794 77.6 76.3 77.7 78.0 74.2
2020 6930.710 890 7929 90.3 88.5 78.0 88.6 74.6
2021 5127.770 890 5899 67.3 65.7 77.7 65.8 74.4
2022 6238.980 890 6953 79.4 78.8 77.7 80.0 74.5
2023 5490.160 890 6294 71.8 71.2 77.6 70.4 74.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-18


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