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PALUEL-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
P4 REP 1300
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1330
MW
e
1330
MW
e
1382
MW
e
3817
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1978
11 Aug, 1984
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
14 Sep, 1984
01 Dec, 1985
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
282.79 TW.h
67.1 %
69.4 %
32.9 %
62.6 %
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
1984
1000.000
1290
1785
1985
5997.800
1290
5548
100.0
99.6
99.6
103.2
103.2
1986
6040.900
1290
4804
54.8
52.2
55.9
53.5
57.4
1987
8859.600
1290
6837
78.0
76.8
66.0
78.4
67.4
1988
7725.000
1330
6017
68.5
73.5
68.4
66.1
67.0
1989
8956.440
1330
7358
84.0
80.1
71.4
76.9
69.5
1990
6496.270
1330
5328
60.8
59.0
68.9
55.8
66.7
1991
6140.310
1330
4996
57.0
54.9
66.6
52.7
64.4
1992
6906.920
1330
5618
64.0
61.7
65.9
59.1
63.6
1993
7954.420
1330
7217
82.4
76.9
67.3
68.3
64.2
1994
7115.240
1330
6671
76.2
74.5
68.1
61.1
63.9
1995
6934.500
1330
6252
71.4
65.8
67.8
59.5
63.4
1996
8407.420
1330
7195
81.9
78.5
68.8
72.0
64.2
1997
8139.800
1330
7182
82.0
83.5
70.0
69.9
64.7
1998
7300.400
1330
6583
75.2
69.1
70.0
62.7
64.5
1999
9243.770
1330
7705
88.0
84.1
71.0
79.3
65.6
2000
9849.890
1330
8271
94.2
94.4
72.5
84.3
66.8
2001
7843.130
1330
6861
78.3
76.0
72.8
67.3
66.9
2002
7984.370
1330
6569
75.0
72.0
72.7
68.5
67.0
2003
8814.930
1330
7490
85.5
81.1
73.2
75.7
67.4
2004
9562.680
1330
8039
91.5
89.9
74.0
81.8
68.2
2005
7246.430
1330
5823
66.5
64.5
73.6
62.2
67.9
2006
8143.510
1330
6673
76.2
73.9
73.6
69.9
68.0
2007
7558.050
1330
6021
68.7
66.8
73.3
64.9
67.9
2008
9315.580
1330
7595
86.5
84.0
73.8
79.7
68.4
2009
8393.370
1330
6815
77.8
75.0
73.8
72.0
68.5
2010
10209.970
1330
8496
97.0
96.0
74.7
87.6
69.3
2011
8868.960
1330
7697
87.9
84.6
75.1
76.1
69.6
2012
7298.370
1330
6084
69.3
67.3
74.8
62.5
69.3
2013
10778.910
1330
8675
99.0
97.7
75.6
92.5
70.1
2014
9113.010
1330
7499
85.6
83.7
75.9
78.2
70.4
2015
4064.600
1330
3217
36.7
36.3
74.6
34.9
69.2
2016
0.000
1330
0
0.0
0.0
72.2
0.0
67.0
2017
0.000
1330
0
0.0
0.0
69.9
0.0
64.9
2018
3289.820
1330
2950
33.7
28.5
68.6
28.2
63.8
2019
8734.150
1330
6924
79.0
77.4
68.9
75.0
64.1
2020
0.000
1330
0
0.0
0.1
66.9
0.0
62.3
2021
8070.600
1330
7004
80.0
69.4
67.0
69.3
62.5
2022
5266.590
1330
4525
51.7
47.5
66.5
45.2
62.0
2023
9968.670
1330
8132
92.8
88.9
67.1
85.6
62.6
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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