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PALUEL-4
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 Feb, 1980
29 Mar, 1986
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
11 Apr, 1986
01 Jun, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
308.99 TW.h
75.8 %
78.1 %
24.2 %
70.4 %
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
1986
6118.600
1290
5343
83.7
85.2
85.2
78.0
78.0
1987
8014.600
1290
6289
71.8
69.7
75.5
70.9
73.6
1988
5909.000
1330
4812
54.8
53.6
66.8
50.6
64.5
1989
8268.300
1330
6349
72.5
71.0
68.0
71.0
66.3
1990
8067.690
1330
6770
77.3
78.5
70.3
69.2
67.0
1991
8325.580
1330
6677
76.2
74.2
71.0
71.5
67.8
1992
5553.310
1330
4529
51.6
48.6
67.6
47.5
64.7
1993
8683.780
1330
6938
79.2
75.4
68.6
74.5
66.0
1994
8329.730
1330
6945
79.3
76.5
69.5
71.5
66.6
1995
8346.820
1330
7354
84.0
88.1
71.5
71.6
67.2
1996
7848.120
1330
6745
76.8
72.4
71.6
67.2
67.2
1997
8633.650
1330
7219
82.4
78.2
72.1
74.1
67.8
1998
7776.710
1330
6506
74.3
68.3
71.8
66.8
67.7
1999
9879.730
1330
8345
95.3
94.6
73.5
84.8
68.9
2000
8358.800
1330
7532
85.8
84.4
74.3
71.6
69.1
2001
8581.020
1330
7489
85.5
82.1
74.8
73.6
69.4
2002
9303.300
1330
8216
93.8
92.7
75.9
79.8
70.0
2003
7960.720
1330
7307
83.4
81.9
76.2
68.3
69.9
2004
7138.560
1330
6027
68.6
64.6
75.6
61.1
69.5
2005
9682.120
1330
7949
90.7
89.2
76.3
83.1
70.2
2006
8270.830
1330
7320
83.6
77.2
76.3
71.0
70.2
2007
8421.510
1330
6824
77.9
73.7
76.2
72.3
70.3
2008
7962.590
1330
6286
71.6
69.6
75.9
68.2
70.2
2009
9337.130
1330
7944
90.7
88.9
76.4
80.1
70.6
2010
7709.460
1330
6085
69.5
67.4
76.1
66.2
70.4
2011
9571.580
1330
7835
89.4
87.9
76.6
82.2
70.9
2012
10040.060
1330
8467
96.4
97.2
77.3
85.9
71.5
2013
7036.360
1330
5984
68.3
64.0
76.8
60.4
71.1
2014
8962.840
1330
7539
86.1
84.8
77.1
76.9
71.3
2015
8807.530
1330
7649
87.3
89.8
77.6
75.6
71.4
2016
7284.060
1330
6369
72.5
65.1
77.2
62.4
71.1
2017
9082.310
1330
7455
85.1
81.0
77.3
78.0
71.3
2018
10041.610
1330
8304
94.8
91.7
77.7
86.2
71.8
2019
1977.330
1330
1688
19.3
17.0
75.9
17.0
70.2
2020
9859.600
1330
8041
91.5
87.5
76.2
84.4
70.6
2021
9058.040
1330
7416
84.7
81.5
76.4
77.8
70.8
2022
6745.150
1330
5375
61.4
59.0
75.9
57.9
70.4
2023
8060.670
1330
6556
74.8
71.7
75.8
69.2
70.4
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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