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CHINON A-3
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
360
MW
e
480
MW
e
480
MW
e
1170
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Mar, 1961
01 Mar, 1966
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
04 Aug, 1966
04 Aug, 1966
Permanent Shutdown Date
15 Jun, 1990
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
30.55 TW.h
41.7 %
49.1 %
58.3 %
40.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1990
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
1966
Data Not Provided
1967
"
1968
"
1969
"
1970
1246.000
500
2483
28.3
28.5
NC
28.4
NC
1971
1944.800
335
6937
79.2
73.5
NC
66.3
NC
1972
2477.000
350
7386
84.1
80.6
NC
80.6
NC
1973
981.800
480
2976
34.0
23.5
47.1
23.4
45.6
1974
54.200
480
253
2.9
1.3
36.8
1.3
35.7
1975
2299.800
480
6737
76.9
54.7
40.1
54.7
39.1
1976
1533.000
400
5891
67.1
43.5
40.6
43.6
39.7
1977
2489.900
400
6985
79.7
73.0
44.3
71.1
43.4
1978
2308.900
400
6575
75.1
66.5
46.6
65.9
45.7
1979
2100.000
400
7051
80.5
66.4
48.5
59.9
47.1
1980
2500.000
360
7332
83.5
78.6
50.9
79.1
49.6
1981
1721.000
360
5099
58.2
54.9
51.2
54.6
50.0
1982
706.700
360
2341
26.7
22.6
49.2
22.4
48.1
1983
1457.000
360
4459
50.9
46.4
49.1
46.2
48.0
1984
993.000
360
2988
34.0
31.5
48.0
31.4
47.0
1985
0.000
360
0
0.0
0.0
45.3
0.0
44.3
1986
0.000
360
0
0.0
0.0
42.9
0.0
42.0
1987
103.700
360
493
5.6
3.4
40.9
3.3
40.0
1988
959.000
360
3167
36.0
35.2
40.6
30.3
39.5
1989
1316.910
360
5182
59.2
45.0
40.8
41.8
39.6
1990
1252.420
360
3822
96.8
86.9
41.7
87.9
40.5
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 2024-09-10
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