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CHINON B-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CP2
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
905
MW
e
870
MW
e
954
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Mar, 1977
28 Oct, 1982
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
30 Nov, 1982
01 Feb, 1984
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
229.68 TW.h
74.8 %
76.8 %
25.2 %
71.5 %
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
1982
37.100
870
470
1983
3835.000
870
6027
1984
4568.000
870
5570
60.1
57.6
57.6
56.1
56.1
1985
5978.200
870
7402
84.5
82.1
70.4
78.4
67.8
1986
6322.200
870
7609
86.9
86.1
75.8
83.0
73.0
1987
4914.100
870
6438
73.5
72.9
75.0
64.5
70.8
1988
5271.000
870
7195
81.9
96.2
79.3
69.0
70.4
1989
4734.280
870
5724
65.3
63.6
76.7
62.1
69.0
1990
5912.970
870
7043
80.4
79.1
77.0
77.6
70.3
1991
5339.250
905
6033
68.9
67.7
75.8
67.4
69.9
1992
5972.020
905
7133
81.2
80.6
76.4
75.1
70.5
1993
5651.680
905
6914
78.9
73.3
76.0
71.3
70.6
1994
5366.300
905
6347
72.4
71.4
75.6
67.7
70.3
1995
6333.930
905
7573
86.4
84.4
76.4
79.9
71.1
1996
6295.230
905
7476
85.1
83.4
76.9
79.2
71.8
1997
6093.310
905
7268
83.0
81.8
77.3
76.9
72.1
1998
6631.270
905
7759
88.6
85.7
77.8
83.6
72.9
1999
6214.030
905
7483
85.4
82.1
78.1
78.4
73.3
2000
6166.790
905
7416
84.4
82.7
78.4
77.6
73.5
2001
5769.000
905
7260
82.9
81.2
78.6
72.8
73.5
2002
6229.340
905
7671
87.6
85.6
78.9
78.6
73.8
2003
5181.700
905
6357
72.6
68.4
78.4
65.4
73.3
2004
6252.570
905
7536
85.8
83.7
78.6
78.6
73.6
2005
6465.820
905
7611
86.9
83.9
78.9
81.6
74.0
2006
6637.840
905
7873
89.9
86.7
79.2
83.7
74.4
2007
4538.820
905
5559
63.5
57.7
78.3
57.2
73.7
2008
6893.100
905
7862
89.5
86.9
78.7
86.7
74.2
2009
4345.750
905
5003
57.1
55.1
77.8
54.8
73.4
2010
4165.790
905
4893
55.9
52.8
76.8
52.6
72.7
2011
5808.260
905
6601
75.4
73.6
76.7
73.3
72.7
2012
6881.620
905
7766
88.4
87.3
77.1
86.6
73.2
2013
4078.880
905
4634
52.9
51.6
76.2
51.4
72.4
2014
6524.180
905
7473
85.3
83.2
76.4
82.3
72.8
2015
5847.760
905
6812
77.8
75.3
76.4
73.8
72.8
2016
6754.060
905
7846
89.3
86.8
76.7
85.0
73.2
2017
5139.160
905
5867
67.0
65.2
76.4
64.8
72.9
2018
6888.180
905
7949
90.7
88.5
76.7
86.9
73.3
2019
5820.160
905
6750
77.0
74.4
76.7
73.4
73.3
2020
5253.270
905
6335
72.1
68.7
76.4
66.1
73.1
2021
5250.720
905
6240
71.2
69.4
76.3
66.2
72.9
2022
6467.620
905
8247
94.1
86.2
76.5
81.6
73.2
2023
628.220
905
889
10.2
7.9
74.8
7.9
71.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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