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CHINON B-2
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
23 Sep, 1983
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
29 Nov, 1983
01 Aug, 1984
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
227.55 TW.h
76.3 %
77.7 %
23.7 %
72.4 %
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
1983
1.000
870
212
1984
5394.000
870
7226
81.3
91.7
91.7
75.8
75.8
1985
5037.400
870
6201
70.8
67.9
74.9
66.1
69.0
1986
6215.100
870
7639
87.2
86.0
79.5
81.6
74.2
1987
5618.800
870
7171
81.9
80.7
79.9
73.7
74.0
1988
4425.000
870
5731
65.2
67.3
77.0
57.9
70.4
1989
6043.400
870
7873
89.9
91.2
79.6
79.3
72.0
1990
5216.990
870
6714
76.6
84.1
80.3
68.4
71.5
1991
3142.200
870
3921
44.8
53.2
76.7
41.2
67.4
1992
6295.440
870
7321
83.3
80.8
77.2
82.4
69.2
1993
5491.590
870
6867
78.4
76.2
77.1
72.1
69.5
1994
6174.630
905
7407
84.6
83.9
77.7
77.9
70.3
1995
6356.320
905
7741
88.4
86.0
78.5
80.2
71.2
1996
5287.610
905
6206
70.6
69.4
77.7
66.5
70.8
1997
6637.940
905
7622
87.0
85.2
78.3
83.7
71.8
1998
6186.390
905
7136
81.5
79.8
78.4
78.0
72.2
1999
5900.930
905
7075
80.8
79.0
78.4
74.4
72.4
2000
6177.000
905
7260
82.6
80.8
78.6
77.7
72.7
2001
6646.200
905
7846
89.6
87.5
79.1
83.8
73.4
2002
6155.600
905
7404
84.5
85.4
79.5
77.6
73.6
2003
5746.230
905
7163
81.8
78.7
79.4
72.5
73.6
2004
6133.370
905
7252
82.6
80.6
79.5
77.2
73.7
2005
6659.580
905
7882
90.0
86.5
79.8
84.0
74.2
2006
4548.840
905
5503
62.8
60.1
78.9
57.4
73.5
2007
5965.940
905
7023
80.2
76.6
78.8
75.2
73.5
2008
5038.270
905
5852
66.6
64.2
78.2
63.4
73.1
2009
6111.500
905
7485
85.4
77.9
78.2
77.1
73.3
2010
5735.140
905
6561
74.9
73.0
78.0
72.3
73.2
2011
6863.390
905
7733
88.3
87.2
78.3
86.6
73.7
2012
6880.860
905
7965
90.7
87.3
78.7
86.6
74.2
2013
4538.320
905
5483
62.6
63.2
78.1
57.2
73.6
2014
5721.410
905
6565
74.9
73.8
78.0
72.2
73.6
2015
5495.290
905
6235
71.2
69.6
77.7
69.3
73.4
2016
3614.860
905
4251
48.4
45.5
76.7
45.5
72.6
2017
6249.360
905
7345
83.8
81.2
76.8
78.8
72.7
2018
5352.550
905
6303
72.0
69.6
76.6
67.5
72.6
2019
5716.240
905
6607
75.4
72.7
76.5
72.1
72.6
2020
6431.850
905
7452
84.8
83.5
76.7
80.9
72.8
2021
4938.640
905
6083
69.4
66.6
76.4
62.3
72.5
2022
5078.620
905
6285
71.8
68.3
76.2
64.1
72.3
2023
6100.430
905
7436
84.9
79.6
76.3
77.0
72.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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