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CRUAS-3
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
915
MW
e
880
MW
e
956
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
15 Apr, 1979
09 Apr, 1984
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
14 May, 1984
10 Sep, 1984
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
224.79 TW.h
76.5 %
78.0 %
23.5 %
71.4 %
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
1984
3272.000
880
4380
92.7
91.9
91.9
89.7
89.7
1985
5247.400
880
6557
74.8
72.5
77.4
68.1
73.5
1986
5967.080
880
7456
85.1
89.2
82.5
77.4
75.2
1987
4721.400
880
6013
68.6
75.1
80.2
61.2
71.0
1988
4773.000
880
6679
76.0
98.6
84.5
61.8
68.8
1989
5577.930
880
6571
75.0
72.8
82.3
72.4
69.5
1990
6129.160
915
7499
85.6
85.2
82.8
76.5
70.6
1991
6003.220
915
7374
84.2
84.8
83.0
74.9
71.2
1992
5174.610
915
6323
72.0
71.0
81.6
64.4
70.4
1993
5715.350
915
7232
82.6
73.9
80.7
71.3
70.5
1994
5013.990
915
6428
73.4
78.1
80.5
62.6
69.7
1995
6032.660
915
7525
85.9
84.3
80.8
75.3
70.2
1996
5882.200
915
7724
87.9
91.9
81.7
73.2
70.5
1997
5347.790
915
6961
79.5
80.2
81.6
66.7
70.2
1998
6281.400
915
7758
88.6
78.7
81.4
78.4
70.8
1999
6316.700
915
7654
87.4
87.8
81.8
78.8
71.3
2000
5493.990
915
6914
78.7
79.0
81.6
68.4
71.1
2001
5867.850
915
7254
82.8
79.6
81.5
73.2
71.2
2002
6052.000
915
7307
83.4
80.9
81.5
75.5
71.5
2003
5779.360
915
7146
81.6
76.8
81.2
72.1
71.5
2004
5081.250
915
6074
69.2
64.1
80.4
63.2
71.1
2005
6941.580
915
7863
89.8
87.8
80.8
86.6
71.8
2006
6487.520
915
7520
85.8
83.1
80.8
80.9
72.2
2007
5435.780
915
6456
73.7
68.1
80.3
67.8
72.0
2008
4858.570
915
5750
65.5
60.8
79.5
60.4
71.6
2009
6365.970
915
7392
84.4
79.9
79.5
79.4
71.9
2010
6277.780
915
7004
80.0
78.3
79.5
78.3
72.1
2011
6741.600
915
7580
86.5
85.0
79.7
84.1
72.6
2012
5106.740
915
5899
67.2
64.5
79.1
63.5
72.2
2013
6866.750
915
7750
88.5
88.2
79.4
85.7
72.7
2014
4529.710
915
5148
58.8
57.1
78.7
56.5
72.2
2015
6297.990
915
7085
80.9
78.7
78.7
78.6
72.4
2016
4910.490
915
6144
70.0
61.3
78.2
61.1
72.0
2017
6067.310
915
6910
78.9
76.0
78.1
75.7
72.1
2018
5672.760
915
6425
73.3
70.9
77.9
70.8
72.1
2019
5632.070
915
6451
73.6
71.0
77.7
70.3
72.0
2020
4171.740
915
4917
56.0
52.2
77.0
51.9
71.5
2021
6628.240
915
7614
86.9
83.5
77.2
82.7
71.8
2022
4322.150
915
5207
59.4
54.2
76.6
53.9
71.3
2023
5869.280
915
6796
77.6
73.3
76.5
73.2
71.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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