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ST. ALBAN-1
(Saint-Alban 1)
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
1335
MW
e
1335
MW
e
1381
MW
e
3817
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
29 Jan, 1979
04 Aug, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
30 Aug, 1985
01 May, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
303.72 TW.h
74.6 %
74.9 %
25.4 %
68.0 %
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
1985
1290.300
1300
1698
1986
6722.900
1300
5449
54.1
66.4
66.4
51.1
51.1
1987
6101.600
1300
4944
56.4
56.2
60.3
53.6
52.6
1988
4562.000
1335
3721
42.4
82.4
68.7
38.9
47.4
1989
6781.290
1335
5907
67.4
63.5
67.3
58.0
50.3
1990
7799.060
1335
6295
71.9
68.6
67.6
66.7
53.8
1991
7935.340
1335
6380
72.8
73.3
68.6
67.8
56.3
1992
4812.150
1335
3775
43.0
42.1
64.6
41.0
54.0
1993
7376.030
1335
6010
68.6
65.8
64.7
63.1
55.2
1994
7575.620
1335
6777
77.4
93.8
68.1
64.8
56.3
1995
8535.720
1335
7197
82.2
78.2
69.2
73.0
58.0
1996
8126.620
1335
6950
79.1
83.1
70.5
69.3
59.1
1997
7112.760
1335
5833
66.6
63.6
69.9
60.8
59.2
1998
8255.920
1335
6802
77.6
90.0
71.5
70.6
60.2
1999
9240.590
1335
7656
87.4
85.7
72.5
79.0
61.5
2000
8027.830
1335
6494
73.9
71.4
72.4
68.5
62.0
2001
9298.490
1335
7843
89.5
89.6
73.5
79.5
63.1
2002
8768.820
1335
7275
83.0
79.6
73.9
75.0
63.8
2003
8691.940
1335
7029
80.2
78.0
74.1
74.3
64.4
2004
10127.420
1335
8283
94.3
95.3
75.3
86.4
65.6
2005
9697.020
1335
7949
90.7
86.0
75.8
82.9
66.5
2006
8882.100
1335
7342
83.8
78.4
75.9
76.0
67.0
2007
6342.040
1335
4987
56.9
54.6
75.0
54.2
66.4
2008
5610.150
1335
4577
52.1
49.2
73.8
47.8
65.5
2009
8681.780
1335
6881
78.6
74.6
73.8
74.2
65.9
2010
10759.910
1335
8465
96.6
92.3
74.6
92.0
67.0
2011
5946.790
1335
5202
59.4
54.6
73.8
50.8
66.3
2012
9171.050
1335
7422
84.5
82.8
74.2
78.2
66.8
2013
10069.650
1335
8498
97.0
97.4
75.0
86.1
67.5
2014
6739.260
1335
5918
67.6
72.4
74.9
57.6
67.1
2015
9047.800
1335
7538
86.0
81.1
75.1
77.4
67.5
2016
9010.700
1335
8069
91.9
86.5
75.5
76.8
67.8
2017
5900.570
1335
5100
58.2
51.4
74.7
50.5
67.2
2018
8028.050
1335
6361
72.6
69.7
74.6
68.6
67.3
2019
10312.990
1335
8456
96.5
89.5
75.0
88.2
67.9
2020
7603.380
1335
6035
68.7
65.5
74.7
64.8
67.8
2021
9770.530
1335
7586
86.6
84.9
75.0
83.6
68.3
2022
10111.340
1335
8662
98.9
93.1
75.5
86.5
68.8
2023
4843.460
1335
3939
45.0
41.8
74.6
41.4
68.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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