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CHOOZ-A (ARDENNES)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CHOOZ-A
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
SOCIETE D'ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FRANCO-BELGE DES ARDENNES
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
305
MW
e
280
MW
e
320
MW
e
1040
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1962
18 Oct, 1966
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
03 Apr, 1967
15 Apr, 1967
Permanent Shutdown Date
30 Oct, 1991
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
38.60 TW.h
66.3 %
71.0 %
33.7 %
66.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1991
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
1967
Data Not Provided
1968
"
1969
"
1970
1314.000
282
5209
59.5
53.2
NC
53.2
NC
1971
1930.000
282
6905
78.8
78.8
NC
78.1
NC
1972
2139.700
288
7471
85.0
84.6
72.3
84.6
72.1
1973
2028.200
280
7534
86.0
83.4
75.0
84.2
75.0
1974
1475.100
280
5409
61.8
59.7
72.0
60.1
72.1
1975
2015.700
305
6832
78.0
76.1
72.7
75.4
72.7
1976
1364.000
305
5536
63.0
53.4
69.8
50.9
69.4
1977
2462.000
305
8145
93.0
90.8
72.5
92.2
72.4
1978
2012.000
305
6734
76.9
74.2
72.7
75.3
72.7
1979
1686.000
305
5841
66.7
61.3
71.5
63.1
71.7
1980
1817.000
305
5921
67.4
66.9
71.1
67.8
71.3
1981
1824.900
305
6016
68.7
67.6
70.8
68.3
71.1
1982
2022.400
305
6931
79.1
75.9
71.2
75.7
71.4
1983
1902.000
305
6707
76.6
74.3
71.4
71.2
71.4
1984
1918.000
305
6607
75.2
72.3
71.5
71.6
71.4
1985
1688.570
305
5736
65.5
63.0
71.0
63.2
70.9
1986
1368.180
305
4634
52.9
51.7
69.8
51.2
69.7
1987
825.920
305
2697
30.8
30.7
67.6
30.9
67.5
1988
1734.240
305
5869
66.8
65.0
67.4
64.7
67.4
1989
1627.880
305
5818
66.4
61.4
67.1
60.9
67.0
1990
1481.880
305
6496
74.2
55.6
66.6
55.5
66.5
1991
1332.680
305
6799
93.2
60.1
66.3
59.9
66.2
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 2024-12-04
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