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CHINON B-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
905
MW
e
905
MW
e
954
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Oct, 1980
18 Sep, 1986
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
20 Oct, 1986
04 Mar, 1987
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
210.65 TW.h
75.8 %
77.6 %
24.2 %
71.8 %
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
1986
596.800
870
1190
1987
4120.600
870
5311
59.7
67.6
67.6
52.0
52.0
1988
4413.000
905
5354
61.0
58.9
62.8
55.5
54.0
1989
5028.580
905
6125
69.9
77.8
68.1
63.4
57.3
1990
5417.630
905
6274
71.6
69.1
68.4
68.3
60.2
1991
7026.390
905
8204
93.6
90.7
73.0
88.6
66.1
1992
6091.450
905
7468
85.0
85.6
75.2
76.6
67.9
1993
5600.750
905
6827
77.9
72.6
74.8
70.6
68.3
1994
5064.020
905
6325
72.2
75.4
74.9
63.9
67.8
1995
6005.650
905
7177
81.9
82.5
75.8
75.8
68.7
1996
6277.960
905
7761
88.4
86.9
76.9
79.0
69.7
1997
5816.770
905
7249
82.8
85.1
77.6
73.4
70.1
1998
6345.640
905
7472
85.3
81.3
78.0
80.0
70.9
1999
5601.970
905
6656
76.0
72.2
77.5
70.7
70.9
2000
6330.110
905
7386
84.1
82.5
77.9
79.6
71.5
2001
6318.000
905
7665
87.5
84.8
78.3
79.7
72.1
2002
6720.450
905
7971
91.0
87.6
78.9
84.8
72.9
2003
5807.750
905
6954
79.4
77.6
78.8
73.3
72.9
2004
5784.360
905
7444
84.7
82.3
79.0
72.8
72.9
2005
5595.370
905
7287
83.2
76.5
78.9
70.6
72.8
2006
6369.750
905
7930
90.5
86.3
79.3
80.4
73.2
2007
6061.290
905
7310
83.4
77.9
79.2
76.5
73.3
2008
6498.110
905
7760
88.3
82.3
79.4
81.7
73.7
2009
3433.460
905
4114
47.0
43.4
77.8
43.3
72.4
2010
6488.820
905
7485
85.4
82.4
78.0
81.8
72.8
2011
6043.830
905
6906
78.8
77.6
78.0
76.2
72.9
2012
6770.530
905
7662
87.2
85.9
78.3
85.2
73.4
2013
5930.230
905
6823
77.9
75.3
78.2
74.8
73.4
2014
6733.160
905
7711
88.0
86.6
78.5
84.9
73.8
2015
5735.520
905
6515
74.4
72.8
78.3
72.4
73.8
2016
6806.550
905
7949
90.5
87.4
78.6
85.6
74.2
2017
6070.410
905
7079
80.8
78.9
78.6
76.6
74.3
2018
6593.670
905
7668
87.5
84.7
78.8
83.2
74.6
2019
4795.660
905
5526
63.1
62.1
78.3
60.5
74.1
2020
4848.500
905
6046
68.8
67.6
78.0
61.0
73.7
2021
5119.310
905
6022
68.7
66.2
77.6
64.6
73.5
2022
1976.920
905
2323
26.5
25.5
76.2
24.9
72.1
2023
4835.370
905
5722
65.3
61.9
75.8
61.0
71.8
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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