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EL-4 (MONTS D'ARREE)
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
HWGCR
MONTS-D'ARREE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
70
MW
e
70
MW
e
75
MW
e
250
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1962
23 Dec, 1966
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
09 Jul, 1967
01 Jun, 1968
Permanent Shutdown Date
31 Jul, 1985
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
6.32 TW.h
70.8 %
75.4 %
29.2 %
68.7 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1985
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 from a trial operation not provided
1968
Data Not Provided
1969
"
1970
"
1971
176.300
77
3374
38.5
38.5
NC
26.1
NC
1972
512.800
75
7106
80.9
80.8
NC
77.8
NC
1973
428.500
70
6338
72.4
72.0
63.4
69.9
57.4
1974
550.800
70
8158
93.1
90.9
70.0
89.8
65.2
1975
425.200
70
7661
87.4
78.3
71.6
69.3
66.0
1976
517.900
70
7705
87.7
84.7
73.7
84.2
69.0
1977
478.600
70
7027
80.2
78.4
74.4
78.0
70.2
1978
525.700
70
7542
86.1
84.8
75.6
85.7
72.1
1979
540.000
70
7938
90.6
90.8
77.3
88.1
73.8
1980
523.000
70
7620
86.8
85.1
78.1
85.1
75.0
1981
349.000
70
5166
59.0
57.9
76.3
56.9
73.3
1982
373.000
70
5577
63.7
61.2
75.0
60.8
72.3
1983
222.000
70
4807
54.9
36.4
72.1
36.2
69.6
1984
358.000
70
6202
70.6
55.6
70.9
58.2
68.8
1985
239.400
70
4107
80.7
67.8
70.8
67.2
68.7
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 2024-10-03
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