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CATTENOM-3
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
1300
MW
e
1300
MW
e
1362
MW
e
3817
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
15 Jun, 1982
16 Feb, 1990
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
06 Jul, 1990
01 Feb, 1991
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
269.62 TW.h
75.3 %
77.3 %
24.7 %
71.3 %
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
1990
1545.360
1300
1961
1991
9683.150
1300
7897
90.5
88.2
88.2
85.7
85.7
1992
7145.040
1300
5903
67.2
65.6
76.4
62.6
73.6
1993
8035.130
1300
6858
78.3
75.9
76.2
70.6
72.6
1994
8613.330
1300
7464
85.2
84.4
78.3
75.6
73.4
1995
8344.310
1300
7269
83.0
78.9
78.4
73.3
73.3
1996
8264.730
1300
7184
81.8
77.3
78.2
72.4
73.2
1997
9504.060
1300
8097
92.4
93.2
80.4
83.5
74.7
1998
8054.930
1300
7175
81.9
80.2
80.4
70.7
74.2
1999
8237.000
1300
7169
81.8
79.7
80.3
72.3
74.0
2000
8933.530
1300
7984
90.9
98.7
82.2
78.2
74.4
2001
3171.470
1300
2739
31.3
29.7
77.4
27.8
70.1
2002
9402.460
1300
7443
85.0
82.5
77.8
82.6
71.2
2003
11254.010
1300
8715
99.5
98.4
79.4
98.8
73.3
2004
9162.730
1300
7274
82.8
80.4
79.4
80.2
73.8
2005
9757.050
1300
7944
90.7
86.7
79.9
85.7
74.6
2006
8045.340
1300
7088
80.9
76.5
79.7
70.6
74.4
2007
9500.560
1300
8559
97.7
98.5
80.8
83.4
74.9
2008
8712.700
1300
7145
81.3
78.4
80.7
76.3
75.0
2009
6649.760
1300
5277
60.2
58.7
79.5
58.4
74.1
2010
8756.810
1300
6966
79.5
81.7
79.6
76.9
74.2
2011
7918.570
1300
6306
72.0
69.6
79.2
69.5
74.0
2012
8337.710
1300
6760
77.0
74.5
78.9
73.0
74.0
2013
7844.560
1300
6552
74.8
72.6
78.7
68.9
73.7
2014
9671.580
1300
8049
91.9
92.1
79.2
84.9
74.2
2015
9456.960
1300
7813
89.2
84.0
79.4
83.0
74.6
2016
8053.880
1300
6821
77.6
71.2
79.1
70.5
74.4
2017
10396.600
1300
8390
95.8
92.2
79.6
91.3
75.0
2018
8531.740
1300
7038
80.3
75.1
79.4
74.9
75.0
2019
7460.810
1300
6029
68.8
66.0
79.0
65.5
74.7
2020
9190.970
1300
7711
87.8
86.6
79.2
80.5
74.9
2021
4325.560
1300
3519
40.2
38.1
77.9
38.0
73.7
2022
2472.540
1300
1942
22.2
21.7
76.1
21.7
72.1
2023
5434.540
1300
4611
52.6
48.8
75.3
47.7
71.3
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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