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CHOOZ B-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
N4 REP 1450
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1500
MW
e
1455
MW
e
1560
MW
e
4270
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1984
25 Jul, 1996
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
30 Aug, 1996
15 May, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
233.37 TW.h
73.7 %
75.1 %
26.3 %
71.6 %
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
1996
Data from a trial operation not provided
1997
5784.960
1455
5063
1998
1540.500
1455
1034
1999
4886.640
1455
3617
2000
8429.160
1455
5877
97.1
96.9
96.9
98.4
98.4
2001
9524.350
1455
6800
77.6
75.0
83.8
74.7
84.2
2002
9515.080
1455
6807
77.7
81.0
82.8
74.6
80.6
2003
10021.890
1500
7219
82.4
85.6
83.5
76.3
79.4
2004
10671.090
1500
7657
87.2
83.6
83.6
81.0
79.8
2005
9047.670
1500
6285
71.7
69.6
81.1
68.8
77.8
2006
9845.730
1500
6885
78.6
75.6
80.2
74.9
77.4
2007
10402.280
1500
7154
81.7
79.6
80.2
79.2
77.6
2008
12376.750
1500
8572
97.6
95.0
81.9
93.9
79.5
2009
8649.520
1500
6307
72.0
67.5
80.4
65.8
78.1
2010
8663.040
1500
5962
68.1
65.9
79.0
65.9
76.9
2011
10285.740
1500
7044
80.4
79.7
79.1
78.3
77.1
2012
12512.930
1500
8496
96.7
96.5
80.5
95.0
78.5
2013
10034.780
1500
6905
78.8
78.2
80.3
76.4
78.3
2014
8950.470
1500
6279
71.7
71.7
79.7
68.1
77.6
2015
11334.110
1500
7835
89.4
88.6
80.3
86.3
78.2
2016
11392.170
1500
8671
98.7
94.3
81.1
86.5
78.7
2017
8172.980
1500
5760
65.8
63.3
80.1
62.2
77.8
2018
9526.450
1500
6522
74.4
73.4
79.7
72.5
77.5
2019
11128.090
1500
7952
90.8
90.3
80.3
84.7
77.8
2020
4440.810
1500
3206
36.5
33.7
78.0
33.7
75.7
2021
8981.370
1500
6209
70.9
69.8
77.6
68.4
75.4
2022
0.000
1500
0
0.0
0.0
74.2
0.0
72.0
2023
8089.970
1500
5589
63.8
62.1
73.7
61.6
71.6
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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