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CHOOZ B-2
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
31 Dec, 1985
10 Mar, 1997
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
10 Apr, 1997
29 Sep, 2000
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
226.89 TW.h
72.0 %
73.7 %
28.0 %
69.6 %
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
1997
2960.250
1455
2997
1998
86.280
1455
172
1999
7308.700
1455
5267
2000
7213.350
1455
5347
94.7
90.2
90.2
92.2
92.2
2001
10159.530
1455
7221
82.4
80.4
82.3
79.7
82.2
2002
9814.830
1455
7240
82.6
81.5
82.0
77.0
79.9
2003
10472.750
1500
7457
85.1
83.3
82.4
79.7
79.8
2004
10063.940
1500
7061
80.4
80.1
81.8
76.4
79.0
2005
10321.550
1500
7343
83.8
81.6
81.8
78.6
78.9
2006
9460.520
1500
6845
78.1
79.6
81.5
72.0
77.8
2007
11016.490
1500
7725
88.2
85.2
82.0
83.8
78.6
2008
11038.880
1500
7639
87.0
84.6
82.3
83.8
79.3
2009
7821.910
1500
5593
63.8
62.5
80.1
59.5
77.1
2010
10739.750
1500
7529
86.0
83.4
80.5
81.7
77.6
2011
11507.740
1500
8076
92.2
91.2
81.4
87.6
78.5
2012
5773.740
1500
4092
46.6
44.0
78.4
43.8
75.6
2013
10676.710
1500
7351
83.9
82.4
78.6
81.2
76.0
2014
12405.660
1500
8686
99.2
98.0
80.0
94.4
77.3
2015
9504.220
1500
6673
76.2
74.1
79.6
72.3
77.0
2016
11021.730
1500
7791
88.7
85.6
80.0
83.6
77.4
2017
7691.340
1500
5351
61.1
59.8
78.8
58.5
76.3
2018
12031.860
1500
8388
95.8
94.2
79.7
91.6
77.2
2019
6757.530
1500
4846
55.3
53.8
78.3
51.4
75.8
2020
8328.390
1500
6107
69.5
70.0
77.9
63.2
75.2
2021
4693.110
1500
3523
40.2
35.7
75.9
35.7
73.3
2022
0.000
1500
0
0.0
0.0
72.5
0.0
70.0
2023
7888.170
1500
5559
63.5
62.1
72.0
60.0
69.6
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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