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TORNESS-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
GCR
AGR
EDF Energy
EDF Energy
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
605
MW
e
645
MW
e
682
MW
e
1623
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1980
23 Dec, 1988
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
03 Feb, 1989
03 Feb, 1989
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
136.90 TW.h
76.5 %
82.5 %
23.5 %
74.2 %
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
1989
3633.800
625
7068
89.1
74.2
74.2
73.3
73.3
1990
1948.300
625
4211
48.2
36.1
54.2
35.7
53.6
1991
2651.300
625
5068
58.0
48.4
52.2
48.6
51.8
1992
3732.700
625
6560
73.7
67.0
56.0
67.1
55.8
1993
4038.000
632
7168
82.0
74.4
59.8
73.1
59.4
1994
3478.090
632
6264
71.5
65.5
60.8
62.8
59.9
1995
4651.900
632
7909
87.4
85.9
64.5
81.3
63.1
1996
1571.300
632
2409
27.4
96.2
68.5
28.3
58.7
1997
4217.980
625
7181
81.8
77.7
69.6
76.8
60.7
1998
5094.360
625
8713
99.2
93.7
72.0
92.8
64.0
1999
4983.970
625
8588
97.8
91.1
73.7
90.8
66.4
2000
3936.120
625
7686
87.5
71.7
73.6
71.7
66.8
2001
4293.570
625
8476
96.5
76.6
73.8
78.2
67.7
2002
1945.610
625
3751
42.8
35.7
71.1
35.5
65.4
2003
3782.850
625
6874
78.5
69.4
71.0
69.1
65.7
2004
4082.960
625
7682
87.4
74.6
71.2
74.4
66.2
2005
4821.850
625
8570
97.8
87.8
72.2
88.1
67.5
2006
3297.000
625
6456
73.7
60.5
71.5
60.2
67.1
2007
4829.040
625
8480
96.8
88.3
72.4
88.2
68.2
2008
4780.780
615
8494
96.7
88.2
73.2
88.1
69.2
2009
4151.180
605
7303
83.4
78.3
73.4
78.0
69.6
2010
4531.250
605
8345
95.3
85.5
74.0
85.5
70.3
2011
4417.910
605
8235
94.0
83.5
74.4
83.4
70.8
2012
3717.790
595
6632
75.5
71.4
74.2
71.1
70.9
2013
4672.850
595
8287
94.6
89.7
74.8
89.6
71.6
2014
4718.740
595
8274
94.4
90.4
75.4
90.5
72.3
2015
3711.610
595
6684
76.3
70.9
75.2
71.2
72.2
2016
4982.130
595
8746
99.6
95.1
75.9
95.3
73.0
2017
4853.060
595
8710
99.4
94.0
76.5
93.1
73.7
2018
3680.980
605
6602
75.4
69.3
76.3
69.5
73.6
2019
5059.930
605
8760
100.0
94.8
76.9
95.5
74.3
2020
4904.720
605
8615
98.1
92.0
77.4
92.3
74.8
2021
3589.010
605
7005
80.0
67.5
77.1
67.7
74.6
2022
3076.410
605
6048
69.0
57.8
76.5
58.0
74.1
2023
4055.740
605
6839
78.1
75.5
76.5
76.5
74.2
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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