FRANCE

TABLE 1: POPULATION INFORMATION

Average Annual Growth Rate (%)
1990 2000 2005 2010* 2000 - 2010
Population (Millions) 58.0 60.5 62.7 64.7 0.7
Population Density (Inhabitants/km2) - - 99.0 99.0 0.0
Urban Population as % of Total - - 77.0 77.0 0.0
Area (1000 km2) 649.0

TABLE 2: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

Average Annual Growth Rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2006 2008 2000 - 2008
GDP (Billions of Current €) 445.0 1033.0 1441.0 1806.0 1950.0 4.0
GDP (Billions of Constant 2000 US$) 689.0 1239.0 1328.0 12953.0 2122.0 7.0
GDP Per Capita (Current US$/Capita) 11535.0 17277.0 25276.0 30819.0 33090.0 3.4

TABLE 3: ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

Fossil Fuels Nuclear
Oil Liquified Hydrocarbons Gas Uranium*
Total Amount in Specific Units* 14.0 0.16 6.3 11700.0

TABLE 4: ENERGY STATISTICS [MTOE]

Average Annual Growth Rate (%) Average Annual Growth Rate (%)
ENERGY CONSUMPTION** 1973 1980 1990 2000 2005 2007 2008 1973 - 2008 2000 - 2008
TOTAL 179.7 190.0 228.3 269.2 276.7 273.7 273.6 5.4 0.2
- Coal 27.8 31.1 19.2 14.2 13.4 12.9 12.1 -9.8 -2.0
- Oil 121.5 107.1 88.3 95.1 91.6 90.4 88.9 -3.8 -0.8
- Natural Gas 13.2 21.1 26.3 37.6 41.0 40.6 40.7 15.0 1.0
- Primary Electricity 7.7 22.2 83.2 108.9 117.5 116.2 117.1 40.5 0.9
- Thermal Renewables 9.4 8.4 11.4 13.3 13.2 13.7 14.9 5.9 1.4
ENERGY PRODUCTION 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2007 2008 1973 - 2008 2000 - 2008
TOTAL 43.5 52.5 111.8 132.5 138.4 135.3 137.1 15.4 0.4
- Coal 17.3 13.1 7.7 2.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 -47.5 -32.4
- Oil 2.2 2.4 3.5 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.1 -8.3 -6.0
- Natural Gas 6.3 6.3 2.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.8 -22.7 -7.5
- Primary Nuclear Electric 3.8 16.0 81.7 108.2 117.7 114.6 114.5 53.0 0.7
- Other Renewables 9.8 8.7 11.4 12.5 13.3 13.7 14.0 1.0 1.4
Energy Independence Rate 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2007 2008 1973 - 2008 2000 - 2008
TOTAL 23.7 27.4 49.7 50.1 50.1 50.3 50.5 - -

TABLE 5: ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION & CAPACITY

Average Annual Growth Rate (%) Average Annual Growth Rate (%)
Capacity of Electrical Plants [GWe] 1973 1979 1990 2000 2005 2007 2008 1973 - 2008 2000 - 2008
TOTAL - - 103.7 115.1 115.5 115.9 120.2 0.8 0.1
- Thermal - - 23 26.7 25.3 24.1 26.2 0.7 -0.2
- Hydro - - 25 25.2 25.4 25.4 25.3 0.1 0
- Nuclear - - 55.8 63.2 63.3 63.3 63.1 0.7 0
- Other Renewables - - - - 1.5 3.1 5.6 - -
Electricity Production (TWh) 1973 1979 1990 2000 2005 2007 2008 1973 - 2008 2000 - 2008
TOTAL** 182.4 241.4 420.1 540.8 576.2 569.9 574.5 3.3 0.7
- Thermal 119.5 133.6 48.2 53.1 66.7 62 60.4 -1.9 1.6
- Hydro, Wind, Solar 48.1 67.8 58.3 72.5 58 68.3 74.7 1.2 0.4
- Nuclear 14.8 40 313.7 415.2 451.5 439.7 439.5 10.2 0.7

TABLE 6: ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1973 1979 1990 2000 2005 2008
Energy Consumption Per Capita (TEP/Capita) 3.5 3.5 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.15
Electricity Consumption Per Capita (MWh/Capita) 3.4 4.5 6.5 7.8 8.2 7.6
Electricity Production/Energy Production (%) 18 34 78 86 89 88
Nuclear/Total Electricity (%) 8 17 75 77 78 76.3
Ratio of External Dependency (%)** 76.1 75.3 50.6 48.9 50.4 43.5

TABLE 7: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station Types Net
Capacity
Operator Status Reactor
Supplier
Criticality Construction
Date
Grid
Date
Commercial
Date
Shutdown
Date
UCF
for
year
2011
BELLEVILLE-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-05-01 1987-09-09 1987-10-14 1988-06-01 73.0
BELLEVILLE-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-08-01 1988-05-25 1988-07-06 1989-01-01 98.4
BLAYAIS-1 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-01-01 1981-05-20 1981-06-12 1981-12-01 83.5
BLAYAIS-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-01-01 1982-06-28 1982-07-17 1983-02-01 81.2
BLAYAIS-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-04-01 1983-07-29 1983-08-17 1983-11-14 88.2
BLAYAIS-4 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-04-01 1983-05-01 1983-05-16 1983-10-01 79.4
BUGEY-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1972-11-01 1978-04-20 1978-05-10 1979-03-01 82.1
BUGEY-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1973-09-01 1978-08-31 1978-09-21 1979-03-01 96.7
BUGEY-4 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-06-01 1979-02-17 1979-03-08 1979-07-01 59.3
BUGEY-5 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-07-01 1979-07-15 1979-07-31 1980-01-03 45.9
CATTENOM-1 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-29 1986-10-24 1986-11-13 1987-04-01 98.2
CATTENOM-2 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-07-28 1987-08-07 1987-09-17 1988-02-01 66.6
CATTENOM-3 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-06-15 1990-02-16 1990-07-06 1991-02-01 70.8
CATTENOM-4 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1983-09-28 1991-05-04 1991-05-27 1992-01-01 88.4
CHINON-B-1 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-03-01 1982-10-28 1982-11-30 1984-02-01 73.7
CHINON-B-2 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-03-01 1983-09-23 1983-11-29 1984-08-01 87.3
CHINON-B-3 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-10-01 1986-09-18 1986-10-20 1987-03-04 77.8
CHINON-B-4 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1981-02-01 1987-10-13 1987-11-14 1988-04-01 86.8
CHOOZ-B-1 PWR 1500 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-01-01 1996-07-25 1996-08-30 2000-05-15 81.1
CHOOZ-B-2 PWR 1500 Operational EDF FRAM 1985-12-31 1997-03-10 1997-04-10 2000-09-29 95.2
CIVAUX-1 PWR 1495 Operational EDF FRAM 1988-10-15 1997-11-29 1997-12-24 2002-01-29 67.9
CIVAUX-2 PWR 1495 Operational EDF FRAM 1991-04-01 1999-11-27 1999-12-24 2002-04-23 91.4
CRUAS-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-08-01 1983-04-02 1983-04-29 1984-04-02 73.0
CRUAS-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-11-15 1984-08-01 1984-09-06 1985-04-01 74.1
CRUAS-3 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-04-15 1984-04-09 1984-05-14 1984-09-10 85.7
CRUAS-4 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1984-10-01 1984-10-27 1985-02-11 89.7
DAMPIERRE-1 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-02-01 1980-03-15 1980-03-23 1980-09-10 71.2
DAMPIERRE-2 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-04-01 1980-12-05 1980-12-10 1981-02-16 89.3
DAMPIERRE-3 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-09-01 1981-01-25 1981-01-30 1981-05-27 79.4
DAMPIERRE-4 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-12-01 1981-08-05 1981-08-18 1981-11-20 83.7
FESSENHEIM-1 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1971-09-01 1977-03-07 1977-04-06 1978-01-01 68.5
FESSENHEIM-2 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1972-02-01 1977-06-27 1977-10-07 1978-04-01 27.8
FLAMANVILLE-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-12-01 1985-09-29 1985-12-04 1986-12-01 87.4
FLAMANVILLE-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-05-01 1986-06-12 1986-07-18 1987-03-09 83.8
GOLFECH-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-11-17 1990-04-24 1990-06-07 1991-02-01 98.3
GOLFECH-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-10-01 1993-05-21 1993-06-18 1994-03-04 81.4
GRAVELINES-1 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-02-01 1980-02-21 1980-03-13 1980-11-25 54.5
GRAVELINES-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-03-01 1980-08-02 1980-08-26 1980-12-01 87.5
GRAVELINES-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-12-01 1980-11-30 1980-12-12 1981-06-01 80.4
GRAVELINES-4 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-04-01 1981-05-31 1981-06-14 1981-10-01 83.7
GRAVELINES-5 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1984-08-05 1984-08-28 1985-01-15 88.5
GRAVELINES-6 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1985-07-21 1985-08-01 1985-10-25 89.5
NOGENT-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1981-05-26 1987-09-12 1987-10-21 1988-02-24 86.9
NOGENT-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-01-01 1988-10-04 1988-12-14 1989-05-01 84.7
PALUEL-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-08-15 1984-05-13 1984-06-22 1985-12-01 95.0
PALUEL-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-01-01 1984-08-11 1984-09-14 1985-12-01 87.7
PALUEL-3 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-02-01 1985-08-07 1985-09-30 1986-02-01 84.0
PALUEL-4 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-02-01 1986-03-29 1986-04-11 1986-06-01 88.7
PENLY-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-09-01 1990-04-01 1990-05-04 1990-12-01 71.4
PENLY-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-08-01 1992-01-10 1992-02-04 1992-11-01 89.5
ST. ALBAN-1 PWR 1335 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-01-29 1985-08-04 1985-08-30 1986-05-01 57.1
ST. ALBAN-2 PWR 1335 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-07-31 1986-06-07 1986-07-03 1987-03-01 95.3
ST. LAURENT-B-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-05-01 1981-01-04 1981-01-21 1983-08-01 78.7
ST. LAURENT-B-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-07-01 1981-05-12 1981-06-01 1983-08-01 69.4
TRICASTIN-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-11-01 1980-02-21 1980-05-31 1980-12-01 77.4
TRICASTIN-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-12-01 1980-07-22 1980-08-07 1980-12-01 63.0
TRICASTIN-3 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-04-01 1980-11-29 1981-02-10 1981-05-11 73.4
TRICASTIN-4 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-05-01 1981-05-31 1981-06-12 1981-11-01 86.2
FLAMANVILLE-3 PWR 1600 Under Construction EDF AREVA 2007-12-03 2016-12-30 2016-12-31
BUGEY-1 GCR 540 Permanent Shutdown EDF FRAM 1965-12-01 1972-03-21 1972-04-15 1972-07-01 1994-05-27
CHINON-A1 GCR 70 Permanent Shutdown EDF LEVIVIER 1957-02-01 1962-09-16 1963-06-14 1964-02-01 1973-04-16
CHINON-A2 GCR 180 Permanent Shutdown EDF LEVIVIER 1959-08-01 1964-08-17 1965-02-24 1965-02-24 1985-06-14
CHINON-A3 GCR 360 Permanent Shutdown EDF GTM 1961-03-01 1966-03-01 1966-08-04 1966-08-04 1990-06-15
CHOOZ-A (ARDENNES) PWR 305 Permanent Shutdown SENA A/F/W 1962-01-01 1966-10-18 1967-04-03 1967-04-15 1991-10-30
EL-4 (MONTS D'ARREE) HWGCR 70 Permanent Shutdown EDF GAAA 1962-07-01 1966-12-23 1967-07-09 1968-06-01 1985-07-31
G-2 (MARCOULE) GCR 39 Permanent Shutdown COGEMA SACM 1955-03-01 1958-07-21 1959-04-22 1959-04-22 1980-02-02
G-3 (MARCOULE) GCR 40 Permanent Shutdown COGEMA SACM 1956-03-01 1959-06-11 1960-04-04 1960-04-04 1984-06-20
PHENIX FBR 130 Permanent Shutdown CEA/EDF CNCLNEY 1968-11-01 1973-08-31 1973-12-13 1974-07-14 2010-02-01 23:59:00
ST. LAURENT-A1 GCR 390 Permanent Shutdown EDF FRAM 1963-10-01 1969-01-07 1969-03-14 1969-06-01 1990-04-18
ST. LAURENT-A2 GCR 465 Permanent Shutdown EDF FRAM 1966-01-01 1971-07-04 1971-08-09 1971-11-01 1992-05-27
SUPER-PHENIX FBR 1200 Permanent Shutdown EDF ASPALDO 1976-12-13 1985-09-07 1986-01-14 1986-12-01 1998-12-31