France

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

 Fossil fuels Nuclear  Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other
renewables
 Total amount in specific units* 0  9.87 9.7 n.a. 25.5 GW installed 0.023 TW installed

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

In EJ 1990 2000 2010 2015 2017 Compound annual growth rate (%) 2000 to 2017
Energy consumption*        
- Total 9.50 10.70 10.80 10.60 10.50 -0.1
- Solids** 0.85 0.63 0.48 0.38 0.40 -2.7
- Liquids 3.52 3.80 3.23 3.00 2.97 -1.4
- Gases 1.12 1.55 1.66 1.55 1.65 0.4
- Nuclear 3.27 4.29 4.53 4.56 4.21 -0.1
- Hydro 0.21 0.26 0.24 0.21
0.20
 -1.6
-Other renewables
 0.45 0.48 0.70 0.84 0.91 3.00
Energy production
- Total 4.67 5.47 5.75 5.88 5.52 0.10
- Solids** 0.33 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 -100.00
- Liquids 0.15 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.04 -4.10
- Gases 0.11 0.06 0.03 0.0008 0.0006 -24.00
- Nuclear 3.43 4.53 4.67 4.77 4.35 -0.20
- Hydro 0.21 0.26 0.24 0.21 0.20 -1.60
Other renewables
 0.44 0.42 0.71 0.80 0.89 4.50
Net import (Import-Export)
- Total 5.06 5.62 5.54 4.90 5.19 -0.50

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2017* Compound annual growth rate (%) 2000 to 2017
Capacity of electric plants (GWe)
- Thermal 30.0 23.0 24.7.0 29.2 22.6 18.9 -1.6
Nuclear5663-0.01 13.6 54.2 63.4 63.1 63.1 63.1 0.0
- Hydro 19.0 25.0 25.0 25.4 25.4 25.5 0.1
- Wind 0.0 0.0 0.01 6.1 10.3 13.6 52.8
- Geothermal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.002 0.002 n.a.
- Other renewable 0.24 0.24 0.25 7.90 7.90 9.60 23.90
- Total 63.1 101.9 113.6 125.3 129.3 130.8 0.8
Electricity production (TWh) 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2017*
- Thermal 126.0 48.7 53.0 62.0 34.1 54.4 0.2
- Nuclear 61.2 314.1 415.2 428.5 416.8 379.1 -0.5
- Hydro 70.2 57.4 71.1 67.5 58.7 53.6 -1.6
- Wind 0.0 0.0 0.05 9.9 21.1 24.0 43.8
- Geothermal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n.a. n.a. n.a.
- Other renewable 0.5 0.6 0.6 5.4 15.3 18.3 22.3
- Total ** 258.0 420.8 540.0 569.1 546.0 529.4 -0.1
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 231.7 323.3 410.4 471.8 475.4 475.0 0.9

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2017*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 110.3 104.3 114.5 105.7 95.6 95.7
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 4186.0 5524.0 6737.0 7255.0 6618.0 6614.0
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 42.0 32.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 23.7 74.6 76.9 75.3 77.0 71.5
Ratio of external dependency (%) ** 78.0 53.0 53.0 50.0 47.0 n.a.

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2017

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2017
BELLEVILLE-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-05-01 1987-09-09 1987-10-14 1988-06-01 55.4
BELLEVILLE-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-08-01 1988-05-25 1988-07-06 1989-01-01 75.5
BLAYAIS-1 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-01-01 1981-05-20 1981-06-12 1981-12-01 87.8
BLAYAIS-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-01-01 1982-06-28 1982-07-17 1983-02-01 80.7
BLAYAIS-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-04-01 1983-07-29 1983-08-17 1983-11-14 89.6
BLAYAIS-4 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-04-01 1983-05-01 1983-05-16 1983-10-01 79.6
BUGEY-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1972-11-01 1978-04-20 1978-05-10 1979-03-01 87.7
BUGEY-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1973-09-01 1978-08-31 1978-09-21 1979-03-01 89.7
BUGEY-4 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-06-01 1979-02-17 1979-03-08 1979-07-01 95.2
BUGEY-5 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-07-01 1979-07-15 1979-07-31 1980-01-03 43.2
CATTENOM-1 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-29 1986-10-24 1986-11-13 1987-04-01 83.3
CATTENOM-2 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-07-28 1987-08-07 1987-09-17 1988-02-01 75.1
CATTENOM-3 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-06-15 1990-02-16 1990-07-06 1991-02-01 98.0
CATTENOM-4 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1983-09-28 1991-05-04 1991-05-27 1992-01-01 86.4
CHINON B-1 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-03-01 1982-10-28 1982-11-30 1984-02-01 66.7
CHINON B-2 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-03-01 1983-09-23 1983-11-29 1984-08-01 82.7
CHINON B-3 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-10-01 1986-09-18 1986-10-20 1987-03-04 79.6
CHINON B-4 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1981-02-01 1987-10-13 1987-11-14 1988-04-01 85.8
CHOOZ B-1 PWR 1500 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-01-01 1996-07-25 1996-08-30 2000-05-15 67.0
CHOOZ B-2 PWR 1500 Operational EDF FRAM 1985-12-31 1997-03-10 1997-04-10 2000-09-29 64.1
CIVAUX-1 PWR 1495 Operational EDF FRAM 1988-10-15 1997-11-29 1997-12-24 2002-01-29 65.4
CIVAUX-2 PWR 1495 Operational EDF FRAM 1991-04-01 1999-11-27 1999-12-24 2002-04-23 88.1
CRUAS-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-08-01 1983-04-02 1983-04-29 1984-04-02 50.6
CRUAS-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-11-15 1984-08-01 1984-09-06 1985-04-01 90.8
CRUAS-3 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-04-15 1984-04-09 1984-05-14 1984-09-10 77.2
CRUAS-4 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1984-10-01 1984-10-27 1985-02-11 80.7
DAMPIERRE-1 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-02-01 1980-03-15 1980-03-23 1980-09-10 80.0
DAMPIERRE-2 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-04-01 1980-12-05 1980-12-10 1981-02-16 77.4
DAMPIERRE-3 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-09-01 1981-01-25 1981-01-30 1981-05-27 74.8
DAMPIERRE-4 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-12-01 1981-08-05 1981-08-18 1981-11-20 85.2
FESSENHEIM-1 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1971-09-01 1977-03-07 1977-04-06 1978-01-01 77.3
FESSENHEIM-2 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1972-02-01 1977-06-27 1977-10-07 1978-04-01 0.0
FLAMANVILLE-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-12-01 1985-09-29 1985-12-04 1986-12-01 55.4
FLAMANVILLE-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-05-01 1986-06-12 1986-07-18 1987-03-09 68.0
GOLFECH-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-11-17 1990-04-24 1990-06-07 1991-02-01 78.4
GOLFECH-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-10-01 1993-05-21 1993-06-18 1994-03-04 88.0
GRAVELINES-1 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-02-01 1980-02-21 1980-03-13 1980-11-25 69.0
GRAVELINES-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-03-01 1980-08-02 1980-08-26 1980-12-01 74.1
GRAVELINES-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-12-01 1980-11-30 1980-12-12 1981-06-01 87.2
GRAVELINES-4 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-04-01 1981-05-31 1981-06-14 1981-10-01 69.9
GRAVELINES-5 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1984-08-05 1984-08-28 1985-01-15 36.9
GRAVELINES-6 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1985-07-21 1985-08-01 1985-10-25 75.8
NOGENT-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1981-05-26 1987-09-12 1987-10-21 1988-02-24 80.8
NOGENT-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-01-01 1988-10-04 1988-12-14 1989-05-01 88.4
PALUEL-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-08-15 1984-05-13 1984-06-22 1985-12-01 98.2
PALUEL-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-01-01 1984-08-11 1984-09-14 1985-12-01 0.0
PALUEL-3 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-02-01 1985-08-07 1985-09-30 1986-02-01 22.2
PALUEL-4 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-02-01 1986-03-29 1986-04-11 1986-06-01 84.3
PENLY-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-09-01 1990-04-01 1990-05-04 1990-12-01 71.9
PENLY-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-08-01 1992-01-10 1992-02-04 1992-11-01 99.0
ST. ALBAN-1 PWR 1335 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-01-29 1985-08-04 1985-08-30 1986-05-01 55.8
ST. ALBAN-2 PWR 1335 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-07-31 1986-06-07 1986-07-03 1987-03-01 92.5
ST. LAURENT B-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-05-01 1981-01-04 1981-01-21 1983-08-01 78.4
ST. LAURENT B-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-07-01 1981-05-12 1981-06-01 1983-08-01 82.0
TRICASTIN-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-11-01 1980-02-21 1980-05-31 1980-12-01 69.6
TRICASTIN-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-12-01 1980-07-22 1980-08-07 1980-12-01 57.7
TRICASTIN-3 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-04-01 1980-11-29 1981-02-10 1981-05-11 76.8
TRICASTIN-4 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-05-01 1981-05-31 1981-06-12 1981-11-01 70.9
FLAMANVILLE-3 PWR 1600 Under Construction EDF AREVA 2007-12-03
BUGEY-1 GCR 540 Permanent Shutdown EDF FRAM 1965-12-01 1972-03-21 1972-04-15 1972-07-01 1994-05-27
CHINON A-1 GCR 70 Permanent Shutdown EDF LEVIVIER 1957-02-01 1962-09-16 1963-06-14 1964-02-01 1973-04-16
CHINON A-2 GCR 180 Permanent Shutdown EDF LEVIVIER 1959-08-01 1964-08-17 1965-02-24 1965-02-24 1985-06-14
CHINON A-3 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 Operational CEA/EDF CNCLNEY 1968-11-01 1973-08-31 1973-12-13 1974-07-14 2010-02-01 23:59:00 0.0
ST. LAURENT A-1 GCR 390 Permanent Shutdown EDF FRAM 1963-10-01 1969-01-07 1969-03-14 1969-06-01 1990-04-18
ST. LAURENT A-2 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
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Shutdown reason Decommission strategy Current decommissioning phase Current fuel management phase Decommissioning licensee Licence terminated year
PHENIX Others ID     -  
CHINON A-1 1, 2 ID     EDF  
SUPER-PHENIX Others ID 9 3, 6 NERSA  
CHINON A-2 1, 2 ID     EDF 2025
CHINON A-3 1, 2 ID 9   EDF  
CHOOZ-A (ARDENNES) Others ID     SENA 2019
EL-4 (MONTS D'ARREE) 1, 2 ID     EDF 2015
ST. LAURENT A-1 1, 2 ID     EDF 2027
ST. LAURENT A-2 1, 2 ID     EDF 2025
BUGEY-1 1, 2 ID 9   EDF 2020