France

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

 Fossil fuels Nuclear  Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other electric renewables
Total amount in specific units* 0  9.87 9.7 n.a. 25.5 GW installed 26.1 GW installed

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

In EJ 2000 2010 2015 2017 Compound annual growth rate (%) 2000 to 2017
Energy consumption*      
- Total 10.70 10.80 10.60 10.50 (0.1
- Solids** 0.63 0.48 0.38 0.40 (2.7
- Liquids 3.80 3.23 3.00 2.97 (1.4
- Gases 1.55 1.66 1.55 1.65 0.4
- Nuclear 4.29 4.53 4.56 4.21 (0.1
- Hydro 0.26 0.24 0.21
0.20
 (1.6
-Other renewables
 0.48 0.70 0.84 0.91 3.00
Energy production
- Total 5.47 5.75 5.88 5.52 0.10
- Solids** 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 (100.00
- Liquids 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.04 (4.10
- Gases 0.06 0.03 0.0008 0.0006 (24.00
- Nuclear 4.53 4.67 4.77 4.35 (0.20
- Hydro 0.26 0.24 0.21 0.20 (1.60
Other renewables
 0.42 0.71 0.80 0.89 4.50

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

2000 2010 2015 2018 2019*
Capacity of electric plants (GW(e))
- Thermal 24.7 29.2 22.6 18.6 18,6
- Nuclear5663-0.01 63.4 63.1 63.1 63.1 63,1
- Hydro 25.0 25.4 25.4 25.5 25,5
- Wind 0.01 6.1 10.3 15.1 16,5
- Geothermal 0.0 0.0 0.002 0.002 0.002
- Other renewable 0.25 7.90 7.90 10.60 11,6
- Total 113.6 125.3 129.3 132.9 135,3
Electricity production (TWh) 2000 2010 2015 2018 2019*
- Thermal 53.0 62.0 34.1 39.4 42,6
- Nuclear 415.2 428.5 416.8 393.2 379,5
- Hydro 71.1 67.5 58.7 68.3 60,0
- Wind 0.05 9.9 21.1 27.8 34,1
- Geothermal 0.0 0.0 n.a. n.a. n.a.
- Other renewable 0.6 5.4 15.3 19.9 21.5
- Total ** 540.0 569.1 546.0 548.6 537,7
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 410.4 471.8 475.4 474.0 473

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2010 2015 2017*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 114.5 105.7 95.6 95.7
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 6737.0 7255.0 6618.0 6614.0
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 76.9 75.3 77.0 71.7
Ratio of external dependency (%) ** 53.0 50.0 47.0 n.a.

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2019

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
2019
BELLEVILLE-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-05-01 1987-09-09 1987-10-14 1988-06-01 92.3
BELLEVILLE-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-08-01 1988-05-25 1988-07-06 1989-01-01 39.6
BLAYAIS-1 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-01-01 1981-05-20 1981-06-12 1981-12-01 87.3
BLAYAIS-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-01-01 1982-06-28 1982-07-17 1983-02-01 80.2
BLAYAIS-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-04-01 1983-07-29 1983-08-17 1983-11-14 90.1
BLAYAIS-4 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-04-01 1983-05-01 1983-05-16 1983-10-01 75.0
BUGEY-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1972-11-01 1978-04-20 1978-05-10 1979-03-01 95.0
BUGEY-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1973-09-01 1978-08-31 1978-09-21 1979-03-01 64.8
BUGEY-4 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-06-01 1979-02-17 1979-03-08 1979-07-01 85.5
BUGEY-5 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-07-01 1979-07-15 1979-07-31 1980-01-03 99.3
CATTENOM-1 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-29 1986-10-24 1986-11-13 1987-04-01 60.7
CATTENOM-2 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-07-28 1987-08-07 1987-09-17 1988-02-01 92.6
CATTENOM-3 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-06-15 1990-02-16 1990-07-06 1991-02-01 67.8
CATTENOM-4 PWR 1300 Operational EDF FRAM 1983-09-28 1991-05-04 1991-05-27 1992-01-01 73.4
CHINON B-1 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-03-01 1982-10-28 1982-11-30 1984-02-01 75.2
CHINON B-2 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-03-01 1983-09-23 1983-11-29 1984-08-01 73.6
CHINON B-3 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-10-01 1986-09-18 1986-10-20 1987-03-04 63.0
CHINON B-4 PWR 905 Operational EDF FRAM 1981-02-01 1987-10-13 1987-11-14 1988-04-01 88.7
CHOOZ B-1 PWR 1500 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-01-01 1996-07-25 1996-08-30 2000-05-15 99.0
CHOOZ B-2 PWR 1500 Operational EDF FRAM 1985-12-31 1997-03-10 1997-04-10 2000-09-29 60.0
CIVAUX-1 PWR 1495 Operational EDF FRAM 1988-10-15 1997-11-29 1997-12-24 2002-01-29 96.0
CIVAUX-2 PWR 1495 Operational EDF FRAM 1991-04-01 1999-11-27 1999-12-24 2002-04-23 82.5
CRUAS-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-08-01 1983-04-02 1983-04-29 1984-04-02 72.7
CRUAS-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-11-15 1984-08-01 1984-09-06 1985-04-01 75.7
CRUAS-3 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-04-15 1984-04-09 1984-05-14 1984-09-10 99.0
CRUAS-4 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1984-10-01 1984-10-27 1985-02-11 82.4
DAMPIERRE-1 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-02-01 1980-03-15 1980-03-23 1980-09-10 65.9
DAMPIERRE-2 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-04-01 1980-12-05 1980-12-10 1981-02-16 87.6
DAMPIERRE-3 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-09-01 1981-01-25 1981-01-30 1981-05-27 76.4
DAMPIERRE-4 PWR 890 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-12-01 1981-08-05 1981-08-18 1981-11-20 81.0
FESSENHEIM-1 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1971-09-01 1977-03-07 1977-04-06 1978-01-01 82.7
FESSENHEIM-2 PWR 880 Operational EDF FRAM 1972-02-01 1977-06-27 1977-10-07 1978-04-01 79.9
FLAMANVILLE-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-12-01 1985-09-29 1985-12-04 1986-12-01 55.6
FLAMANVILLE-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-05-01 1986-06-12 1986-07-18 1987-03-09 3.4
GOLFECH-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-11-17 1990-04-24 1990-06-07 1991-02-01 88.0
GOLFECH-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-10-01 1993-05-21 1993-06-18 1994-03-04 83.4
GRAVELINES-1 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-02-01 1980-02-21 1980-03-13 1980-11-25 65.4
GRAVELINES-2 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-03-01 1980-08-02 1980-08-26 1980-12-01 65.6
GRAVELINES-3 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-12-01 1980-11-30 1980-12-12 1981-06-01 69.6
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 56.7
GRAVELINES-6 PWR 910 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-10-01 1985-07-21 1985-08-01 1985-10-25 87.2
NOGENT-1 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1981-05-26 1987-09-12 1987-10-21 1988-02-24 56.0
NOGENT-2 PWR 1310 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-01-01 1988-10-04 1988-12-14 1989-05-01 98.6
PALUEL-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1977-08-15 1984-05-13 1984-06-22 1985-12-01 52.0
PALUEL-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1978-01-01 1984-08-11 1984-09-14 1985-12-01 78.4
PALUEL-3 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-02-01 1985-08-07 1985-09-30 1986-02-01 93.4
PALUEL-4 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1980-02-01 1986-03-29 1986-04-11 1986-06-01 18.5
PENLY-1 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1982-09-01 1990-04-01 1990-05-04 1990-12-01 94.6
PENLY-2 PWR 1330 Operational EDF FRAM 1984-08-01 1992-01-10 1992-02-04 1992-11-01 55.9
ST. ALBAN-1 PWR 1335 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-01-29 1985-08-04 1985-08-30 1986-05-01 92.4
ST. ALBAN-2 PWR 1335 Operational EDF FRAM 1979-07-31 1986-06-07 1986-07-03 1987-03-01 74.3
ST. LAURENT B-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-05-01 1981-01-04 1981-01-21 1983-08-01 71.4
ST. LAURENT B-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1976-07-01 1981-05-12 1981-06-01 1983-08-01 65.3
TRICASTIN-1 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-11-01 1980-02-21 1980-05-31 1980-12-01 37.5
TRICASTIN-2 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1974-12-01 1980-07-22 1980-08-07 1980-12-01 64.5
TRICASTIN-3 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-04-01 1980-11-29 1981-02-10 1981-05-11 95.8
TRICASTIN-4 PWR 915 Operational EDF FRAM 1975-05-01 1981-05-31 1981-06-12 1981-11-01 80.4
FLAMANVILLE-3 PWR 1630 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     CEA  
CHINON A-1 1, 2 ID     EDF  
SUPER-PHENIX Others ID 9 3, 6 EDF  2035
CHINON A-2 1, 2 ID  9   EDF 2025
CHINON A-3 1, 2 ID 9   EDF  
CHOOZ-A (ARDENNES) Others ID 9   EDF 2019
EL-4 (MONTS D'ARREE) 1, 2 ID  9   EDF 2018
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