Improved productivity in Electricite de France nuclear power plants

Conference · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5772605

Leclercq, J

Any reactor operator aims at ensuring the efficient management of all his generating facilities. This objective can be reflected in the following: 1) achieving satisfactory plant availability; 2) constantly matching generation to demand; and 3) reaching optimum operating costs. To assess actual records as compared to this objective, the reactor operator needs indicators such as the energy availability factor, number of outages, dosimetry, and other parameters. Added to these strictly technical indicators, Electricite de France (EdF) has recently introduced economic indicators, one for each unit and one for all of the nuclear plants. The trend in the values of these indicators demonstrates that EdF has improved its performance, particularly with regard to productivity, and ranks among the best reactor operators worldwide. Such good results rest on the organization developed in France whereby the best benefits possible are drawn from the considerable number of standardized nuclear power plants, allowing experience feedback to achieve full efficiency.

• Research Organization: Electricite de France
• OSTI ID: 5772605
• Report Number(s): CONF-851115-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AVAILABILITY
COST
EFFICIENCY
EUROPE
FRANCE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OPERATING COST
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
POWER PLANTS
PRODUCTIVITY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SERVICE LIFE
STANDARDIZATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WESTERN EUROPE