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BUGEY-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CP0
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
910
MW
e
920
MW
e
945
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Nov, 1972
20 Apr, 1978
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
10 May, 1978
01 Mar, 1979
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
245.47 TW.h
71.6 %
73.5 %
28.4 %
67.9 %
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
1978
518.700
925
1700
1979
4379.000
925
5588
60.5
53.2
53.2
52.0
52.0
1980
4460.000
920
5271
60.0
55.7
54.5
55.2
53.8
1981
5209.600
920
6017
68.7
65.2
58.3
64.6
57.6
1982
3341.700
920
3863
44.1
41.6
54.0
41.5
53.4
1983
6725.000
920
7689
87.8
85.3
60.4
83.4
59.6
1984
5748.000
920
6580
74.9
88.0
65.1
71.1
61.6
1985
5948.800
920
7118
81.3
76.0
66.7
73.8
63.4
1986
5945.600
920
7515
85.8
84.5
69.0
73.8
64.7
1987
3581.100
920
4729
54.0
51.6
67.0
44.4
62.4
1988
4495.000
920
5718
65.1
63.2
66.6
55.6
61.7
1989
4700.830
920
5721
65.3
61.1
66.1
58.3
61.4
1990
4878.710
920
6213
70.9
69.3
66.4
60.5
61.3
1991
4927.210
920
6001
68.5
64.4
66.2
61.1
61.3
1992
3918.310
910
4781
54.4
50.2
65.1
49.0
60.4
1993
4509.910
910
5718
65.3
94.2
67.0
56.6
60.2
1994
5782.190
910
6811
77.8
76.6
67.6
72.5
60.9
1995
6045.650
910
7051
80.5
78.1
68.2
75.8
61.8
1996
5533.910
910
6863
78.1
75.4
68.6
69.2
62.2
1997
5477.660
910
6815
77.8
81.0
69.3
68.7
62.6
1998
5379.410
910
6605
75.4
72.9
69.5
67.5
62.8
1999
5960.270
910
7050
80.5
77.5
69.9
74.8
63.4
2000
5183.540
910
6025
68.6
66.3
69.7
64.8
63.5
2001
5685.920
910
6493
74.1
72.2
69.8
71.3
63.8
2002
5542.280
910
6212
70.9
69.9
69.8
69.5
64.0
2003
5521.650
910
6579
75.1
71.0
69.9
69.3
64.2
2004
7593.430
910
8571
97.6
96.0
70.9
95.0
65.4
2005
6373.890
910
7607
86.8
81.7
71.3
80.0
66.0
2006
6125.650
910
7158
81.7
79.2
71.6
76.8
66.4
2007
6925.130
910
7880
89.9
87.6
72.1
86.9
67.1
2008
6130.760
910
7517
85.6
77.7
72.3
76.7
67.4
2009
7285.260
910
8731
99.7
96.1
73.1
91.4
68.2
2010
2218.070
910
2732
31.2
27.9
71.6
27.8
66.9
2011
6127.500
910
7260
82.9
79.6
71.9
76.9
67.2
2012
7658.290
910
8712
99.2
98.4
72.7
95.8
68.0
2013
4679.300
910
5482
62.6
60.4
72.3
58.7
67.8
2014
6386.080
910
7390
84.4
82.1
72.6
80.1
68.1
2015
7307.720
910
8526
97.3
95.0
73.2
91.7
68.8
2016
4345.610
910
5400
61.5
54.4
72.7
54.4
68.4
2017
6690.060
910
7569
86.4
84.4
73.0
83.9
68.8
2018
6115.350
910
6916
79.0
76.6
73.1
76.7
69.0
2019
7443.410
910
8383
95.7
93.6
73.6
93.4
69.6
2020
351.500
910
412
4.7
5.0
72.0
4.4
68.0
2021
6445.920
910
7527
85.9
81.6
72.2
80.9
68.3
2022
4317.130
910
5083
58.0
54.4
71.8
54.2
68.0
2023
5226.930
910
5996
68.4
65.8
71.6
65.6
67.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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