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BUGEY-3
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 Sep, 1973
31 Aug, 1978
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
21 Sep, 1978
01 Mar, 1979
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
240.44 TW.h
70.9 %
72.2 %
29.1 %
66.7 %
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
416.900
925
1144
1979
3504.000
925
4389
45.0
39.9
39.9
40.4
40.4
1980
5960.000
920
6951
79.1
74.7
58.8
73.8
58.5
1981
4849.600
920
5646
64.4
61.0
59.6
60.2
59.1
1982
6002.200
920
7661
87.4
78.9
64.6
74.5
63.1
1983
5525.000
920
6556
74.8
74.0
66.6
68.6
64.2
1984
5793.000
920
6905
78.6
78.0
68.5
71.7
65.5
1985
4571.100
920
5235
59.8
57.2
66.8
56.7
64.2
1986
6558.100
920
7634
87.2
87.1
69.4
81.4
66.4
1987
5482.500
920
6637
75.8
76.4
70.2
68.0
66.6
1988
3812.000
920
4935
56.2
62.4
69.4
47.2
64.6
1989
4914.260
920
6467
73.8
87.4
71.1
61.0
64.3
1990
4538.610
920
5474
62.5
63.0
70.4
56.3
63.6
1991
3442.820
920
4168
47.6
51.7
68.9
42.7
62.0
1992
2489.990
910
2879
32.8
32.2
66.3
31.2
59.8
1993
5954.450
910
7117
81.2
76.1
67.0
74.7
60.8
1994
4717.680
910
5872
67.0
65.2
66.8
59.2
60.7
1995
5535.710
910
6564
74.9
95.2
68.5
69.4
61.2
1996
5652.940
910
7012
79.8
76.4
69.0
70.7
61.7
1997
5596.640
910
6561
74.9
74.9
69.3
70.2
62.2
1998
6680.360
910
7875
89.9
89.0
70.3
83.8
63.2
1999
5786.610
910
7001
79.9
77.3
70.6
72.6
63.7
2000
5745.140
910
6765
77.0
74.7
70.8
71.9
64.1
2001
6230.610
910
7129
81.4
81.2
71.2
78.2
64.7
2002
4634.680
910
5654
64.5
63.9
70.9
58.1
64.4
2003
6646.070
910
7924
90.5
85.2
71.5
83.4
65.2
2004
6447.310
910
7461
84.9
87.8
72.1
80.7
65.8
2005
5805.390
910
7017
80.1
76.8
72.3
72.8
66.0
2006
6563.540
910
7624
87.0
83.9
72.7
82.3
66.6
2007
7277.780
910
8258
94.3
91.4
73.4
91.3
67.5
2008
5807.100
910
7352
83.7
72.9
73.4
72.6
67.6
2009
1984.810
910
2676
30.6
25.0
71.8
24.9
66.2
2010
0.000
910
0
0.0
0.0
69.5
0.0
64.2
2011
7184.550
910
8370
95.6
92.1
70.2
90.1
65.0
2012
5696.790
910
6487
73.8
71.6
70.3
71.3
65.2
2013
4321.810
910
4929
56.3
55.1
69.8
54.2
64.8
2014
7412.210
910
8563
97.8
97.7
70.6
93.0
65.6
2015
6656.930
910
7664
87.5
84.6
71.0
83.5
66.1
2016
5556.900
910
6516
74.2
70.2
71.0
69.5
66.2
2017
6840.570
910
7744
88.4
86.3
71.4
85.8
66.7
2018
6993.150
910
8196
93.6
89.7
71.8
87.7
67.2
2019
4893.900
910
5806
66.3
61.7
71.6
61.4
67.1
2020
2537.870
910
2962
33.7
33.2
70.6
31.8
66.2
2021
6181.660
910
7068
80.7
78.6
70.8
77.6
66.5
2022
4981.070
910
5653
64.5
62.1
70.6
62.5
66.4
2023
6418.380
910
7378
84.2
81.3
70.9
80.5
66.7
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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