BUGEY-4

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
880 MWe
900 MWe
917 MWe
2785 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Jun, 1974
17 Feb, 1979
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
08 Mar, 1979
01 Jul, 1979

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
241.26 TW.h
73.8 %
75.3 %
26.2 %
69.6 %
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
1979 3528.000 900 5030 64.6 64.6 64.6 58.4 58.4
1980 5063.000 900 5983 68.1 65.8 65.4 64.0 62.2
1981 5671.900 900 6834 78.0 75.6 69.5 71.9 66.1
1982 5474.900 900 6276 71.6 69.8 69.6 69.4 67.0
1983 6329.000 900 7389 84.4 83.2 72.6 80.3 70.0
1984 5882.000 900 6896 78.5 75.8 73.2 74.4 70.8
1985 6224.400 900 7696 87.8 86.7 75.3 79.0 72.0
1986 5312.700 900 6622 75.6 76.1 75.4 67.4 71.4
1987 4670.900 900 6180 70.6 78.2 75.7 59.2 70.0
1988 3323.000 900 4524 51.5 51.5 73.2 42.0 67.0
1989 5541.340 900 6846 78.2 76.2 73.4 70.3 67.4
1990 3186.650 880 4312 49.2 53.5 71.7 41.3 65.1
1991 4984.850 880 6317 72.1 69.3 71.6 64.7 65.1
1992 1649.110 880 2012 22.9 22.2 68.0 21.3 61.9
1993 5748.620 880 7506 85.7 74.2 68.4 74.6 62.8
1994 5209.340 880 6619 75.6 82.2 69.3 67.6 63.1
1995 3989.940 880 4843 55.3 59.1 68.6 51.8 62.4
1996 4188.120 880 5333 60.7 62.4 68.3 54.2 61.9
1997 5652.460 880 7420 84.7 80.8 69.0 73.3 62.5
1998 6304.000 880 7791 88.9 86.3 69.8 81.8 63.5
1999 5591.310 880 7231 82.6 77.5 70.2 72.5 64.0
2000 5987.960 880 7544 85.9 82.6 70.8 77.5 64.6
2001 4746.000 880 5921 67.6 63.4 70.5 61.6 64.4
2002 5590.810 880 7130 81.4 83.4 71.0 72.5 64.8
2003 6645.340 880 8192 93.5 94.2 71.9 86.2 65.6
2004 6098.320 880 7367 83.9 81.3 72.3 78.9 66.2
2005 6073.190 880 7672 87.6 80.3 72.6 78.8 66.6
2006 6846.660 880 8341 95.2 93.2 73.3 88.8 67.4
2007 3586.190 880 4217 48.1 46.8 72.4 46.5 66.7
2008 6790.400 880 7891 89.8 87.7 72.9 87.8 67.4
2009 5094.250 880 6262 71.5 67.5 72.8 66.1 67.4
2010 7374.140 880 8674 99.0 98.4 73.6 95.7 68.3
2011 4458.280 880 5344 61.0 58.8 73.1 57.8 67.9
2012 6365.580 880 7529 85.7 83.5 73.4 82.4 68.4
2013 7125.790 880 8425 96.2 95.4 74.0 92.4 69.1
2014 5022.760 880 6265 71.5 68.5 73.9 65.2 69.0
2015 6335.290 880 7448 85.0 82.9 74.1 82.2 69.3
2016 4915.520 880 5739 65.3 64.5 73.9 63.6 69.2
2017 7189.640 880 8420 96.1 94.7 74.4 93.3 69.8
2018 5628.660 880 6625 75.6 73.1 74.4 73.0 69.9
2019 6584.520 880 7618 87.0 84.8 74.6 85.4 70.2
2020 6391.780 880 7595 86.5 84.8 74.9 82.7 70.6
2021 3552.950 880 4434 50.6 48.2 74.3 46.1 70.0
2022 2846.180 880 3339 38.1 39.2 73.5 36.9 69.2
2023 6683.660 880 8125 92.8 87.5 73.8 86.7 69.6
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22


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