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BUGEY-5
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
MW
e
900
MW
e
917
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1974
15 Jul, 1979
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
31 Jul, 1979
03 Jan, 1980
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
233.06 TW.h
72.2 %
74.0 %
27.8 %
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
1979
1260.000
900
2337
1980
6589.000
900
8050
91.6
84.5
84.5
83.4
83.4
1981
4869.300
900
6061
69.2
62.8
73.6
61.8
72.6
1982
5738.500
900
6956
79.4
76.4
74.6
72.8
72.6
1983
5578.000
900
6649
75.9
73.9
74.4
70.8
72.2
1984
5778.000
900
6884
78.4
74.1
74.3
73.1
72.4
1985
6079.700
900
7314
83.5
80.5
75.4
77.1
73.2
1986
5465.500
900
6493
74.1
75.5
75.4
69.3
72.6
1987
5015.900
900
6044
69.0
66.6
74.3
63.6
71.5
1988
5466.000
900
6465
73.6
84.6
75.4
69.1
71.2
1989
4757.980
900
6185
70.6
64.7
74.4
60.4
70.1
1990
5585.970
880
7156
81.7
74.8
74.4
72.5
70.3
1991
3358.360
880
4258
48.6
44.0
71.9
43.6
68.2
1992
4034.990
880
5003
57.0
52.5
70.5
52.2
66.9
1993
4416.610
880
5329
60.8
57.4
69.5
57.3
66.3
1994
4487.330
880
6311
72.0
85.7
70.6
58.2
65.7
1995
5582.800
880
7060
80.6
78.0
71.0
72.4
66.2
1996
5361.360
880
6844
77.9
77.5
71.4
69.4
66.3
1997
5592.900
880
7302
83.4
84.3
72.1
72.6
66.7
1998
5320.370
880
6844
78.1
80.5
72.6
69.0
66.8
1999
6108.750
880
7679
87.7
82.7
73.1
79.2
67.4
2000
5403.240
880
6889
78.4
74.6
73.1
69.9
67.5
2001
4358.590
880
5604
64.0
72.1
73.1
56.5
67.0
2002
6146.940
880
7925
90.5
91.0
73.9
79.7
67.6
2003
5711.090
880
7220
82.4
80.0
74.1
74.1
67.8
2004
5256.100
880
6438
73.3
71.4
74.0
68.0
67.9
2005
7022.840
880
8573
97.8
97.6
74.9
91.1
68.7
2006
6118.120
880
7765
88.6
86.6
75.3
79.4
69.1
2007
5752.870
880
7051
80.5
75.1
75.3
74.6
69.3
2008
6302.490
880
7822
89.0
84.3
75.6
81.5
69.7
2009
6556.830
880
7935
90.6
86.6
76.0
85.1
70.2
2010
5927.460
880
7457
85.1
80.1
76.1
76.9
70.5
2011
3271.680
880
4079
46.6
43.5
75.1
42.4
69.6
2012
7133.760
880
8569
97.6
98.3
75.8
92.3
70.3
2013
5083.500
880
5997
68.5
66.7
75.6
65.9
70.2
2014
5508.010
880
6492
74.1
72.4
75.5
71.4
70.2
2015
4924.480
880
5693
65.0
63.9
75.1
63.9
70.0
2016
0.000
880
0
0.0
0.0
73.1
0.0
68.1
2017
3282.270
880
3887
44.4
42.7
72.3
42.6
67.5
2018
5098.420
880
5902
67.4
65.9
72.2
66.1
67.4
2019
7323.230
880
8655
98.8
97.3
72.8
95.0
68.1
2020
5887.450
880
6900
78.6
76.3
72.9
76.2
68.3
2021
4054.520
880
4822
55.0
52.5
72.4
52.6
67.9
2022
4244.170
880
5623
64.2
55.5
72.0
55.1
67.6
2023
6081.030
880
7143
81.5
80.3
72.2
78.9
67.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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