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BLAYAIS-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CP1
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
910
MW
e
910
MW
e
951
MW
e
2785
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jan, 1977
28 Jun, 1982
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
17 Jul, 1982
01 Feb, 1983
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
251.11 TW.h
79.3 %
80.0 %
20.7 %
76.4 %
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
1982
1672.700
910
2571
1983
5094.000
910
5817
63.9
62.3
62.3
61.6
61.6
1984
6645.000
910
7716
87.8
85.5
74.5
83.1
72.8
1985
6819.700
910
7937
90.6
89.9
79.8
85.6
77.2
1986
6048.400
910
7142
81.5
82.9
80.6
75.9
76.9
1987
5987.100
910
7218
82.4
84.2
81.3
75.1
76.5
1988
4162.000
910
5718
65.1
90.8
82.9
52.1
72.4
1989
5560.970
910
6720
76.7
73.4
81.5
69.8
72.0
1990
5656.420
910
7381
84.3
85.7
82.1
71.0
71.9
1991
5326.540
910
6789
77.5
75.1
81.3
66.8
71.3
1992
5953.250
910
7505
85.4
83.7
81.5
74.5
71.6
1993
5253.210
910
6203
70.8
67.0
80.2
65.9
71.1
1994
6692.600
910
7658
87.4
88.1
80.9
84.0
72.2
1995
6725.490
910
7775
88.8
85.6
81.2
84.4
73.1
1996
6709.810
910
7587
86.4
85.0
81.5
83.9
73.9
1997
6769.920
910
7681
87.7
84.8
81.7
84.9
74.6
1998
6974.320
910
7883
90.0
87.2
82.1
87.5
75.4
1999
5836.200
910
6544
74.7
73.0
81.5
73.2
75.3
2000
4941.110
910
5592
63.7
63.0
80.5
61.8
74.6
2001
6547.950
910
7358
84.0
81.9
80.6
82.1
75.0
2002
5971.950
910
7357
84.0
82.7
80.7
74.9
75.0
2003
5181.160
910
5784
66.0
63.7
79.9
65.0
74.5
2004
6734.560
910
7346
83.6
81.5
79.9
84.2
74.9
2005
6918.750
910
7513
85.8
84.6
80.2
86.8
75.4
2006
6786.690
910
7599
86.8
85.4
80.4
85.1
75.8
2007
6035.600
910
6686
76.3
74.3
80.1
75.7
75.8
2008
7191.210
910
7977
90.8
89.7
80.5
90.0
76.4
2009
6050.550
910
6736
76.9
75.0
80.3
75.9
76.4
2010
6341.070
910
6919
79.0
78.2
80.2
79.6
76.5
2011
6516.190
910
7156
81.7
81.0
80.2
81.7
76.7
2012
6486.490
910
7345
83.6
81.8
80.3
81.2
76.8
2013
4891.240
910
5591
63.8
61.7
79.7
61.4
76.3
2014
6064.420
910
7030
80.2
87.1
79.9
76.1
76.3
2015
6278.210
910
7227
82.5
81.0
80.0
78.8
76.4
2016
6937.640
910
8106
92.3
89.9
80.2
86.8
76.7
2017
6376.490
910
6972
79.6
78.4
80.2
80.0
76.8
2018
7003.890
910
7825
89.3
87.9
80.4
87.9
77.1
2019
6366.210
910
7008
80.0
78.6
80.4
79.9
77.2
2020
6716.680
910
7468
85.0
82.5
80.4
84.0
77.4
2021
5452.660
910
6016
68.7
66.7
80.1
68.4
77.1
2022
6323.870
910
7395
84.4
83.9
80.2
79.3
77.2
2023
3520.880
910
4176
47.7
43.4
79.3
44.2
76.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-11-03
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