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BLAYAIS-3
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 Apr, 1978
29 Jul, 1983
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
17 Aug, 1983
14 Nov, 1983
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
239.53 TW.h
78.4 %
79.2 %
21.6 %
76.4 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2022
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
1983
1912.000
910
2739
87.0
87.4
87.4
87.4
87.4
1984
5944.000
910
7055
80.3
80.4
81.4
74.4
76.2
1985
6568.900
910
7729
88.2
86.6
83.8
82.4
79.1
1986
6504.900
910
7759
88.6
88.2
85.1
81.6
79.9
1987
4304.700
910
5473
62.5
93.5
87.1
54.0
73.7
1988
5287.000
910
6708
76.4
81.6
86.1
66.1
72.2
1989
6086.420
910
7292
83.2
78.5
84.8
76.4
72.9
1990
4871.160
910
5673
64.8
62.8
81.8
61.1
71.2
1991
6372.290
910
7448
85.0
84.0
82.0
79.9
72.3
1992
5967.940
910
7220
82.2
81.8
82.0
74.7
72.6
1993
6285.260
910
7728
88.2
79.8
81.8
78.8
73.2
1994
4212.820
910
4979
56.8
57.7
79.6
52.8
71.4
1995
6739.570
910
7525
85.9
85.4
80.1
84.5
72.4
1996
6924.050
910
7744
88.2
86.8
80.6
86.6
73.5
1997
6614.050
910
7659
87.4
86.4
81.0
83.0
74.2
1998
6970.160
910
7954
90.8
87.8
81.5
87.4
75.1
1999
5123.020
910
5861
66.9
64.2
80.4
64.3
74.4
2000
6183.610
910
7143
81.3
78.2
80.3
77.4
74.6
2001
6707.060
910
7540
86.1
84.2
80.5
84.1
75.1
2002
6882.020
910
7682
87.7
86.4
80.8
86.3
75.7
2003
5844.860
910
6725
76.8
73.6
80.4
73.3
75.6
2004
5822.810
910
6699
76.3
72.5
80.1
72.8
75.4
2005
5868.130
910
6875
78.5
76.4
79.9
73.6
75.4
2006
6515.660
910
7340
83.8
81.5
80.0
81.8
75.6
2007
7441.680
910
8035
91.7
90.9
80.4
93.4
76.4
2008
7138.330
910
7676
87.4
86.8
80.7
89.3
76.9
2009
6134.500
910
6949
79.3
75.8
80.5
77.0
76.9
2010
6679.720
910
7390
84.4
82.2
80.6
83.8
77.1
2011
6925.350
910
7769
88.7
85.7
80.7
86.9
77.5
2012
6747.820
910
7436
84.6
83.0
80.8
84.4
77.7
2013
6944.290
910
7535
86.0
85.4
81.0
87.1
78.0
2014
4270.690
910
4677
53.4
55.5
80.2
53.6
77.2
2015
2219.740
910
2748
31.4
27.1
78.5
27.8
75.7
2016
6569.710
910
7181
81.8
79.8
78.5
82.2
75.9
2017
6902.060
910
7507
85.7
85.2
78.7
86.6
76.2
2018
6427.780
910
7110
81.2
80.4
78.8
80.6
76.3
2019
7147.000
910
7935
90.6
89.8
79.1
89.7
76.7
2020
5093.200
910
5757
65.5
63.2
78.7
63.7
76.4
2021
6897.130
910
7425
84.8
84.4
78.8
86.5
76.6
2022
5310.700
910
5740
65.5
64.6
78.4
66.6
76.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-06-04
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