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 MWe
910 MWe
951 MWe
2785 MWt
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 2023-12-08

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