BLAYAIS-4

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
01 May, 1983
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
16 May, 1983
01 Oct, 1983

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
240.91 TW.h
78.0 %
80.2 %
22.0 %
74.5 %
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
1983 3356.000 910 4418 94.8 93.5 93.5 94.5 94.5
1984 6012.000 910 6780 77.2 76.0 79.5 75.2 79.1
1985 5972.600 910 7024 80.2 78.7 79.2 74.9 77.2
1986 6278.100 910 7412 84.6 81.9 80.0 78.8 77.7
1987 6104.600 910 7437 84.9 83.9 80.9 76.6 77.4
1988 4337.000 910 5662 64.5 70.2 78.9 54.3 73.0
1989 5816.260 910 7250 82.8 87.5 80.2 73.0 73.0
1990 5912.310 910 7347 83.9 78.2 80.0 74.2 73.2
1991 5467.700 910 6496 74.2 73.1 79.1 68.6 72.6
1992 6120.580 910 7430 84.6 83.5 79.6 76.6 73.0
1993 5096.350 910 6854 78.2 72.9 78.9 63.9 72.2
1994 5897.060 910 7308 83.4 81.8 79.2 74.0 72.3
1995 5342.370 910 6198 70.8 71.5 78.6 67.0 71.9
1996 6719.610 910 7761 88.4 86.9 79.2 84.1 72.8
1997 6497.200 910 7705 88.0 86.6 79.7 81.5 73.4
1998 6692.570 910 7930 90.5 87.9 80.3 84.0 74.1
1999 6161.150 910 7369 84.1 80.2 80.2 77.3 74.3
2000 5467.510 910 6559 74.7 72.5 79.8 68.4 74.0
2001 6370.030 910 7297 83.3 82.1 79.9 79.9 74.3
2002 6462.240 910 7623 87.0 85.1 80.2 81.1 74.6
2003 5311.060 910 6292 71.8 68.4 79.6 66.6 74.2
2004 6560.310 910 7749 88.2 84.6 79.8 82.1 74.6
2005 5454.680 910 6357 72.6 69.6 79.4 68.4 74.3
2006 6758.430 910 7827 89.4 86.5 79.7 84.8 74.8
2007 6607.830 910 7484 85.4 84.2 79.9 82.9 75.1
2008 6755.660 910 7760 88.3 87.0 80.2 84.5 75.5
2009 4574.280 910 5295 60.4 58.4 79.3 57.4 74.8
2010 6723.730 910 7718 88.1 85.5 79.6 84.4 75.2
2011 6138.080 910 7079 80.8 79.1 79.5 77.0 75.2
2012 6615.110 910 7653 87.1 83.7 79.7 82.8 75.5
2013 5146.770 910 5924 67.6 64.8 79.2 64.6 75.1
2014 6463.780 910 7566 86.4 84.4 79.4 81.1 75.3
2015 4522.440 910 5124 58.5 57.3 78.7 56.7 74.7
2016 6772.220 910 7859 89.5 86.8 78.9 84.7 75.0
2017 6184.820 910 7044 80.4 79.0 78.9 77.6 75.1
2018 6690.110 910 7744 88.4 86.1 79.1 83.9 75.4
2019 4935.560 910 5685 64.9 63.1 78.7 61.9 75.0
2020 6573.470 910 7472 85.1 82.4 78.8 82.2 75.2
2021 5530.480 910 6379 72.8 71.5 78.6 69.4 75.0
2022 6137.480 910 8095 92.4 80.5 78.6 77.0 75.1
2023 4262.810 910 5261 60.1 54.3 78.0 53.5 74.5
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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