France

Blayais 3

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP1
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 April 1978
First Criticality Friday, 29 July 1983
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 17 August 1983
Commercial Operation Monday, 14 November 1983

Specifications

Capacity Net 910 MWe
Capacity Gross 951 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 910 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1983 910 2739 1912.00 87.00 87.40 87.40 87.40 87.40
1984 910 7055 5944.00 80.30 80.40 81.40 74.40 76.20
1985 910 7729 6568.90 88.20 86.60 83.80 82.40 79.10
1986 910 7759 6504.90 88.60 88.20 85.10 81.60 79.90
1987 910 5473 4304.70 62.50 93.50 87.10 54.00 73.70
1988 910 6708 5287.00 76.40 81.60 86.10 66.10 72.20
1989 910 7292 6086.42 83.20 78.50 84.80 76.40 72.90
1990 910 5673 4871.16 64.80 62.80 81.80 61.10 71.20
1991 910 7448 6372.29 85.00 84.00 82.00 79.90 72.30
1992 910 7220 5967.94 82.20 81.80 82.00 74.70 72.60
1993 910 7728 6285.26 88.20 79.80 81.80 78.80 73.20
1994 910 4979 4212.82 56.80 57.70 79.60 52.80 71.40
1995 910 7525 6739.57 85.90 85.40 80.10 84.50 72.40
1996 910 7744 6924.05 88.20 86.80 80.60 86.60 73.50
1997 910 7659 6614.05 87.40 86.40 81.00 83.00 74.20
1998 910 7954 6970.16 90.80 87.80 81.50 87.40 75.10
1999 910 5861 5123.02 66.90 64.20 80.40 64.30 74.40
2000 910 7143 6183.61 81.30 78.20 80.30 77.40 74.60
2001 910 7540 6707.06 86.10 84.20 80.50 84.10 75.10
2002 910 7682 6882.02 87.70 86.40 80.80 86.30 75.70
2003 910 6725 5844.86 76.80 73.60 80.40 73.30 75.60
2004 910 6699 5822.81 76.30 72.50 80.10 72.80 75.40
2005 910 6875 5868.13 78.50 76.40 79.90 73.60 75.40
2006 910 7340 6515.66 83.80 81.50 80.00 81.80 75.60
2007 910 8035 7441.68 91.70 90.90 80.40 93.40 76.40
2008 910 7676 7138.33 87.40 86.80 80.70 89.30 76.90
2009 910 6949 6134.50 79.30 75.80 80.50 77.00 76.90
2010 910 7390 6679.72 84.40 82.20 80.60 83.80 77.10
2011 910 7769 6925.35 88.70 85.70 80.70 86.90 77.50
2012 910 7436 6747.82 84.60 83.00 80.80 84.40 77.70
2013 910 7535 6944.29 86.00 85.40 81.00 87.10 78.00
2014 910 4677 4270.69 53.40 55.50 80.20 53.60 77.20
2015 910 2748 2219.74 31.40 27.10 78.50 27.80 75.70
2016 910 7181 6569.71 81.80 79.80 78.50 82.20 75.90
2017 910 7507 6902.06 85.70 85.20 78.70 86.60 76.20
2018 910 7110 6427.78 81.20 80.40 78.80 80.60 76.30
2019 910 7935 7147.00 90.60 89.80 79.10 89.70 76.70
2020 910 5757 5093.20 65.50 63.20 78.70 63.70 76.40
2021 910 7425 6897.13 84.80 84.40 78.80 86.50 76.60
2022 910 5740 5310.70 65.50 64.60 78.40 66.60 76.40
2023 910 7436 6594.91 84.90 83.00 78.60 82.70 76.50
2024 910 3756 3486.86 42.80 42.40 77.70 43.60 75.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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