France

Bugey 2

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP0
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 November 1972
First Criticality Thursday, 20 April 1978
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 10 May 1978
Commercial Operation Thursday, 1 March 1979

Specifications

Capacity Net 910 MWe
Capacity Gross 945 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 920 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 (%)
1978 925 1700 518.70 - - - - -
1979 925 5588 4379.00 60.50 53.20 53.20 52.00 52.00
1980 920 5271 4460.00 60.00 55.70 54.50 55.20 53.80
1981 920 6017 5209.60 68.70 65.20 58.30 64.60 57.60
1982 920 3863 3341.70 44.10 41.60 54.00 41.50 53.40
1983 920 7689 6725.00 87.80 85.30 60.40 83.40 59.60
1984 920 6580 5748.00 74.90 88.00 65.10 71.10 61.60
1985 920 7118 5948.80 81.30 76.00 66.70 73.80 63.40
1986 920 7515 5945.60 85.80 84.50 69.00 73.80 64.70
1987 920 4729 3581.10 54.00 51.60 67.00 44.40 62.40
1988 920 5718 4495.00 65.10 63.20 66.60 55.60 61.70
1989 920 5721 4700.83 65.30 61.10 66.10 58.30 61.40
1990 920 6213 4878.71 70.90 69.30 66.40 60.50 61.30
1991 920 6001 4927.21 68.50 64.40 66.20 61.10 61.30
1992 910 4781 3918.31 54.40 50.20 65.10 49.00 60.40
1993 910 5718 4509.91 65.30 94.20 67.00 56.60 60.20
1994 910 6811 5782.19 77.80 76.60 67.60 72.50 60.90
1995 910 7051 6045.65 80.50 78.10 68.20 75.80 61.80
1996 910 6863 5533.91 78.10 75.40 68.60 69.20 62.20
1997 910 6815 5477.66 77.80 81.00 69.30 68.70 62.60
1998 910 6605 5379.41 75.40 72.90 69.50 67.50 62.80
1999 910 7050 5960.27 80.50 77.50 69.90 74.80 63.40
2000 910 6025 5183.54 68.60 66.30 69.70 64.80 63.50
2001 910 6493 5685.92 74.10 72.20 69.80 71.30 63.80
2002 910 6212 5542.28 70.90 69.90 69.80 69.50 64.00
2003 910 6579 5521.65 75.10 71.00 69.90 69.30 64.20
2004 910 8571 7593.43 97.60 96.00 70.90 95.00 65.40
2005 910 7607 6373.89 86.80 81.70 71.30 80.00 66.00
2006 910 7158 6125.65 81.70 79.20 71.60 76.80 66.40
2007 910 7880 6925.13 89.90 87.60 72.10 86.90 67.10
2008 910 7517 6130.76 85.60 77.70 72.30 76.70 67.40
2009 910 8731 7285.26 99.70 96.10 73.10 91.40 68.20
2010 910 2732 2218.07 31.20 27.90 71.60 27.80 66.90
2011 910 7260 6127.50 82.90 79.60 71.90 76.90 67.20
2012 910 8712 7658.29 99.20 98.40 72.70 95.80 68.00
2013 910 5482 4679.30 62.60 60.40 72.30 58.70 67.80
2014 910 7390 6386.08 84.40 82.10 72.60 80.10 68.10
2015 910 8526 7307.72 97.30 95.00 73.20 91.70 68.80
2016 910 5400 4345.61 61.50 54.40 72.70 54.40 68.40
2017 910 7569 6690.06 86.40 84.40 73.00 83.90 68.80
2018 910 6916 6115.35 79.00 76.60 73.10 76.70 69.00
2019 910 8383 7443.41 95.70 93.60 73.60 93.40 69.60
2020 910 412 351.50 4.70 5.00 72.00 4.40 68.00
2021 910 7527 6445.92 85.90 81.60 72.20 80.90 68.30
2022 910 5083 4317.13 58.00 54.40 71.80 54.20 68.00
2023 910 5996 5226.93 68.40 65.80 71.60 65.60 67.90
2024 910 8104 7124.59 92.30 89.70 72.00 89.10 68.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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