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Blayais-4, France

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Framatome
Owner	Electricite De France
Model	CP1
Operator	Electricite De France
Capacity Net	910 MWe
Capacity Gross	951 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2785 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 April 1978
Criticality	1 May 1983
Grid Connection	16 May 1983
Commercial Operation	1 October 1983

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	177.43 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	75.5 %

Blayais NPP

Blayais NPP [Image: EDF]

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1978	0	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0	0
1983	910	3356	4418	94.5	94.8
1984	910	6012	6780	75.2	77.2
1985	910	5972.6	7024	74.9	80.2
1986	910	6278.1	7412	78.8	84.6
1987	910	6104.6	7437	76.6	84.9
1988	910	4337	5662	54.3	64.5
1989	910	5816.26	7250	73	82.8
1990	910	5912.31	7347	74.2	83.9
1991	910	5467.7	6496	68.6	74.2
1992	910	6120.58	7430	76.6	84.6
1993	910	5096.35	6854	63.9	78.2
1994	910	5897.06	7308	74	83.4
1995	910	5342.37	6198	67	70.8
1996	910	6719.61	7761	84.1	88.4
1997	910	6497.2	7705	81.5	88
1998	910	6692.57	7930	84	90.5
1999	910	6161.15	7369	77.3	84.1
2000	910	5467.51	6559	68.4	74.7
2001	910	6370.03	7297	79.9	83.3
2002	910	6462.24	7623	81.1	87
2003	910	5311.06	6292	66.6	71.8
2004	910	6560.31	7749	82.1	88.2
2005	910	5454.68	6357	68.4	72.6
2006	910	6758.43	7827	84.8	89.4
2007	910	6607.83	7484	82.9	85.4
2008	910	6755.66	7760	84.5	88.3
2009	910	4574.28	5295	57.4	60.4
2010	910	6723.73	7718	84.4	88.1
2011	910	6138.08	7079	77	80.8
2012	910	6615.11	7653	82.8	87.1
Total:		177582.41

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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