Bugey nuclear power plant

Bugey nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Bugey nuclear power plant is the 10th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in France, holding 6% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 32nd of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1979 and 1980; the median unit is 47.0 years old, older than the median of 41.0 in France.

The 5 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.8 to 6.4 years (median 5.1) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1970s is 5.4 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are St. Alban nuclear power plant (59 km), Cruas nuclear power plant (136 km) and Tricastin nuclear power plant (168 km).

4 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 2 -1.1%, Unit 3 -1.1%, Unit 4 -2.2% and Unit 5 -2.2%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.