Blayais nuclear power plant 1
Gross capacity
951MW
Blayais nuclear power plant 1 is a pressurised water reactor unit at Blayais nuclear power plant in France rated at 951 MW gross. It is operating. Commercial operation began 1 Dec 1981.
Specification
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | CP1 |
| Size | Largeabove 300 MWe |
| Coolant | Light water |
| Moderator | Light water |
| Gross capacity | 951MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | 910MW |
| Net capacity (design) | 910MW |
| Thermal output | 2,785MWt |
| NSSS vendor | Framatomeall vendors |
| Typical enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Blayais nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | 1 |
| Country | France |
| Owner | Electricité de France SA100% |
| Operator | Electricité de France |
| Coordinates | 45.2560, -0.6932 |
Live status
ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, declared availability
State
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Available capacity
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Last 90 days, one cell per day
Declared: an outage or limit the operator has announced. No outage declared is not a confirmation that the unit is running.
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Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding
Enrichment
3–5% U-235
Who makes this assembly
- China National Nuclear Corporation PWR fuel assemblies
- ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas PWR and BWR fuel assemblies
- Framatome PWR fuel assemblies
- KEPCO Nuclear Fuel PWR fuel assemblies
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries PWR fuel assemblies
- Westinghouse Electric Company PWR fuel assemblies
Upstream
Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units,
utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.
Timeline
- 1 Jan 1977Construction start
- 20 May 1981First criticality
- 12 Jun 1981Grid connection
- 1 Dec 1981Commercial operation
Other units at Blayais nuclear power plant
| Unit | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|
| Blayais nuclear power plant 2 | 951 | |
| Blayais nuclear power plant 3 | 951 | |
| Blayais nuclear power plant 4 | 951 |
Other CP1 units
20 units worldwide share this model designation.
| Unit | Country | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blayais nuclear power plant 2 | France | 951 | |
| Blayais nuclear power plant 3 | France | 951 | |
| Blayais nuclear power plant 4 | France | 951 | |
| Dampierre nuclear power plant 1 | France | 937 | |
| Dampierre nuclear power plant 2 | France | 937 | |
| Dampierre nuclear power plant 3 | France | 937 | |
| Dampierre nuclear power plant 4 | France | 937 | |
| Gravelines nuclear power plant 1 | France | 951 | |
| Gravelines nuclear power plant 2 | France | 951 | |
| Gravelines nuclear power plant 3 | France | 951 | |
| Gravelines nuclear power plant 4 | France | 951 | |
| Gravelines nuclear power plant 5 | France | 951 |
Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2024-05-15
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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