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🇫🇷 Bugey

Name: Bugey
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Operational

Capacity≈4,180 MW

Units5

First Online1972

Construction Start1965

Output (ENTSO-E)3,276 MW · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypeGCR, PWR

Coordinates45.796, 5.268

Bugey is a nuclear power station in France. Of its 5 recorded unit(s), 4 reactors are operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 4,180 MW. On 2026-09-03, 4 of 4 units at this site were generating, with a combined daily mean of 3,276 MW recorded in ENTSO-E grid data. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1972. Reactor technology on site: GCR, PWR.

Reactor units at Bugey

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Bugey-1	Shut Down	GCR UNGG	540 MW	Construction 1965 · Grid 1972 · Shutdown 1994
Bugey-2	Operational	PWR CP0	920 MW	Construction 1972 · Grid 1979
Bugey-3	Operational	PWR CP0	920 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 1979
Bugey-4	Operational	PWR CP0	900 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1979
Bugey-5	Operational	PWR CP0	900 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1980

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