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Hatch-2, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Georgia Power Co.
Model	BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Operator	Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Capacity Net	883 MWe
Capacity Gross	921 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2804 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 February 1972
Criticality	4 July 1978
Grid Connection	22 September 1978
Commercial Operation	5 September 1979

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	191.54 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	79.7 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	0	0	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	0	0
1978	795	496.6	1385	0	0
1979	749	2632.6	4155	80.1	84.7
1980	767	3653.1	5269	54.2	60
1981	772	4481.5	6872	66.3	78.4
1982	771	3734.2	5588	55.3	63.8
1983	771	3817.2	5774	56.5	65.9
1984	748	1893.5	2833	28.8	32.2
1985	748	5376.13	7239	82	82.6
1986	777	3618.71	6169	53.2	70.4
1987	761	5755.61	8388	86.3	95.8
1988	768	4254.48	5917	63.1	67.4
1989	768	4147.17	6155	61.6	70.3
1990	766	6527.75	8649	97.3	98.7
1991	761	4932.15	6656	74	76
1992	765	4692.39	6668	69.9	75.9
1993	757	4999.71	7734	75.4	88.3
1994	765	5275.59	7534	78.7	86
1995	809	5055.51	6888	75.1	78.6
1996	809	7021.7	8639	98.8	98.4
1997	818	6033.58	7560	84.2	86.3
1998	855	5829.91	7247	81	82.7
1999	855	7073.63	8173	94.4	93.3
2000	878	6900.28	7884	89.9	89.8
2001	878	6584.53	7618	85.6	87
2002	870	7423.29	8544	97.4	97.5
2003	883	6962.51	8052	91.1	91.9
2004	883	7520.63	8589	97	97.8
2005	883	6727.8	7724	87	88.2
2006	883	7641.83	8694	98.8	99.2
2007	883	6749.03	7744	87.2	88.4
2008	883	7479.8	8516	96.4	97
2009	883	5218.51	6119	67.5	69.8
2010	883	7391.68	8456	95.6	96.5
2011	883	6052.02	7405	78.2	84.5
2012	883	7581.41	8634	97.8	98.3
Total:		191536.04

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

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