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Browns Ferry-3, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Tennessee Valley Authority
Model	BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Operator	Tennessee Valley Authority
Capacity Net	1105 MWe
Capacity Gross	1155 MWe
Capacity Thermal	3458 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 July 1968
Criticality	8 August 1976
Grid Connection	12 September 1976
Commercial Operation	1 March 1977
Long Term Shutdown Date	1 March 1985
Grid sync after long term shutdown	1 November 1995

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	194.59 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	1065	1416.9	1994	0	0
1977	1065	7247.5	7857	74.8	88.5
1978	1065	5554.3	6225	59.5	71.1
1979	1065	5482.5	5704	58.8	65.1
1980	1065	6936.1	6949	74.1	79.1
1981	1065	6264.8	6358	67.2	72.6
1982	1065	4892.8	5022	52.4	57.3
1983	1065	5394.3	5417	57.8	61.8
1984	1065	290.5	503	3.1	5.7
1985	1065	1526.47	1496	87	90.8
1986	0	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0	0	0
1989	0	0	0	0	0
1990	0	0	0	0	0
1991	0	0	0	0	0
1992	0	0	0	0	0
1993	0	0	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0	0	0
1995	1065	764.62	810	70.4	79.4
1996	1065	8803.5	8412	94.1	95.8
1997	1065	8523.36	8302	91.4	94.8
1998	1118	7884.88	7863	83.5	89.8
1999	1118	9730.59	8760	99.4	100
2000	1118	9097.37	8311	92.6	94.6
2001	1118	9803.36	8760	100.1	100
2002	1118	9260.08	8407	94.6	96
2003	1118	9325.73	8463	95.2	96.6
2004	1118	8701.83	8000	88.6	91.1
2005	1114	9153.72	8384	93.8	95.7
2006	1114	8638.83	7974	88.3	91
2007	1105	9086.06	8372	93.9	95.6
2008	1104	7300.59	6794	75.3	77.4
2009	1104	9175.41	8433	94.9	96.3
2010	1105	7858.11	7625	81.2	87
2011	1105	8451.13	7731	87.3	88.2
2012	1105	7999.54	7455	82.4	84.9
Total:		194564.88

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

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