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Virgil C Summer-1, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Westinghouse
Owner	South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
Model	W (3-loop) DRYAMB
Operator	South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
Capacity Net	971 MWe
Capacity Gross	1006 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2900 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	21 March 1973
Criticality	22 October 1982
Grid Connection	16 November 1982
Commercial Operation	1 January 1984

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	200.67 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	82.9 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
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	0	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0
1982	900	191.2	761	0	0
1983	900	4327.5	6238	0	0
1984	900	4208.59	5362	53.2	61
1985	885	5235.09	6272	67.5	71.6
1986	885	7160.64	8346	92.4	95.3
1987	885	5168.12	6135	66.7	70
1988	885	5068.16	5952	65.2	67.8
1989	885	5412.76	7073	69.8	80.7
1990	885	6117.27	7261	78.9	82.9
1991	885	5346.13	7065	69	80.6
1992	885	7515.2	8532	96.7	97.1
1993	885	6109.46	7258	78.8	82.8
1994	885	4456.04	6022	57.5	68.7
1995	885	7561.35	8478	97.5	96.8
1996	945	7155.13	7829	88.2	89.1
1997	954	7267.91	7805	87.5	89.1
1998	945	8188.92	8638	98.1	98.6
1999	954	7376.3	7779	88.3	88.8
2000	966	6358.81	6688	75	76.1
2001	966	6757.53	7095	79.9	81
2002	966	7379.52	7645	87.2	87.3
2003	966	7352.06	7564	86.9	86.4
2004	966	8243.34	8413	97.2	95.8
2005	966	7469.4	7746	88.3	88.4
2006	966	7521.4	7783	88.9	88.8
2007	966	8479.04	8719	100.2	99.5
2008	966	7178.1	7404	84.6	84.3
2009	966	6872.04	7150	81.2	81.6
2010	966	8487.08	8681	100.3	99.1
2011	966	7426.23	7622	87.8	87
2012	971	7281.6	7456	85.4	84.9
Total:		200671.92

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

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