Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Owner Georgia Power Co.
Operator Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 30 September 1968
First Criticality Thursday, 12 September 1974
First Grid Connection Monday, 11 November 1974
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 31 December 1975

Specifications

Capacity Net 876 MWe
Capacity Gross 911 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2804 MWt
Design Net Capacity 777 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1974 - - - - - - - -
1975 786 6158 3095.80 - - - - -
1976 786 7299 4133.80 83.10 60.00 60.00 59.90 59.90
1977 700 5802 3716.70 66.20 60.20 60.00 60.60 60.20
1978 717 6370 4277.20 72.70 68.20 62.70 68.10 62.80
1979 739 4781 3349.50 54.60 51.70 59.90 51.70 60.00
1980 764 7174 4790.20 81.70 82.10 64.50 71.40 62.40
1981 757 4384 2770.70 50.00 50.60 62.20 41.80 58.90
1982 758 4313 2893.90 49.20 49.40 60.30 43.60 56.60
1983 764 6240 3968.90 71.20 71.60 61.70 59.30 57.00
1984 752 5473 3609.18 62.30 62.30 61.80 54.60 56.70
1985 752 6694 4761.37 76.40 76.50 63.30 72.30 58.30
1986 768 5162 3645.39 58.90 59.00 62.90 54.20 57.90
1987 750 7043 5080.69 80.40 80.40 64.30 77.30 59.50
1988 756 5802 4115.82 66.00 66.00 64.50 62.00 59.70
1989 757 8760 6479.72 100.00 100.00 67.00 97.70 62.40
1990 753 5722 4103.39 65.30 65.10 66.90 62.20 62.40
1991 741 6530 4707.49 74.50 74.00 67.30 72.50 63.00
1992 741 8444 6157.15 96.10 96.10 69.00 94.60 64.90
1993 737 6913 4956.71 78.90 78.40 69.50 76.80 65.50
1994 741 7542 5512.20 86.10 85.80 70.40 84.90 66.60
1995 741 8760 6465.83 100.00 100.00 71.80 99.60 68.20
1996 805 7666 5726.66 87.30 87.80 72.60 82.60 68.90
1997 800 7637 6009.00 87.20 87.90 73.40 85.70 69.70
1998 800 8751 6951.75 99.90 99.90 74.60 99.20 71.10
1999 838 7153 5968.79 81.70 82.20 74.90 84.30 71.70
2000 863 7530 6413.39 85.70 86.20 75.40 84.80 72.30
2001 863 8689 7496.17 99.20 99.10 76.50 99.20 73.40
2002 856 7778 6627.11 88.80 88.80 77.00 88.40 74.00
2003 856 8438 7146.92 96.30 96.30 77.70 95.30 74.90
2004 869 8046 6896.11 91.60 91.70 78.30 90.80 75.50
2005 856 8121 6993.53 92.70 92.70 78.80 93.30 76.20
2006 876 7516 6422.81 85.80 85.40 79.00 86.30 76.50
2007 876 8550 7499.08 97.60 97.60 79.70 97.70 77.20
2008 876 7527 6433.74 85.70 85.70 79.90 83.60 77.50
2009 876 8289 7190.01 94.60 94.60 80.40 93.70 78.00
2010 876 7690 6509.87 87.80 87.80 80.60 84.80 78.20
2011 876 8760 7529.65 100.00 100.00 81.20 98.10 78.80
2012 876 7876 6802.03 89.70 89.70 81.40 88.40 79.10
2013 876 8251 7056.54 94.20 94.20 81.80 92.00 79.50
2014 876 7901 6816.80 90.20 90.20 82.00 88.80 79.70
2015 876 8657 7570.54 98.80 98.80 82.50 98.60 80.20
2016 876 8096 6991.13 92.20 92.20 82.80 90.90 80.50
2017 876 8425 7318.73 96.20 94.40 83.10 95.40 80.90
2018 876 8098 7009.59 92.40 92.40 83.30 91.30 81.20
2019 876 8624 7558.09 98.40 98.50 83.70 98.50 81.60
2020 876 7518 6410.21 85.60 85.60 83.70 83.30 81.60
2021 876 8308 7247.27 94.80 94.80 84.00 94.40 82.00
2022 876 8033 6962.11 91.70 92.30 84.20 90.70 82.20
2023 876 8667 7517.55 98.90 99.70 84.50 98.00 82.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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