Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (3-loop) DRYAMB
Owner South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
Operator South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 21 March 1973
First Criticality Friday, 22 October 1982
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 16 November 1982
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 January 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 973 MWe
Capacity Gross 1006 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2900 MWt
Design Net Capacity 900 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 (%)
1982 900 761 191.20 - - - - -
1983 900 6238 4327.50 - - - - -
1984 900 5362 4208.59 61.00 61.30 61.30 53.20 53.20
1985 885 6272 5235.09 71.60 71.60 66.40 67.50 60.30
1986 885 8346 7160.64 95.30 95.30 76.00 92.40 70.90
1987 885 6135 5168.12 70.00 70.10 74.50 66.70 69.90
1988 885 5952 5068.16 67.80 67.80 73.20 65.20 68.90
1989 885 7073 5412.76 80.70 80.80 74.40 69.80 69.10
1990 885 7261 6117.27 82.90 82.90 75.60 78.90 70.50
1991 885 7065 5346.13 80.60 80.60 76.30 69.00 70.30
1992 885 8532 7515.20 97.10 97.10 78.60 96.70 73.20
1993 885 7258 6109.46 82.80 82.90 79.00 78.80 73.80
1994 885 6022 4456.04 68.70 68.80 78.10 57.50 72.30
1995 885 8478 7561.35 96.80 96.80 79.60 97.50 74.40
1996 945 7829 7155.13 89.10 89.60 80.40 88.20 75.50
1997 954 7805 7267.91 89.10 89.90 81.20 87.50 76.40
1998 945 8638 8188.92 98.60 98.70 82.40 98.10 78.00
1999 954 7779 7376.30 88.80 88.80 82.80 88.30 78.60
2000 966 6688 6358.81 76.10 76.20 82.40 75.00 78.40
2001 966 7095 6757.53 81.00 81.00 82.30 79.90 78.50
2002 966 7645 7379.52 87.30 87.30 82.60 87.20 79.00
2003 966 7564 7352.06 86.40 86.40 82.80 86.90 79.40
2004 966 8413 8243.34 95.80 95.80 83.40 97.20 80.30
2005 966 7746 7469.40 88.40 88.40 83.70 88.30 80.70
2006 966 7783 7521.40 88.80 88.90 83.90 88.90 81.00
2007 966 8719 8479.04 99.50 99.50 84.60 100.20 81.90
2008 966 7404 7178.10 84.30 84.30 84.60 84.60 82.00
2009 966 7150 6872.04 81.60 81.60 84.50 81.20 82.00
2010 966 8681 8487.08 99.10 99.10 85.00 100.30 82.70
2011 966 7622 7426.23 87.00 87.00 85.10 87.80 82.80
2012 971 7456 7281.60 84.90 84.90 85.10 85.40 82.90
2013 971 8501 8369.88 97.00 97.00 85.50 98.40 83.50
2014 971 7078 6914.78 80.80 80.80 85.40 81.30 83.40
2015 971 7301 7115.39 83.30 83.40 85.30 83.60 83.40
2016 971 8784 8658.36 100.00 100.00 85.80 101.50 84.00
2017 973 7079 6913.29 80.80 80.80 85.60 81.10 83.90
2018 973 7540 7366.39 86.10 86.20 85.60 86.40 84.00
2019 973 8402 8248.44 95.90 95.90 85.90 96.80 84.30
2020 973 8002 7727.52 91.10 91.10 86.10 90.40 84.50
2021 973 7224 6146.32 82.50 82.50 86.00 72.10 84.20
2022 973 8710 8591.09 99.40 99.40 86.30 100.80 84.60
2023 973 7699 7517.23 87.90 100.00 86.70 88.20 84.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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