Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
Operator Tennessee Valley Authority

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 May 1967
First Criticality Friday, 17 August 1973
First Grid Connection Monday, 15 October 1973
Commercial Operation Thursday, 1 August 1974
Long-term Shutdown Tuesday, 19 March 1985
Restart Saturday, 2 June 2007

Specifications

Capacity Net 1200 MWe
Capacity Gross 1256 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3458 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1065 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 (%)
1973 798 1226 317.60 - - - - -
1974 1065 6523 5168.70 - - - - -
1975 1065 1535 1378.50 17.50 14.80 14.80 14.80 14.80
1976 1065 2174 1301.10 24.80 13.90 14.40 13.90 14.30
1977 1065 5817 5043.10 66.40 54.10 27.60 54.10 27.60
1978 1065 7042 5817.80 80.40 62.40 36.30 62.40 36.30
1979 1065 7918 7495.70 90.40 80.40 45.10 80.30 45.10
1980 1065 6376 6061.30 72.60 73.30 49.80 64.80 48.40
1981 1065 4435 4405.30 50.60 51.00 50.00 47.20 48.20
1982 1065 7967 7880.90 91.00 91.20 55.10 84.50 52.70
1983 1065 2316 2175.50 26.40 26.50 52.00 23.30 49.50
1984 1065 7930 7848.49 90.30 90.30 55.80 83.90 52.90
1985 1065 1626 1603.03 75.30 74.90 56.20 69.70 53.30
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 - - - - - - - -
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 - - - - - - - -
1990 - - - - - - - -
1991 - - - - - - - -
1992 - - - - - - - -
1993 - - - - - - - -
1994 - - - - - - - -
1995 - - - - - - - -
1996 - - - - - - - -
1997 - - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - -
1999 - - - - - - - -
2000 - - - - - - - -
2001 - - - - - - - -
2002 - - - - - - - -
2003 - - - - - - - -
2004 - - - - - - - -
2005 - - - - - - - -
2006 - - - - - - - -
2007 1065 4452 4535.28 86.70 85.40 57.80 82.90 54.90
2008 1065 7693 8193.05 87.60 87.60 60.40 87.60 57.70
2009 1065 8147 8758.70 93.00 93.00 62.90 93.90 60.50
2010 1093 8007 8072.30 91.40 91.40 65.00 86.20 62.40
2011 1101 8048 8757.41 91.90 92.00 66.80 90.80 64.30
2012 1101 7691 8505.98 87.60 87.60 68.20 88.00 65.90
2013 1101 8516 9485.99 97.20 97.20 70.00 98.30 67.90
2014 1101 8021 8691.41 91.60 91.60 71.20 90.10 69.10
2015 1101 8575 9455.32 97.90 97.90 72.60 98.00 70.70
2016 1101 7799 8382.89 88.80 88.80 73.50 86.70 71.50
2017 1101 8760 9801.35 100.00 100.00 74.80 101.60 73.00
2018 1101 7702 8114.12 87.90 87.90 75.40 84.10 73.50
2019 1200 8760 10857.30 100.00 100.00 76.60 103.30 75.00
2020 1200 7718 9174.12 87.90 87.90 77.10 87.00 75.50
2021 1200 8760 10902.22 100.00 100.00 78.10 103.70 76.80
2022 1200 7886 9396.07 90.00 90.00 78.60 89.40 77.30
2023 1200 8627 10750.38 98.50 96.00 79.30 102.30 78.30

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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