Details
Reactor Type | Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR) |
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Model | BWR-4 (Mark 1) |
Owner | Tennessee Valley Authority |
Operator | Tennessee Valley Authority |
Timeline
Construction Start | Monday, 1 July 1968 |
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First Criticality | Sunday, 8 August 1976 |
First Grid Connection | Sunday, 12 September 1976 |
Commercial Operation | Tuesday, 1 March 1977 |
Long-term Shutdown | Friday, 1 March 1985 |
Restart | Wednesday, 1 November 1995 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 1210 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 1260 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 3458 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 1065 MWe |
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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 (%) |
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1976 | 1065 | 1994 | 1416.90 | - | - | - | - | - |
1977 | 1065 | 7857 | 7247.50 | 88.50 | 74.80 | 74.80 | 74.80 | 74.80 |
1978 | 1065 | 6225 | 5554.30 | 71.10 | 59.50 | 66.50 | 59.50 | 66.50 |
1979 | 1065 | 5704 | 5482.50 | 65.10 | 58.80 | 63.80 | 58.80 | 63.80 |
1980 | 1065 | 6949 | 6936.10 | 79.10 | 79.30 | 67.80 | 74.10 | 66.50 |
1981 | 1065 | 6358 | 6264.80 | 72.60 | 72.60 | 68.80 | 67.20 | 66.60 |
1982 | 1065 | 5022 | 4892.80 | 57.30 | 57.40 | 66.90 | 52.40 | 64.20 |
1983 | 1065 | 5417 | 5394.30 | 61.80 | 61.90 | 66.10 | 57.80 | 63.30 |
1984 | 1065 | 503 | 290.50 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 58.40 | 3.10 | 55.60 |
1985 | 1065 | 1496 | 1526.47 | 90.80 | 90.80 | 59.10 | 87.00 | 56.20 |
1986 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1987 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1988 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1989 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1990 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1991 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1993 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1994 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1995 | 1065 | 810 | 764.62 | 79.40 | 79.50 | 59.40 | 70.40 | 56.40 |
1996 | 1065 | 8412 | 8803.50 | 95.80 | 95.80 | 63.40 | 94.10 | 60.60 |
1997 | 1065 | 8302 | 8523.36 | 94.80 | 94.80 | 66.50 | 91.40 | 63.60 |
1998 | 1118 | 7863 | 7884.88 | 89.80 | 89.90 | 68.60 | 83.50 | 65.40 |
1999 | 1118 | 8760 | 9730.59 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 71.30 | 99.40 | 68.30 |
2000 | 1118 | 8311 | 9097.37 | 94.60 | 94.60 | 73.20 | 92.60 | 70.30 |
2001 | 1118 | 8760 | 9803.36 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 75.10 | 100.10 | 72.40 |
2002 | 1118 | 8407 | 9260.08 | 96.00 | 96.00 | 76.60 | 94.60 | 74.00 |
2003 | 1118 | 8463 | 9325.73 | 96.60 | 96.60 | 77.80 | 95.20 | 75.30 |
2004 | 1118 | 8000 | 8701.83 | 91.10 | 91.10 | 78.60 | 88.60 | 76.10 |
2005 | 1114 | 8384 | 9153.72 | 95.70 | 95.70 | 79.60 | 93.80 | 77.10 |
2006 | 1114 | 7974 | 8638.83 | 91.00 | 91.10 | 80.20 | 88.30 | 77.70 |
2007 | 1105 | 8372 | 9086.06 | 95.60 | 95.60 | 81.00 | 93.90 | 78.50 |
2008 | 1104 | 6794 | 7300.59 | 77.40 | 76.40 | 80.80 | 75.30 | 78.40 |
2009 | 1104 | 8433 | 9175.41 | 96.30 | 95.90 | 81.50 | 94.90 | 79.10 |
2010 | 1105 | 7625 | 7858.11 | 87.00 | 87.10 | 81.70 | 81.20 | 79.20 |
2011 | 1105 | 7731 | 8451.13 | 88.20 | 88.30 | 82.00 | 87.30 | 79.60 |
2012 | 1105 | 7455 | 7999.54 | 84.90 | 84.90 | 82.10 | 82.40 | 79.70 |
2013 | 1105 | 8443 | 9234.30 | 96.40 | 96.40 | 82.70 | 95.40 | 80.30 |
2014 | 1105 | 7911 | 8565.45 | 90.30 | 90.30 | 82.90 | 88.50 | 80.60 |
2015 | 1105 | 8760 | 9623.05 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 83.60 | 99.40 | 81.30 |
2016 | 1105 | 7906 | 8308.77 | 90.00 | 90.00 | 83.80 | 85.60 | 81.40 |
2017 | 1105 | 8760 | 9651.06 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 84.30 | 99.70 | 82.00 |
2018 | 1105 | 7243 | 8099.12 | 82.70 | 82.70 | 84.30 | 83.70 | 82.10 |
2019 | 1210 | 8390 | 10313.85 | 95.80 | 95.80 | 84.70 | 97.30 | 82.60 |
2020 | 1210 | 7870 | 9501.81 | 89.60 | 89.60 | 84.80 | 89.40 | 82.80 |
2021 | 1210 | 8760 | 10922.05 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 85.30 | 103.00 | 83.50 |
2022 | 1210 | 7645 | 8947.91 | 87.30 | 87.30 | 85.40 | 84.40 | 83.50 |
2023 | 1210 | 8573 | 10261.99 | 97.90 | 96.80 | 85.70 | 96.80 | 83.90 |