Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model -
Owner Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Operator Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 1 May 1964
First Criticality Monday, 24 July 1967
First Grid Connection Monday, 7 August 1967
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 January 1968
Permanent Shutdown Thursday, 5 December 1996

Specifications

Capacity Net 560 MWe
Capacity Gross 603 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1825 MWt
Design Net Capacity 582 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 (%)
1967 - - - - - - - -
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 590 6873 3721.00 78.50 100.00 - 72.00 -
1971 603 7603 4399.50 86.80 100.00 100.00 83.30 77.70
1972 600 7702 4516.70 87.70 100.00 100.00 85.70 80.40
1973 576 4421 2425.00 50.50 100.00 100.00 48.10 72.50
1974 576 7993 4341.80 91.20 89.00 97.80 86.00 75.20
1975 535 7542 4125.70 86.10 85.70 96.00 88.00 77.20
1976 575 7246 4029.70 82.50 79.80 93.70 79.80 77.50
1977 550 7349 4013.20 83.90 81.60 92.20 83.30 78.20
1978 550 8462 4708.00 96.60 96.30 92.70 97.70 80.30
1979 550 7427 4118.50 84.80 83.90 91.80 85.50 80.80
1980 551 6578 3564.30 74.90 74.60 90.30 73.60 80.20
1981 555 7379 4064.90 84.20 84.40 89.80 83.60 80.40
1982 556 8184 4538.30 93.40 93.60 90.10 93.20 81.40
1983 569 6817 3785.80 77.80 78.40 89.30 76.00 81.00
1984 569 6295 3369.67 71.70 72.10 88.10 67.40 80.10
1985 569 8595 4638.10 98.10 98.40 88.80 93.00 80.90
1986 569 4696 2140.86 53.60 54.20 86.70 43.00 78.70
1987 569 4699 2538.16 53.60 54.40 84.90 50.90 77.10
1988 565 6040 3313.00 68.80 69.20 84.10 66.40 76.60
1989 565 5859 2963.24 66.90 100.00 84.90 59.90 75.70
1990 565 2588 1190.96 29.50 30.20 82.30 24.10 73.30
1991 560 6654 3708.78 76.00 59.60 81.30 75.00 73.40
1992 560 6955 3891.02 79.20 79.20 81.20 79.10 73.60
1993 560 6913 3742.61 78.90 79.00 81.10 76.30 73.70
1994 560 6754 3804.90 77.10 77.20 80.90 77.60 73.90
1995 560 6686 3659.66 76.30 76.40 80.80 74.60 73.90
1996 560 4893 2773.64 60.90 60.90 80.10 61.60 73.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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