Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | W (3-loop) |
Owner | Alabama Power Company |
Operator | Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. |
Timeline
Construction Start | Thursday, 1 October 1970 |
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First Criticality | Tuesday, 9 August 1977 |
First Grid Connection | Thursday, 18 August 1977 |
Commercial Operation | Thursday, 1 December 1977 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 874 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 918 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 2775 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 829 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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1977 | 829 | 1747 | 1047.90 | 68.80 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 64.20 | 64.20 |
1978 | 829 | 7568 | 5919.80 | 86.40 | 81.50 | 83.00 | 81.50 | 80.20 |
1979 | 829 | 2502 | 1732.40 | 28.60 | 23.80 | 54.60 | 23.90 | 53.20 |
1980 | 814 | 6110 | 4607.80 | 69.60 | 70.20 | 59.60 | 64.40 | 56.80 |
1981 | 804 | 3624 | 2653.00 | 41.40 | 41.50 | 55.30 | 37.70 | 52.20 |
1982 | 804 | 6936 | 5233.30 | 79.20 | 79.30 | 59.90 | 74.30 | 56.50 |
1983 | 804 | 6832 | 5268.60 | 78.00 | 77.70 | 62.80 | 74.80 | 59.40 |
1984 | 804 | 6920 | 5432.66 | 78.80 | 78.50 | 65.00 | 76.90 | 61.90 |
1985 | 816 | 7378 | 5868.67 | 84.20 | 84.30 | 67.40 | 82.10 | 64.40 |
1986 | 827 | 7247 | 5738.56 | 82.70 | 82.40 | 69.10 | 79.20 | 66.00 |
1987 | 825 | 8201 | 6444.86 | 93.60 | 93.70 | 71.50 | 89.20 | 68.40 |
1988 | 813 | 7363 | 5908.21 | 83.80 | 83.80 | 72.60 | 82.70 | 69.70 |
1989 | 824 | 7520 | 6022.64 | 85.80 | 86.00 | 73.80 | 83.40 | 70.80 |
1990 | 824 | 8681 | 6908.57 | 99.10 | 99.10 | 75.70 | 95.70 | 72.70 |
1991 | 814 | 6870 | 5416.06 | 78.40 | 78.40 | 75.90 | 76.00 | 73.00 |
1992 | 812 | 7119 | 5667.94 | 81.00 | 81.00 | 76.20 | 79.50 | 73.40 |
1993 | 812 | 8522 | 6873.90 | 97.30 | 97.30 | 77.50 | 96.60 | 74.80 |
1994 | 812 | 7546 | 6059.84 | 86.10 | 86.10 | 78.00 | 85.20 | 75.40 |
1995 | 812 | 7220 | 5751.98 | 82.40 | 82.40 | 78.30 | 80.90 | 75.70 |
1996 | 812 | 8740 | 7142.30 | 99.50 | 99.50 | 79.40 | 100.10 | 77.00 |
1997 | 822 | 6803 | 5433.98 | 77.70 | 77.70 | 79.30 | 75.50 | 76.90 |
1998 | 822 | 6539 | 5237.94 | 74.60 | 74.80 | 79.10 | 72.70 | 76.70 |
1999 | 847 | 8695 | 7226.52 | 99.30 | 99.30 | 80.00 | 97.40 | 77.70 |
2000 | 828 | 6775 | 5204.09 | 77.10 | 76.80 | 79.90 | 71.60 | 77.40 |
2001 | 833 | 7736 | 6392.53 | 88.30 | 88.30 | 80.20 | 87.60 | 77.90 |
2002 | 833 | 8641 | 7221.79 | 98.60 | 98.60 | 81.00 | 99.00 | 78.70 |
2003 | 830 | 7909 | 6609.90 | 90.30 | 90.30 | 81.40 | 90.90 | 79.20 |
2004 | 851 | 7627 | 6423.88 | 86.80 | 87.00 | 81.60 | 86.80 | 79.50 |
2005 | 833 | 8709 | 7402.19 | 99.40 | 99.40 | 82.20 | 101.40 | 80.30 |
2006 | 851 | 7578 | 6419.32 | 86.50 | 86.50 | 82.40 | 86.10 | 80.50 |
2007 | 851 | 7663 | 6530.77 | 87.50 | 87.50 | 82.60 | 87.60 | 80.70 |
2008 | 851 | 8579 | 7281.47 | 97.70 | 97.70 | 83.00 | 97.40 | 81.30 |
2009 | 851 | 7922 | 6711.12 | 90.40 | 90.50 | 83.30 | 90.00 | 81.60 |
2010 | 851 | 7806 | 6577.44 | 89.10 | 89.10 | 83.50 | 88.20 | 81.80 |
2011 | 874 | 8760 | 7764.30 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 84.00 | 101.40 | 82.40 |
2012 | 874 | 7967 | 6929.42 | 90.70 | 90.70 | 84.20 | 90.30 | 82.60 |
2013 | 874 | 8033 | 7021.41 | 91.70 | 91.70 | 84.40 | 91.70 | 82.90 |
2014 | 874 | 8760 | 7777.43 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 84.80 | 101.60 | 83.40 |
2015 | 874 | 7652 | 6680.66 | 87.40 | 87.40 | 84.90 | 87.30 | 83.50 |
2016 | 874 | 7617 | 6684.05 | 86.70 | 86.70 | 85.00 | 87.10 | 83.60 |
2017 | 874 | 8760 | 7750.07 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 85.40 | 101.20 | 84.10 |
2018 | 874 | 7567 | 6409.66 | 86.40 | 86.40 | 85.40 | 83.70 | 84.10 |
2019 | 874 | 7993 | 7003.19 | 91.20 | 91.30 | 85.50 | 91.50 | 84.20 |
2020 | 874 | 8783 | 7802.41 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 85.90 | 101.60 | 84.70 |
2021 | 874 | 7987 | 7096.20 | 91.20 | 91.20 | 86.00 | 92.70 | 84.90 |
2022 | 874 | 6367 | 5688.30 | 72.70 | 72.70 | 85.70 | 74.30 | 84.60 |
2023 | 874 | 8676 | 7922.18 | 99.00 | 98.60 | 86.00 | 103.50 | 85.00 |