Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 October 1968
First Criticality Monday, 23 October 1972
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 8 November 1972
Commercial Operation Thursday, 28 December 1972
Permanent Shutdown Friday, 1 August 1997

Specifications

Capacity Net 860 MWe
Capacity Gross 900 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2630 MWt
Design Net Capacity 825 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 (%)
1972 - - - - - - - -
1973 605 6644 3365.40 75.80 63.20 63.20 63.50 63.50
1974 790 6016 3574.30 68.70 68.70 66.30 51.60 56.80
1975 780 7002 4502.50 79.90 66.30 66.30 65.90 60.00
1976 760 8346 5928.70 95.00 88.90 72.10 88.80 67.50
1977 760 7197 5144.70 82.20 77.00 73.10 77.30 69.50
1978 772 7363 5355.00 84.00 78.80 74.10 79.20 71.20
1979 810 5991 4539.20 68.40 63.90 72.50 64.00 70.10
1980 810 6337 4403.70 72.10 71.30 72.40 61.90 69.00
1981 810 6849 5212.00 78.20 76.80 72.90 73.40 69.50
1982 810 6045 4524.10 69.00 66.40 72.20 63.80 68.90
1983 810 7317 5734.00 83.50 82.80 73.20 80.80 70.00
1984 810 6532 5134.17 74.40 72.60 73.20 72.20 70.20
1985 810 6931 5354.42 79.10 79.10 73.60 75.50 70.60
1986 810 7690 6241.76 87.80 87.00 74.60 88.00 71.90
1987 810 5414 4042.90 61.80 59.00 73.50 57.00 70.90
1988 810 6065 4605.71 69.00 75.70 73.70 64.30 70.50
1989 810 8128 6941.71 92.80 92.30 74.80 97.00 72.10
1990 830 5852 4859.73 66.80 65.50 74.30 66.80 71.80
1991 860 7469 6264.37 85.30 84.80 74.90 85.10 72.50
1992 860 6625 5358.00 75.40 75.20 74.90 70.90 72.40
1993 860 6833 5739.87 78.00 77.80 75.00 76.20 72.60
1994 860 7737 6631.98 88.30 88.20 75.70 88.00 73.40
1995 860 249 197.58 2.80 1.70 72.20 2.60 70.10
1996 860 6563 5062.02 74.70 74.50 72.30 67.00 70.00
1997 860 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.50 0.00 68.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in United States

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