Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | |
Owner | |
Operator | Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. |
Timeline
Construction Start | Tuesday, 1 October 1968 |
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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 |
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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 (%) |
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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 |