Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | W (3-loop) |
Owner | Virginia Electric Power Co. |
Operator | Dominion Energy |
Timeline
Construction Start | Friday, 19 February 1971 |
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First Criticality | Wednesday, 5 April 1978 |
First Grid Connection | Monday, 17 April 1978 |
Commercial Operation | Tuesday, 6 June 1978 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 948 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 990 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 2940 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 907 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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1978 | 898 | 5420 | 3971.50 | 92.80 | 81.40 | 81.40 | 79.40 | 79.40 |
1979 | 898 | 5399 | 4188.70 | 61.60 | 53.20 | 63.60 | 53.20 | 62.90 |
1980 | 878 | 7589 | 5631.00 | 86.40 | 87.20 | 72.70 | 73.00 | 66.80 |
1981 | 860 | 5703 | 4637.90 | 65.10 | 65.60 | 70.80 | 61.60 | 65.40 |
1982 | 865 | 3027 | 2397.90 | 34.60 | 34.70 | 63.00 | 31.60 | 58.10 |
1983 | 872 | 6277 | 5310.40 | 71.70 | 71.60 | 64.60 | 69.50 | 60.20 |
1984 | 883 | 4425 | 3784.80 | 50.40 | 50.30 | 62.40 | 48.80 | 58.40 |
1985 | 893 | 6820 | 5798.93 | 77.80 | 77.90 | 64.40 | 74.20 | 60.50 |
1986 | 893 | 7327 | 6310.74 | 83.60 | 83.70 | 66.70 | 80.70 | 62.90 |
1987 | 915 | 4523 | 3568.91 | 51.60 | 52.10 | 65.10 | 44.60 | 60.90 |
1988 | 915 | 7760 | 6897.30 | 88.30 | 88.60 | 67.40 | 85.80 | 63.40 |
1989 | 915 | 4978 | 4303.32 | 56.80 | 57.80 | 66.60 | 53.70 | 62.50 |
1990 | 911 | 8726 | 7233.54 | 99.60 | 99.60 | 69.30 | 90.50 | 64.80 |
1991 | 911 | 6549 | 5625.82 | 74.80 | 75.20 | 69.70 | 70.50 | 65.20 |
1992 | 848 | 7225 | 5358.08 | 82.20 | 81.50 | 70.50 | 71.10 | 65.60 |
1993 | 911 | 6444 | 5692.65 | 73.60 | 73.50 | 70.70 | 73.00 | 66.10 |
1994 | 900 | 8012 | 6795.70 | 91.50 | 91.60 | 72.00 | 86.20 | 67.30 |
1995 | 893 | 8733 | 7839.17 | 99.70 | 99.70 | 73.50 | 99.80 | 69.20 |
1996 | 893 | 7985 | 6945.50 | 90.90 | 91.00 | 74.50 | 88.50 | 70.20 |
1997 | 893 | 7992 | 7157.53 | 91.20 | 91.30 | 75.30 | 91.50 | 71.30 |
1998 | 893 | 8091 | 7217.05 | 92.40 | 92.40 | 76.20 | 92.30 | 72.30 |
1999 | 893 | 8760 | 8124.46 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 77.30 | 103.90 | 73.80 |
2000 | 893 | 7997 | 7213.08 | 91.00 | 91.10 | 77.90 | 92.00 | 74.60 |
2001 | 925 | 8010 | 7120.79 | 91.40 | 91.50 | 78.50 | 87.90 | 75.20 |
2002 | 925 | 8760 | 8164.34 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 79.40 | 100.80 | 76.20 |
2003 | 925 | 7200 | 6519.92 | 82.20 | 82.20 | 79.50 | 80.50 | 76.40 |
2004 | 925 | 8023 | 7418.35 | 91.30 | 91.40 | 80.00 | 91.30 | 77.00 |
2005 | 925 | 8744 | 8091.86 | 99.80 | 99.80 | 80.70 | 99.80 | 77.80 |
2006 | 924 | 7861 | 7142.74 | 89.70 | 89.80 | 81.00 | 88.20 | 78.20 |
2007 | 903 | 7854 | 7215.14 | 89.70 | 89.40 | 81.30 | 91.20 | 78.70 |
2008 | 903 | 8784 | 7986.83 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 81.90 | 100.70 | 79.40 |
2009 | 903 | 8017 | 7302.50 | 91.50 | 91.50 | 82.20 | 92.30 | 79.80 |
2010 | 903 | 7496 | 6779.93 | 85.60 | 85.60 | 82.30 | 85.70 | 80.00 |
2011 | 920 | 6746 | 6243.13 | 77.00 | 77.40 | 82.20 | 77.50 | 79.90 |
2012 | 943 | 7531 | 7170.90 | 85.70 | 86.00 | 82.30 | 87.30 | 80.10 |
2013 | 943 | 7922 | 7672.82 | 90.40 | 90.40 | 82.50 | 92.90 | 80.50 |
2014 | 943 | 8546 | 8279.47 | 97.60 | 97.60 | 83.00 | 100.20 | 81.10 |
2015 | 948 | 8141 | 7789.98 | 92.90 | 93.00 | 83.20 | 93.80 | 81.40 |
2016 | 948 | 7925 | 7629.40 | 90.20 | 90.20 | 83.40 | 91.60 | 81.70 |
2017 | 948 | 8760 | 8492.34 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 83.90 | 102.30 | 82.20 |
2018 | 948 | 7893 | 7568.38 | 90.10 | 90.10 | 84.00 | 91.10 | 82.50 |
2019 | 948 | 8159 | 7850.41 | 93.10 | 93.20 | 84.30 | 94.50 | 82.80 |
2020 | 948 | 8783 | 8468.83 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 84.60 | 101.70 | 83.20 |
2021 | 948 | 7276 | 6896.85 | 83.10 | 83.10 | 84.60 | 83.00 | 83.20 |
2022 | 948 | 7812 | 7485.98 | 89.20 | 89.20 | 84.70 | 90.10 | 83.40 |
2023 | 948 | 8720 | 8412.10 | 99.50 | 99.90 | 85.10 | 101.30 | 83.80 |