Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model
Owner
Operator Portland General Electric Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 1 February 1970
First Criticality Monday, 15 December 1975
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 23 December 1975
Commercial Operation Thursday, 20 May 1976
Permanent Shutdown Monday, 9 November 1992

Specifications

Capacity Net 1095 MWe
Capacity Gross 1155 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3411 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1130 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 (%)
1975 - - - - - - - -
1976 1068 3145 2186.90 40.60 29.30 29.30 29.30 29.30
1977 1080 6646 6520.40 75.90 69.00 54.40 68.90 54.40
1978 1080 1801 1705.70 20.60 18.00 40.30 18.00 40.30
1979 1080 5085 5286.70 58.00 55.80 44.70 55.90 44.60
1980 1080 6363 6079.00 72.40 72.70 50.80 64.10 48.90
1981 1080 6492 6428.20 74.10 74.60 55.10 68.00 52.30
1982 1080 4750 4815.60 54.20 54.30 55.00 50.90 52.10
1983 1080 4309 4098.80 49.20 49.30 54.20 43.30 50.90
1984 1080 4780 4752.23 54.40 54.40 54.20 50.10 50.80
1985 1080 6716 6914.63 76.70 84.90 57.40 73.10 53.20
1986 1050 6982 7094.12 79.70 79.80 59.50 76.80 55.40
1987 1075 4629 4363.10 52.80 52.90 58.90 46.30 54.60
1988 1095 5859 6344.37 66.70 66.80 59.60 66.00 55.50
1989 1095 5292 5547.74 60.40 60.40 59.60 57.80 55.70
1990 1095 5655 6104.42 64.60 64.60 60.00 63.60 56.20
1991 1095 1397 1496.17 16.00 24.40 57.70 15.60 53.60
1992 1095 4656 4611.95 60.90 60.90 57.80 54.90 53.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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