Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Owner Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Operator Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 11 December 1967
First Criticality Friday, 24 March 1972
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 20 September 1972
Commercial Operation Thursday, 30 November 1972
Permanent Shutdown Monday, 29 December 2014

Specifications

Capacity Net 605 MWe
Capacity Gross 635 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1912 MWt
Design Net Capacity 514 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 514 1842 459.00 79.30 100.00 100.00 48.00 48.00
1973 468 5354 1814.50 61.10 70.30 72.80 44.30 44.60
1974 514 6495 2482.70 74.10 55.40 64.10 55.10 49.90
1975 504 7689 3561.30 87.80 80.50 69.50 80.70 60.00
1976 504 6776 3260.20 77.10 73.50 70.50 73.60 63.40
1977 504 7456 3537.90 85.10 79.80 72.30 80.10 66.70
1978 504 6649 3240.70 75.90 73.40 72.50 73.40 67.80
1979 504 7194 3449.00 82.10 77.40 73.20 78.10 69.30
1980 504 6271 2978.80 71.40 72.00 73.10 67.30 69.00
1981 504 7407 3568.50 84.60 84.80 74.40 80.80 70.30
1982 504 8406 4174.30 96.00 96.70 76.60 94.60 72.80
1983 504 6072 2874.50 69.30 69.80 76.00 65.10 72.10
1984 504 6933 3335.83 78.90 79.00 76.20 75.40 72.30
1985 504 6287 2999.40 71.80 71.80 75.90 67.90 72.00
1986 504 4280 2058.43 48.90 48.90 74.00 46.60 70.20
1987 504 7288 3536.41 83.20 83.20 74.60 80.10 70.80
1988 504 8333 4113.84 94.90 94.90 75.80 92.90 72.20
1989 504 7372 3606.78 84.20 84.40 76.40 81.70 72.80
1990 504 7392 3616.27 84.40 84.70 76.80 81.90 73.30
1991 504 8200 4108.31 93.60 93.70 77.70 93.00 74.30
1992 504 7680 3734.59 87.40 87.60 78.20 84.40 74.80
1993 504 6860 3372.15 78.30 78.60 78.20 76.40 74.90
1994 504 8600 4315.55 98.20 98.20 79.10 97.80 75.90
1995 510 7554 3858.50 86.20 86.60 79.40 86.80 76.40
1996 510 7422 3798.79 84.50 84.90 79.70 84.80 76.80
1997 510 8358 4266.87 95.40 95.60 80.30 95.50 77.50
1998 510 6690 3358.70 76.40 76.60 80.20 75.20 77.40
1999 510 7936 4059.11 90.60 90.50 80.60 90.90 77.90
2000 510 8738 4548.07 99.50 99.50 81.20 101.50 78.80
2001 510 8145 4171.12 93.00 93.10 81.70 93.40 79.30
2002 510 7966 3962.62 90.90 91.00 82.00 88.70 79.60
2003 510 8612 4444.15 98.30 98.30 82.50 99.50 80.20
2004 510 7599 3858.02 86.50 86.60 82.60 86.10 80.40
2005 506 8212 4106.45 93.70 93.80 83.00 92.60 80.80
2006 605 8760 5106.56 100.00 100.00 83.50 104.50 81.60
2007 620 8114 4703.73 92.60 92.60 83.80 86.60 81.70
2008 620 8253 4895.05 94.00 94.00 84.20 89.90 82.00
2009 620 8760 5360.61 100.00 100.00 84.70 98.70 82.60
2010 620 7946 4782.47 90.70 90.70 84.90 88.10 82.70
2011 620 8152 4924.22 93.10 93.10 85.10 90.70 83.00
2012 605 8784 5016.28 100.00 100.00 85.60 94.40 83.30
2013 605 8123 4866.02 92.70 92.70 85.80 91.80 83.50
2014 605 8700 5083.96 99.90 99.30 86.10 96.50 83.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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