Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (4-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Georgia Power Co.
Operator Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 1 August 1976
First Criticality Tuesday, 28 March 1989
First Grid Connection Monday, 10 April 1989
Commercial Operation Saturday, 20 May 1989

Specifications

Capacity Net 1152 MWe
Capacity Gross 1229 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3626 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1101 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 (%)
1989 1083 5104 5547.17 95.60 95.40 95.40 96.40 96.40
1990 1110 7125 6868.02 81.30 81.10 86.30 70.60 80.00
1991 1097 8375 8897.44 95.60 95.40 89.80 92.60 84.90
1992 1109 7175 7779.64 81.70 80.80 87.30 79.90 83.40
1993 1157 7737 8680.90 88.30 88.10 87.50 86.90 84.20
1994 1169 8062 9331.60 92.00 92.10 88.30 91.20 85.50
1995 1162 7908 9165.65 90.30 90.30 88.60 90.00 86.20
1996 1162 7899 9037.64 89.90 89.90 88.80 88.50 86.50
1997 1162 8760 10310.83 100.00 100.00 90.20 101.30 88.30
1998 1167 7347 8388.61 83.90 83.90 89.50 82.40 87.70
1999 1154 7833 9022.63 89.40 89.50 89.50 89.10 87.80
2000 1149 8784 10337.82 100.00 100.00 90.40 102.40 89.10
2001 1149 8112 9456.68 92.60 92.60 90.60 94.00 89.50
2002 1149 7328 8418.90 83.60 83.70 90.10 83.60 89.00
2003 1149 8401 9736.64 95.90 95.90 90.50 96.70 89.60
2004 1149 7970 9168.69 90.70 90.80 90.50 90.80 89.60
2005 1149 7464 8592.88 85.20 85.20 90.20 85.40 89.40
2006 1149 8024 9276.10 91.60 91.60 90.20 92.20 89.60
2007 1127 7323 8347.29 83.60 83.30 89.90 84.60 89.30
2008 1127 7767 8727.13 88.40 88.40 89.80 88.20 89.20
2009 1152 8710 10150.93 99.40 99.40 90.30 100.60 89.80
2010 1152 8011 9363.05 91.40 91.50 90.30 92.80 89.90
2011 1152 8163 9512.37 93.20 93.20 90.50 94.30 90.10
2012 1152 8784 10341.23 100.00 100.00 90.90 102.20 90.60
2013 1152 7748 8860.32 88.40 88.40 90.80 87.80 90.50
2014 1152 7984 9276.53 91.10 91.10 90.80 91.90 90.60
2015 1152 8692 10144.14 99.20 99.20 91.10 100.50 91.00
2016 1152 8220 9586.97 93.60 93.60 91.20 94.70 91.10
2017 1152 8347 9767.38 95.30 95.30 91.30 96.80 91.30
2018 1152 8760 10331.91 100.00 100.00 91.60 102.40 91.70
2019 1152 8076 9457.10 92.20 92.20 91.70 93.70 91.70
2020 1152 7913 9295.37 90.10 90.10 91.60 91.90 91.70
2021 1152 8760 10320.36 100.00 100.00 91.90 102.30 92.10
2022 1152 8023 9373.75 91.60 91.60 91.90 92.90 92.10
2023 1152 8255 9436.09 94.20 100.00 92.10 93.50 92.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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