Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CE (2-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Operator Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 12 March 1967
First Criticality Monday, 24 May 1971
First Grid Connection Friday, 31 December 1971
Commercial Operation Friday, 31 December 1971
Permanent Shutdown Friday, 20 May 2022

Specifications

Capacity Net 805 MWe
Capacity Gross 850 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2565 MWt
Design Net Capacity 805 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 (%)
1971 - - - - - - - -
1972 400 4990 1899.10 56.80 100.00 100.00 54.00 54.00
1973 700 3829 2411.30 43.70 100.00 100.00 39.30 44.70
1974 722 317 93.30 3.60 100.00 100.00 1.50 27.60
1975 684 5649 2427.80 64.50 40.50 83.80 40.50 31.10
1976 684 4847 2846.90 55.20 47.40 76.00 47.40 34.60
1977 635 8004 5084.60 91.40 90.20 78.30 91.40 44.00
1978 635 4346 2624.20 49.60 46.00 73.70 47.20 44.50
1979 635 5241 3433.40 59.80 58.70 71.90 61.70 46.60
1980 635 3764 2379.10 42.80 39.70 68.30 42.60 46.20
1981 635 5009 3462.70 57.20 55.80 67.00 62.20 47.80
1982 635 4788 3345.00 54.70 49.30 65.40 60.10 48.90
1983 635 5282 3770.00 60.30 60.10 65.00 67.80 50.50
1984 635 1334 811.55 15.20 10.00 60.80 14.60 47.70
1985 730 7342 5301.80 83.80 82.00 62.30 91.80 51.00
1986 730 1323 841.24 15.10 14.90 58.70 13.20 48.10
1987 730 3980 2634.43 45.40 45.20 57.80 41.20 47.60
1988 730 4853 3435.22 55.20 53.70 57.50 53.60 48.00
1989 730 6019 3637.78 68.70 67.40 58.10 56.90 48.60
1990 730 5073 3008.09 57.90 56.10 58.00 47.00 48.50
1991 730 6693 4873.84 76.40 75.40 59.00 76.20 50.00
1992 730 6293 4865.07 71.60 70.50 59.60 75.90 51.30
1993 730 4595 3545.65 52.40 50.40 59.10 55.40 51.50
1994 730 5860 4513.83 66.90 65.50 59.40 70.60 52.40
1995 730 6491 4663.52 74.10 73.00 60.00 72.90 53.40
1996 730 7068 5314.34 80.50 79.70 60.90 82.90 54.60
1997 730 7714 5803.46 88.10 87.60 62.00 90.80 56.10
1998 730 7142 5390.58 81.50 81.10 62.70 84.30 57.20
1999 730 6910 5128.36 78.90 78.40 63.30 80.20 58.10
2000 730 7672 5748.02 87.30 86.80 64.20 89.60 59.30
2001 730 3118 2355.63 35.60 35.20 63.20 36.80 58.50
2002 730 8187 6369.37 93.50 93.20 64.20 99.60 59.90
2003 730 7914 6158.15 90.30 90.00 65.00 96.30 61.10
2004 730 7164 5346.14 81.60 81.10 65.60 83.40 61.80
2005 767 8443 6645.84 96.40 96.40 66.60 98.90 63.00
2006 778 7498 5917.11 85.60 85.60 67.20 86.80 63.80
2007 778 7427 5826.02 84.80 84.80 67.70 85.50 64.40
2008 778 8599 6837.23 97.90 97.90 68.60 100.00 65.50
2009 778 7695 6118.71 87.80 87.90 69.20 89.80 66.20
2010 778 7915 6240.66 90.40 90.40 69.80 91.60 66.90
2011 793 8407 6641.01 96.00 96.10 70.50 95.60 67.70
2012 793 6702 5178.21 76.30 76.40 70.70 74.30 67.90
2013 793 7567 6041.70 86.40 86.40 71.10 87.00 68.40
2014 793 7286 5830.36 83.20 83.20 71.40 83.90 68.80
2015 805 7948 6318.52 90.70 90.90 71.90 89.60 69.40
2016 805 8784 7041.29 100.00 100.00 72.60 99.60 70.10
2017 805 7969 6097.50 91.00 91.00 73.00 86.50 70.50
2018 805 6863 5455.94 78.30 79.10 73.20 77.40 70.70
2019 805 8585 6864.36 98.00 98.00 73.80 97.30 71.30
2020 805 7540 5995.12 85.80 85.80 74.00 84.80 71.60
2021 805 8760 6993.51 100.00 100.00 74.60 99.20 72.20
2022 805 3351 2730.23 - - - - -

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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