Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model B&W; (L-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
Operator Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 October 1968
First Criticality Tuesday, 6 August 1974
First Grid Connection Saturday, 17 August 1974
Commercial Operation Thursday, 19 December 1974

Specifications

Capacity Net 836 MWe
Capacity Gross 903 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2568 MWt
Design Net Capacity 850 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 (%)
1974 - - - - - - - -
1975 797 6661 4898.40 76.00 67.70 67.70 70.20 70.20
1976 836 4966 3888.00 56.50 53.00 60.20 53.00 61.30
1977 836 6688 5103.10 76.40 69.70 63.40 69.70 64.20
1978 836 6676 5249.80 76.20 71.70 65.50 71.70 66.10
1979 836 4253 3323.40 48.60 45.40 61.40 45.40 61.90
1980 836 5570 3781.20 63.40 63.70 61.80 51.50 60.10
1981 836 6336 4900.80 72.30 72.60 63.40 66.90 61.10
1982 836 5671 3721.40 64.70 64.80 63.50 50.80 59.80
1983 836 4191 3220.60 47.80 48.30 61.80 44.00 58.00
1984 836 6150 4604.13 70.00 70.10 62.70 62.70 58.50
1985 836 6852 5190.35 78.20 78.20 64.10 70.90 59.60
1986 836 5446 3589.93 62.20 62.20 63.90 49.00 58.80
1987 836 7720 4763.34 88.10 88.20 65.80 65.00 59.20
1988 836 5996 3963.24 68.30 68.30 66.00 54.00 58.90
1989 836 5871 3377.00 67.00 67.10 66.00 46.10 58.00
1990 836 6437 4145.80 73.50 75.90 66.70 56.60 57.90
1991 836 7991 6540.51 91.20 91.30 68.10 89.30 59.80
1992 836 7088 5833.14 80.70 80.70 68.80 79.40 60.90
1993 836 7520 6126.55 85.80 85.90 69.70 83.70 62.10
1994 836 8643 7198.56 98.70 98.70 71.20 98.30 63.90
1995 836 7493 5978.22 85.50 85.60 71.80 81.60 64.70
1996 836 7613 6287.02 86.70 86.70 72.50 85.60 65.70
1997 836 8723 7251.10 99.60 99.60 73.70 99.00 67.10
1998 836 7364 6216.85 84.10 84.10 74.10 84.90 67.90
1999 836 7907 6714.72 90.30 90.30 74.80 91.70 68.80
2000 836 7748 6410.14 88.20 88.20 75.30 87.30 69.50
2001 836 8100 6875.47 92.50 91.80 75.90 93.90 70.40
2002 836 7820 6568.63 89.30 89.20 76.40 89.70 71.10
2003 836 8050 6794.30 91.90 91.80 76.90 92.80 71.90
2004 836 8045 6827.58 91.60 91.60 77.40 93.00 72.60
2005 840 6778 5743.24 77.40 77.40 77.40 78.00 72.80
2006 836 8760 7474.87 100.00 100.00 78.10 102.10 73.70
2007 843 8122 6882.81 92.70 92.80 78.60 93.20 74.30
2008 843 7558 6124.05 86.00 86.10 78.80 82.70 74.50
2009 842 8595 7302.10 98.10 98.10 79.40 99.00 75.20
2010 842 7883 6607.09 90.00 90.00 79.60 89.60 75.60
2011 842 7872 6395.49 89.90 89.90 79.90 86.70 75.90
2012 842 8784 7436.06 100.00 100.00 80.50 100.50 76.60
2013 836 5415 4448.74 61.80 61.80 80.00 60.70 76.20
2014 836 8760 7180.53 100.00 100.00 80.50 98.00 76.70
2015 836 7832 6528.76 89.40 89.40 80.70 89.20 77.00
2016 836 6821 5681.14 77.60 77.60 80.60 77.40 77.00
2017 836 8193 6883.54 93.50 93.50 80.90 94.00 77.40
2018 836 6966 5647.03 79.50 79.50 80.90 77.10 77.40
2019 836 7644 6447.65 87.30 87.30 81.00 88.00 77.70
2020 836 8783 7436.38 100.00 100.00 81.40 101.30 78.20
2021 836 7897 6553.94 90.20 90.20 81.60 89.50 78.40
2022 836 6753 5552.65 77.10 77.10 81.50 75.80 78.40
2023 836 8659 7274.18 98.80 98.30 81.90 99.30 78.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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