Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (4-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Ameren UE, Union Electric Company
Operator Ameren UE, Union Electric Company

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 September 1975
First Criticality Tuesday, 2 October 1984
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 24 October 1984
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 19 December 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 1215 MWe
Capacity Gross 1275 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3565 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1171 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 (%)
1984 1185 863 577.21 - - - - -
1985 1120 7882 8045.76 90.00 90.00 90.00 82.00 82.00
1986 1120 7121 7199.11 81.30 81.60 85.80 73.40 77.70
1987 1120 6141 6321.78 70.10 70.00 80.50 64.40 73.30
1988 1120 7413 8144.18 84.40 92.50 83.50 82.80 75.60
1989 1118 7368 8350.92 84.10 84.00 83.60 85.30 77.60
1990 1125 7167 8005.06 81.80 81.80 83.30 81.20 78.20
1991 1125 8726 9979.37 99.60 99.60 85.70 101.30 81.50
1992 1125 7204 8094.55 82.00 82.00 85.20 81.90 81.50
1993 1120 7498 8389.95 85.60 85.50 85.20 85.50 82.00
1994 1115 8726 10006.49 99.60 99.60 86.70 102.40 84.00
1995 1125 7356 8252.83 84.00 84.00 86.40 83.70 84.00
1996 1125 7864 8890.38 89.50 89.60 86.70 90.00 84.50
1997 1125 8760 8954.60 100.00 100.00 87.70 90.90 85.00
1998 1125 7913 8516.77 90.30 90.40 87.90 86.40 85.10
1999 1125 7707 8596.43 88.00 87.80 87.90 87.20 85.20
2000 1125 8762 9991.84 99.80 99.80 88.60 101.10 86.20
2001 1125 7500 8384.12 85.60 85.40 88.40 85.10 86.20
2002 1125 7484 8386.58 85.40 85.20 88.30 85.10 86.10
2003 1125 8397 9699.74 95.90 95.80 88.70 98.40 86.80
2004 1125 6856 7842.38 78.00 77.90 88.10 79.40 86.40
2005 1137 6966 8021.18 79.50 79.60 87.70 80.50 86.10
2006 1190 8324 10098.88 95.00 95.00 88.10 96.90 86.60
2007 1190 7742 9371.96 88.40 88.40 88.10 89.90 86.80
2008 1190 7834 9378.23 89.20 89.20 88.10 89.70 86.90
2009 1190 8408 10247.12 96.00 96.00 88.50 98.30 87.40
2010 1190 7412 9011.04 84.60 84.60 88.30 86.40 87.30
2011 1215 7771 9387.87 88.70 88.70 88.30 89.90 87.40
2012 1215 8784 10718.32 100.00 100.00 88.80 100.40 87.90
2013 1215 7008 8408.87 80.00 80.00 88.40 79.00 87.60
2014 1215 7649 9297.34 87.30 87.30 88.40 87.40 87.60
2015 1215 8648 10443.55 98.70 98.70 88.80 98.10 88.00
2016 1215 7859 9445.58 89.50 89.50 88.80 88.50 88.00
2017 1215 6995 8338.45 79.80 79.80 88.50 78.30 87.70
2018 1215 8760 10657.75 100.00 100.00 88.80 100.10 88.00
2019 1215 7603 9227.76 86.80 86.80 88.80 86.70 88.00
2020 1215 6477 7742.12 73.70 74.90 88.40 72.50 87.60
2021 1215 3584 4265.82 40.90 40.90 87.00 40.10 86.20
2022 1215 7312 8882.15 83.50 83.50 87.00 83.40 86.10
2023 1215 7573 9195.58 86.40 86.60 86.90 86.40 86.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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