Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (4-loop) ICECND
Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
Operator Tennessee Valley Authority

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 27 May 1970
First Criticality Saturday, 5 July 1980
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 22 July 1980
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 1 July 1981

Specifications

Capacity Net 1152 MWe
Capacity Gross 1221 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3455 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1148 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 (%)
1980 1148 834 518.84 - - - - -
1981 1128 4984 4806.21 60.90 62.10 62.10 50.70 50.70
1982 1128 4626 4909.70 52.80 53.40 56.30 49.70 50.00
1983 1139 6791 7340.90 77.50 78.20 65.10 73.60 59.50
1984 1148 5992 6104.70 68.20 69.10 66.20 60.50 59.80
1985 1148 3760 4076.07 42.90 44.70 61.40 40.50 55.50
1986 1148 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.20 0.00 45.40
1987 1148 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.40 0.00 38.30
1988 1148 282 127.69 3.20 6.40 37.60 1.30 33.40
1989 1148 8624 9550.60 98.40 98.50 44.80 95.00 40.60
1990 1148 6406 6840.68 73.10 74.00 47.90 68.00 43.50
1991 1122 6774 7270.13 77.30 77.60 50.60 74.00 46.40
1992 1122 7734 8402.49 88.00 88.20 53.90 85.30 49.70
1993 1122 1219 1290.51 13.90 14.80 50.80 13.10 46.80
1994 1111 5774 6111.64 65.90 66.00 51.90 62.80 48.00
1995 1111 6620 6829.49 75.60 75.60 53.50 70.20 49.50
1996 1117 8344 9293.49 95.00 95.10 56.10 95.10 52.40
1997 1117 7486 8324.30 85.50 85.50 57.90 85.10 54.30
1998 1122 7966 8905.68 90.90 91.00 59.80 90.90 56.40
1999 1122 8760 9986.98 100.00 100.00 61.90 101.60 58.80
2000 1122 6988 7720.48 79.60 79.50 62.80 78.30 59.80
2001 1122 7988 9018.99 91.20 91.20 64.20 91.80 61.40
2002 1125 8760 9953.53 100.00 100.00 65.80 101.10 63.20
2003 1125 6443 7351.13 73.60 73.60 66.20 74.60 63.70
2004 1148 8027 9290.48 91.40 91.40 67.30 92.10 64.90
2005 1150 8658 10076.53 98.80 98.80 68.60 100.00 66.40
2006 1150 7915 9086.03 90.40 90.40 69.40 90.20 67.30
2007 1148 7668 8758.29 87.50 87.50 70.10 87.10 68.10
2008 1148 8738 10164.80 99.50 99.50 71.20 100.80 69.30
2009 1148 7820 8962.17 89.30 89.30 71.90 89.10 70.00
2010 1152 7524 8464.09 85.90 86.00 72.40 83.90 70.50
2011 1152 8636 9888.54 98.60 98.60 73.20 98.00 71.40
2012 1152 7907 8945.17 90.00 90.00 73.80 88.40 71.90
2013 1152 7834 8805.63 89.40 89.40 74.20 87.20 72.40
2014 1152 8760 10051.76 100.00 100.00 75.00 99.60 73.20
2015 1152 7196 7771.73 82.20 82.20 75.20 77.00 73.40
2016 1152 6783 7673.62 77.20 77.20 75.30 75.80 73.40
2017 1152 8420 9378.86 96.10 96.10 75.90 92.90 74.00
2018 1152 7858 8916.87 89.70 89.70 76.20 88.40 74.40
2019 1152 7523 8189.64 85.90 85.90 76.50 81.20 74.50
2020 1152 8627 9846.77 98.20 98.20 77.10 97.30 75.10
2021 1152 7810 8836.62 89.20 89.20 77.40 87.60 75.40
2022 1152 7956 9049.98 90.80 90.80 77.70 89.70 75.80
2023 1152 8760 10112.90 100.00 100.00 78.20 100.20 76.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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