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 Thursday, 5 November 1981
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 23 December 1981
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 1 June 1982

Specifications

Capacity Net 1139 MWe
Capacity Gross 1200 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 (%)
1981 1148 14 1.90 - - - - -
1982 1145 5881 5207.56 74.00 75.00 75.00 66.80 66.80
1983 1133 6346 6691.40 72.40 72.80 73.60 67.40 67.20
1984 1148 6112 6403.27 69.60 69.80 72.10 63.50 65.70
1985 1148 5223 5624.97 59.60 59.80 68.70 55.90 63.00
1986 1148 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.70 0.00 49.20
1987 1148 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 44.00 0.00 40.40
1988 1148 5097 3934.70 58.00 59.40 46.40 39.00 40.20
1989 1148 6103 6067.70 69.70 70.70 49.60 60.30 42.80
1990 1148 6864 7185.46 78.40 79.10 53.00 71.40 46.20
1991 1122 8482 9318.89 96.80 96.90 57.50 94.80 51.20
1992 1122 7031 7276.08 80.00 80.40 59.60 73.80 53.30
1993 1122 2213 2094.36 25.30 26.30 56.80 21.30 50.60
1994 1106 5415 5849.36 61.80 61.80 57.20 60.40 51.30
1995 1106 8064 8887.69 92.00 92.20 59.70 91.70 54.20
1996 1117 6894 7682.50 78.50 78.60 61.00 78.90 55.90
1997 1117 8001 8725.64 91.30 91.40 62.90 89.20 58.00
1998 1117 8656 9799.59 98.80 98.80 65.00 100.20 60.50
1999 1117 8203 8978.97 93.60 93.60 66.60 91.80 62.20
2000 1117 8158 9058.27 92.90 92.90 68.00 92.30 63.80
2001 1117 8760 9939.87 100.00 100.00 69.70 101.60 65.80
2002 1126 7640 8542.04 87.20 87.30 70.50 87.10 66.80
2003 1126 7401 8258.27 84.50 84.60 71.20 83.70 67.60
2004 1124 8353 9464.89 95.10 95.10 72.20 95.90 68.80
2005 1127 7867 8922.57 89.80 89.80 73.00 90.40 69.70
2006 1127 7931 8914.65 90.50 90.60 73.70 90.30 70.60
2007 1126 8692 9892.40 99.20 99.20 74.70 100.30 71.70
2008 1126 7749 8752.56 88.20 88.20 75.20 88.50 72.40
2009 1126 7837 8792.36 89.50 89.50 75.70 89.10 73.00
2010 1126 8573 9536.67 97.90 97.90 76.50 96.70 73.80
2011 1126 8016 8799.53 91.50 91.50 77.00 89.20 74.30
2012 1125 6866 7640.46 78.20 78.20 77.00 77.30 74.40
2013 1126 8519 9661.10 97.20 97.20 77.70 97.90 75.20
2014 1125 7867 8840.63 89.80 89.80 78.00 89.70 75.60
2015 1125 7849 8739.59 89.60 89.60 78.40 88.70 76.00
2016 1125 8526 9595.60 97.10 97.10 78.90 97.10 76.60
2017 1125 7824 8848.02 89.30 89.30 79.20 89.80 77.00
2018 1139 7909 8786.87 90.30 90.30 79.50 88.10 77.30
2019 1139 8711 9874.98 99.40 99.40 80.00 99.00 77.80
2020 1139 8190 9252.42 93.20 93.20 80.40 92.50 78.20
2021 1139 7828 8478.57 89.40 89.40 80.60 85.00 78.40
2022 1139 8590 9777.31 98.10 98.10 81.10 98.00 78.90
2023 1139 8079 9114.69 92.20 92.20 81.30 91.40 79.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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