Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
Operator Tennessee Valley Authority

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 July 1968
First Criticality Sunday, 8 August 1976
First Grid Connection Sunday, 12 September 1976
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 1 March 1977
Long-term Shutdown Friday, 1 March 1985
Restart Wednesday, 1 November 1995

Specifications

Capacity Net 1210 MWe
Capacity Gross 1260 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3458 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1065 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 (%)
1976 1065 1994 1416.90 - - - - -
1977 1065 7857 7247.50 88.50 74.80 74.80 74.80 74.80
1978 1065 6225 5554.30 71.10 59.50 66.50 59.50 66.50
1979 1065 5704 5482.50 65.10 58.80 63.80 58.80 63.80
1980 1065 6949 6936.10 79.10 79.30 67.80 74.10 66.50
1981 1065 6358 6264.80 72.60 72.60 68.80 67.20 66.60
1982 1065 5022 4892.80 57.30 57.40 66.90 52.40 64.20
1983 1065 5417 5394.30 61.80 61.90 66.10 57.80 63.30
1984 1065 503 290.50 5.70 5.80 58.40 3.10 55.60
1985 1065 1496 1526.47 90.80 90.80 59.10 87.00 56.20
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 - - - - - - - -
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 - - - - - - - -
1990 - - - - - - - -
1991 - - - - - - - -
1992 - - - - - - - -
1993 - - - - - - - -
1994 - - - - - - - -
1995 1065 810 764.62 79.40 79.50 59.40 70.40 56.40
1996 1065 8412 8803.50 95.80 95.80 63.40 94.10 60.60
1997 1065 8302 8523.36 94.80 94.80 66.50 91.40 63.60
1998 1118 7863 7884.88 89.80 89.90 68.60 83.50 65.40
1999 1118 8760 9730.59 100.00 100.00 71.30 99.40 68.30
2000 1118 8311 9097.37 94.60 94.60 73.20 92.60 70.30
2001 1118 8760 9803.36 100.00 100.00 75.10 100.10 72.40
2002 1118 8407 9260.08 96.00 96.00 76.60 94.60 74.00
2003 1118 8463 9325.73 96.60 96.60 77.80 95.20 75.30
2004 1118 8000 8701.83 91.10 91.10 78.60 88.60 76.10
2005 1114 8384 9153.72 95.70 95.70 79.60 93.80 77.10
2006 1114 7974 8638.83 91.00 91.10 80.20 88.30 77.70
2007 1105 8372 9086.06 95.60 95.60 81.00 93.90 78.50
2008 1104 6794 7300.59 77.40 76.40 80.80 75.30 78.40
2009 1104 8433 9175.41 96.30 95.90 81.50 94.90 79.10
2010 1105 7625 7858.11 87.00 87.10 81.70 81.20 79.20
2011 1105 7731 8451.13 88.20 88.30 82.00 87.30 79.60
2012 1105 7455 7999.54 84.90 84.90 82.10 82.40 79.70
2013 1105 8443 9234.30 96.40 96.40 82.70 95.40 80.30
2014 1105 7911 8565.45 90.30 90.30 82.90 88.50 80.60
2015 1105 8760 9623.05 100.00 100.00 83.60 99.40 81.30
2016 1105 7906 8308.77 90.00 90.00 83.80 85.60 81.40
2017 1105 8760 9651.06 100.00 100.00 84.30 99.70 82.00
2018 1105 7243 8099.12 82.70 82.70 84.30 83.70 82.10
2019 1210 8390 10313.85 95.80 95.80 84.70 97.30 82.60
2020 1210 7870 9501.81 89.60 89.60 84.80 89.40 82.80
2021 1210 8760 10922.05 100.00 100.00 85.30 103.00 83.50
2022 1210 7645 8947.91 87.30 87.30 85.40 84.40 83.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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