FORT ST. VRAIN
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
|
Reactor Type
|
Model
|
Owner
|
Operator
|
HTGR
|
|
|
PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO
|
|
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
|
Design Net Capacity
|
Gross Capacity
|
Thermal Capacity
|
330
MWe
|
330
MWe
|
342
MWe
|
842
MWt
|
|
Construction Start Date
|
First Criticality Date
|
|
|
01 Sep, 1968
|
31 Jan, 1974
|
|
|
|
First Grid Connection
|
Commercial Operation Date
|
|
|
11 Dec, 1976
|
01 Jul, 1979
|
|
|
|
Permanent Shutdown Date
|
29 Aug, 1989
|
LifeTime Performance
|
Electricity Supplied
|
Energy Availability Factor
|
Operation Factor
|
Energy Unavailability Factor
|
Load Factor
|
5.42 TW.h
|
30.6 %
|
31.1 %
|
69.4 %
|
15.2 %
|
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1989
Operating History
|
Year
|
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
|
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
|
Annual Time On Line
[h]
|
Operation Factor
[%]
|
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
|
Load Factor
[%]
|
|
Annual
|
Cumulative
|
Annual
|
Cumulative
|
|
1976
|
17.500
|
330
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977
|
226.100
|
330
|
2930
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978
|
609.200
|
330
|
4505
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1979
|
224.800
|
330
|
1640
|
22.2
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
|
1980
|
675.200
|
330
|
4707
|
53.6
|
54.0
|
38.7
|
23.3
|
18.3
|
|
1981
|
755.000
|
330
|
4210
|
48.1
|
48.9
|
42.8
|
26.1
|
21.4
|
|
1982
|
589.300
|
330
|
3263
|
37.2
|
37.6
|
41.3
|
20.4
|
21.1
|
|
1983
|
760.000
|
330
|
4626
|
52.8
|
53.2
|
44.0
|
26.3
|
22.3
|
|
1984
|
84.330
|
330
|
659
|
7.5
|
7.5
|
37.3
|
2.9
|
18.8
|
|
1985
|
0.000
|
330
|
0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
31.6
|
0.0
|
15.9
|
|
1986
|
76.070
|
330
|
1086
|
12.4
|
12.4
|
29.0
|
2.6
|
14.1
|
|
1987
|
187.970
|
330
|
2028
|
23.2
|
23.2
|
28.4
|
6.5
|
13.2
|
|
1988
|
672.990
|
330
|
3486
|
39.7
|
39.7
|
29.5
|
23.2
|
14.3
|
|
1989
|
541.290
|
330
|
2703
|
46.4
|
46.4
|
30.6
|
28.1
|
15.2
|
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-06-01