COOPER

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 1)
NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
769 MWe
778 MWe
801 MWe
2419 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Jun, 1968
21 Feb, 1974
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
10 May, 1974
01 Jul, 1974

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
258.38 TW.h
80.6 %
82.6 %
19.4 %
77.6 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

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
1974 1885.600 778 3897 73.4 100.0 100.0 50.7 50.7
1975 3363.200 764 7320 83.6 50.3 67.2 50.2 50.4
1976 3642.600 764 6626 75.4 54.3 62.0 54.3 51.9
1977 4540.100 764 7546 86.1 67.9 63.7 67.8 56.5
1978 4886.800 764 7966 90.9 73.0 65.8 73.0 60.1
1979 4995.000 764 7670 87.6 74.6 67.4 74.6 62.8
1980 3787.500 764 6240 71.0 70.6 67.9 56.4 61.8
1981 3851.100 764 6239 71.2 71.0 68.3 57.5 61.2
1982 5276.100 764 7412 84.6 84.4 70.2 78.8 63.3
1983 3343.300 764 5544 63.3 62.7 69.4 50.0 61.9
1984 3469.950 764 5901 67.2 67.1 69.2 51.7 60.9
1985 1067.750 764 1884 21.5 20.1 64.9 16.0 57.0
1986 4052.140 764 6546 74.7 74.7 65.7 60.6 57.3
1987 5522.130 764 8291 94.6 94.6 67.8 82.5 59.2
1988 4200.610 764 5887 67.0 66.5 67.7 62.6 59.4
1989 4790.900 764 6594 75.3 74.9 68.2 71.6 60.2
1990 5111.390 764 6908 78.9 78.5 68.8 76.4 61.2
1991 4803.810 764 6830 78.0 77.9 69.4 71.8 61.8
1992 6227.930 764 8436 96.0 96.0 70.8 92.8 63.4
1993 3712.860 764 5041 57.6 56.8 70.1 55.5 63.0
1994 2227.260 764 3033 34.6 33.4 68.3 33.3 61.6
1995 4127.760 764 5663 64.6 64.0 68.1 61.7 61.6
1996 6338.900 764 8540 97.2 97.2 69.4 94.5 63.1
1997 5455.700 764 7336 83.7 83.6 70.0 81.5 63.8
1998 4869.910 764 6544 74.7 74.4 70.2 72.8 64.2
1999 6510.410 764 8563 97.8 97.7 71.2 97.3 65.5
2000 4735.940 764 6414 73.0 73.1 71.3 70.6 65.7
2001 5206.540 764 7009 80.0 80.0 71.6 77.8 66.1
2002 6318.150 764 8478 96.8 96.8 72.5 94.4 67.1
2003 4492.330 764 6236 71.2 71.3 72.5 67.1 67.1
2004 6171.770 764 8299 94.5 94.6 73.2 92.0 67.9
2005 5891.920 757 7774 88.7 88.8 73.7 88.8 68.6
2006 5910.480 760 7823 89.3 89.3 74.2 88.8 69.2
2007 6671.250 758 8685 99.1 99.1 74.9 100.5 70.1
2008 5964.140 770 7825 89.1 89.1 75.3 88.5 70.7
2009 5734.580 769 7494 85.6 85.5 75.6 85.1 71.1
2010 6792.880 774 8760 100.0 100.0 76.3 100.2 71.9
2011 5768.100 774 7376 84.2 84.2 76.5 85.1 72.2
2012 5822.500 768 7657 87.2 87.2 76.8 86.3 72.6
2013 6801.930 766 8760 100.0 100.0 77.4 101.4 73.3
2014 5915.350 768 7726 88.2 88.2 77.6 87.9 73.7
2015 6798.490 768 8692 99.2 99.2 78.2 101.0 74.4
2016 5922.800 768 7701 87.7 87.7 78.4 87.8 74.7
2017 6912.380 769 8741 99.8 99.8 78.9 102.6 75.3
2018 5632.140 769 7306 83.4 83.4 79.0 83.6 75.5
2019 6951.600 769 8760 100.0 100.0 79.4 103.2 76.1
2020 6188.550 769 7997 91.0 91.0 79.7 91.6 76.5
2021 6832.560 769 8760 100.0 100.0 80.1 101.4 77.0
2022 5618.500 769 7585 86.6 86.6 80.3 83.4 77.1
2023 6926.050 769 8760 100.0 99.2 80.6 102.8 77.6
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-25


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