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HATCH-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 1)
GEORGIA POWER CO.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
876
MW
e
777
MW
e
911
MW
e
2804
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
30 Sep, 1968
12 Sep, 1974
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
11 Nov, 1974
31 Dec, 1975
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
282.41 TW.h
84.5 %
84.6 %
15.5 %
82.5 %
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
Data from a trial operation not provided
1975
3095.800
786
6158
1976
4133.800
786
7299
83.1
60.0
60.0
59.9
59.9
1977
3716.700
700
5802
66.2
60.2
60.0
60.6
60.2
1978
4277.200
717
6370
72.7
68.2
62.7
68.1
62.8
1979
3349.500
739
4781
54.6
51.7
59.9
51.7
60.0
1980
4790.200
764
7174
81.7
82.1
64.5
71.4
62.4
1981
2770.700
757
4384
50.0
50.6
62.2
41.8
58.9
1982
2893.900
758
4313
49.2
49.4
60.3
43.6
56.6
1983
3968.900
764
6240
71.2
71.6
61.7
59.3
57.0
1984
3609.180
752
5473
62.3
62.3
61.8
54.6
56.7
1985
4761.370
752
6694
76.4
76.5
63.3
72.3
58.3
1986
3645.390
768
5162
58.9
59.0
62.9
54.2
57.9
1987
5080.690
750
7043
80.4
80.4
64.3
77.3
59.5
1988
4115.820
756
5802
66.0
66.0
64.5
62.0
59.7
1989
6479.720
757
8760
100.0
100.0
67.0
97.7
62.4
1990
4103.390
753
5722
65.3
65.1
66.9
62.2
62.4
1991
4707.490
741
6530
74.5
74.0
67.3
72.5
63.0
1992
6157.150
741
8444
96.1
96.1
69.0
94.6
64.9
1993
4956.710
737
6913
78.9
78.4
69.5
76.8
65.5
1994
5512.200
741
7542
86.1
85.8
70.4
84.9
66.6
1995
6465.830
741
8760
100.0
100.0
71.8
99.6
68.2
1996
5726.660
805
7666
87.3
87.8
72.6
82.6
68.9
1997
6009.000
800
7637
87.2
87.9
73.4
85.7
69.7
1998
6951.750
800
8751
99.9
99.9
74.6
99.2
71.1
1999
5968.790
838
7153
81.7
82.2
74.9
84.3
71.7
2000
6413.390
863
7530
85.7
86.2
75.4
84.8
72.3
2001
7496.170
863
8689
99.2
99.1
76.5
99.2
73.4
2002
6627.110
856
7778
88.8
88.8
77.0
88.4
74.0
2003
7146.920
856
8438
96.3
96.3
77.7
95.3
74.9
2004
6896.110
869
8046
91.6
91.7
78.3
90.8
75.5
2005
6993.530
856
8121
92.7
92.7
78.8
93.3
76.2
2006
6422.810
876
7516
85.8
85.4
79.0
86.3
76.5
2007
7499.080
876
8550
97.6
97.6
79.7
97.7
77.2
2008
6433.740
876
7527
85.7
85.7
79.9
83.6
77.5
2009
7190.010
876
8289
94.6
94.6
80.4
93.7
78.0
2010
6509.870
876
7690
87.8
87.8
80.6
84.8
78.2
2011
7529.650
876
8760
100.0
100.0
81.2
98.1
78.8
2012
6802.030
876
7876
89.7
89.7
81.4
88.4
79.1
2013
7056.540
876
8251
94.2
94.2
81.8
92.0
79.5
2014
6816.800
876
7901
90.2
90.2
82.0
88.8
79.7
2015
7570.540
876
8657
98.8
98.8
82.5
98.6
80.2
2016
6991.130
876
8096
92.2
92.2
82.8
90.9
80.5
2017
7318.730
876
8425
96.2
94.4
83.1
95.4
80.9
2018
7009.590
876
8098
92.4
92.4
83.3
91.3
81.2
2019
7558.090
876
8624
98.4
98.5
83.7
98.5
81.6
2020
6410.210
876
7518
85.6
85.6
83.7
83.3
81.6
2021
7247.270
876
8308
94.8
94.8
84.0
94.4
82.0
2022
6962.110
876
8033
91.7
92.3
84.2
90.7
82.2
2023
7517.550
876
8667
98.9
99.7
84.5
98.0
82.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15
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