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 MWe
777 MWe
911 MWe
2804 MWt
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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