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HATCH-2
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
883
MW
e
784
MW
e
921
MW
e
2804
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Feb, 1972
04 Jul, 1978
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
22 Sep, 1978
05 Sep, 1979
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
268.88 TW.h
86.0 %
85.6 %
14.0 %
83.1 %
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
1978
496.600
795
1385
1979
2632.600
749
4155
84.7
100.0
100.0
80.1
80.1
1980
3653.100
767
5269
60.0
59.1
69.2
54.2
60.6
1981
4481.500
772
6872
78.4
78.7
73.3
66.3
63.0
1982
3734.200
771
5588
63.8
63.9
70.4
55.3
60.7
1983
3817.200
771
5774
65.9
66.1
69.4
56.5
59.7
1984
1893.500
748
2833
32.2
26.7
61.6
28.8
54.1
1985
5376.130
748
7239
82.6
82.6
64.9
82.0
58.4
1986
3618.710
777
6169
70.4
70.4
65.6
53.2
57.7
1987
5755.610
761
8388
95.8
95.7
69.2
86.3
61.1
1988
4254.480
768
5917
67.4
65.6
68.8
63.1
61.3
1989
4147.170
768
6155
70.3
68.6
68.8
61.6
61.3
1990
6527.750
766
8649
98.7
98.7
71.4
97.3
64.5
1991
4932.150
761
6656
76.0
74.4
71.7
74.0
65.3
1992
4692.390
765
6668
75.9
74.5
71.9
69.9
65.6
1993
4999.710
757
7734
88.3
87.4
73.0
75.4
66.3
1994
5275.590
765
7534
86.0
85.2
73.8
78.7
67.1
1995
5055.510
809
6888
78.6
77.4
74.0
75.1
67.6
1996
7021.700
809
8639
98.4
98.4
75.5
98.8
69.5
1997
6033.580
818
7560
86.3
86.4
76.1
84.2
70.4
1998
5829.910
855
7247
82.7
82.8
76.5
81.0
70.9
1999
7073.630
855
8173
93.3
93.3
77.4
94.4
72.2
2000
6900.280
878
7884
89.8
89.6
78.0
89.9
73.1
2001
6584.530
878
7618
87.0
86.3
78.4
85.6
73.8
2002
7423.290
870
8544
97.5
97.3
79.4
97.4
74.9
2003
6962.510
883
8052
91.9
91.9
79.9
91.1
75.6
2004
7520.630
883
8589
97.8
97.8
80.7
97.0
76.6
2005
6727.800
883
7724
88.2
88.2
81.0
87.0
77.0
2006
7641.830
883
8694
99.2
99.2
81.8
98.8
77.9
2007
6749.030
883
7744
88.4
88.4
82.0
87.2
78.2
2008
7479.800
883
8516
97.0
97.0
82.6
96.4
78.9
2009
5218.510
883
6119
69.8
69.9
82.1
67.5
78.5
2010
7391.680
883
8456
96.5
96.5
82.6
95.6
79.1
2011
6052.020
883
7405
84.5
84.6
82.7
78.2
79.1
2012
7581.410
883
8634
98.3
98.3
83.2
97.8
79.7
2013
6767.290
883
7728
88.2
88.2
83.3
87.5
79.9
2014
7693.190
883
8760
100.0
100.0
83.8
99.5
80.5
2015
6926.720
883
7950
90.8
90.8
84.0
89.6
80.8
2016
7656.230
883
8657
98.6
98.6
84.5
98.7
81.3
2017
7212.210
883
8254
94.2
94.2
84.7
93.2
81.6
2018
7393.990
883
8562
97.7
97.7
85.1
95.6
82.0
2019
6358.890
883
7386
84.3
84.3
85.1
82.2
82.0
2020
7557.670
883
8590
97.8
97.8
85.4
97.4
82.4
2021
6981.870
883
8023
91.6
91.6
85.6
90.3
82.6
2022
7557.770
883
8605
98.2
98.2
85.9
97.7
83.0
2023
6833.540
883
7811
89.2
91.8
86.0
88.3
83.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-21
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