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RIVER BEND-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-6 (Mark 3)
ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
967
MW
e
966
MW
e
1016
MW
e
3091
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
25 Mar, 1977
31 Oct, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
03 Dec, 1985
16 Jun, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
258.35 TW.h
84.8 %
84.5 %
15.2 %
81.9 %
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
1985
22.560
936
180
1986
2995.440
936
4221
51.7
51.9
51.9
47.1
47.1
1987
4964.440
936
5836
66.6
66.6
61.7
60.6
56.0
1988
7248.980
936
8149
92.8
92.8
74.2
88.2
68.9
1989
4785.010
936
5853
66.8
66.9
72.1
58.4
65.9
1990
5592.550
936
6642
75.8
75.8
72.9
68.2
66.4
1991
6687.200
936
7507
85.7
85.7
75.2
81.6
69.2
1992
2762.680
936
3210
36.5
36.5
69.3
33.6
63.7
1993
5257.870
936
6076
69.4
69.4
69.3
64.1
63.7
1994
4886.230
936
5455
62.3
62.3
68.5
59.6
63.2
1995
7930.810
936
8704
99.4
99.4
71.7
96.7
66.8
1996
6860.330
936
7391
84.1
84.2
72.9
83.4
68.4
1997
6822.660
936
7427
84.8
84.8
74.0
83.2
69.6
1998
7833.500
936
8404
95.9
95.9
75.7
95.5
71.7
1999
5704.780
936
6476
73.9
74.0
75.6
69.6
71.6
2000
7352.740
936
7795
88.7
88.8
76.5
89.4
72.8
2001
7811.780
936
8120
92.7
92.4
77.5
95.3
74.2
2002
8472.430
966
8579
97.9
97.9
78.8
100.1
75.9
2003
7653.230
966
8050
91.9
91.8
79.6
90.4
76.7
2004
7427.370
966
7758
88.3
88.2
80.0
87.5
77.3
2005
7822.480
978
8162
93.2
93.2
80.7
91.3
78.1
2006
7478.260
966
7921
90.4
90.4
81.2
88.4
78.6
2007
7184.570
970
7916
90.4
90.5
81.7
84.6
78.9
2008
6366.630
970
6771
77.1
77.1
81.4
74.7
78.7
2009
7833.370
978
8085
92.3
92.4
81.9
91.4
79.2
2010
8363.160
974
8642
98.6
98.7
82.6
98.0
80.0
2011
7696.440
967
7988
91.2
91.2
83.0
90.9
80.4
2012
7819.860
967
8172
93.0
93.1
83.4
92.1
80.9
2013
7599.840
967
7898
90.2
90.2
83.6
89.7
81.2
2014
8197.470
967
8525
97.3
97.3
84.1
96.8
81.8
2015
6934.810
967
7556
86.3
86.2
84.2
81.9
81.8
2016
7108.860
967
7501
85.4
85.4
84.2
83.7
81.8
2017
7047.560
967
7586
86.6
86.6
84.3
83.2
81.9
2018
7045.930
967
7650
87.3
87.3
84.4
83.2
81.9
2019
6574.770
967
7448
85.0
85.0
84.4
77.6
81.8
2020
7988.370
967
8467
96.4
96.4
84.8
94.0
82.2
2021
7381.590
967
7933
90.6
90.6
84.9
87.1
82.3
2022
8321.810
967
8760
100.0
100.0
85.3
98.2
82.7
2023
4398.620
967
5196
59.3
65.9
84.8
51.9
81.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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