Commitments And Contingencies (Callaway Energy Center) (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended									6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 Week		Jun. 30, 2013 Replacement Power - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Replacement Power - Energy Risk Assurance Company [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability - American Nuclear Insurers [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability - Pool Participation [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Property Damage - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd [Member]		Jul. 02, 2013 Property Damage - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Property Damage European Mutual Association for Nuclear Insurance [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	$ 12,594,000,000	[1]	$ 490,000,000	[2]	$ 64,000,000	[3]	$ 375,000,000	$ 12,219,000,000	[4]	$ 2,750,000,000	[5]
Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents	118,000,000		9,000,000	[6]				118,000,000	[7]	23,000,000
Threshold for which a retrospective assessment for a covered loss is necessary	375,000,000
Annual payment in the event of an incident at any licensed commercial reactor	17,500,000.0
Aggregate maximum assessment per incident under Price-Anderson liability provisions of Atomic Energy Act	118,000,000
Maximum annual payment in calendar year per reactor incident under Price Andersen Liability Provisions of Atomic Energy Act	17,500,000.0
Amount of primary property liability coverage	500,000,000									500,000,000			500,000,000
Amount of coverage in excess of primary property liability coverage	2,250,000,000.00
Losses in excess of primary coverage	500,000,000
Sub-limit for non-nuclear events	1,700,000,000									1,500,000,000.0		200,000,000
Amount of weekly indemnity coverage commencing eight weeks after power outage	4,500,000.0
Number of weeks of coverage after the first eight weeks of an outage	52
Amount of additional weekly indemnity coverage commencing after initial indemnity coverage	3,600,000
Number of additional weeks after initial indemnity coverage for power outage, minimum	71
Amount of weekly indemnity coverage thereafter not exceeding policy limit			490,000,000		3,600,000
Sub-limit of for non-nuclear events			327,600,000
Amount of secondary weekly indemnity coverage for prolonged nuclear plant outage in excess of primary indemnity coverage	900,000
Inflationary adjustment prescribed by most recent Price-Anderson Act renewal, in years	5 years
Aggregate nuclear power industry insurance policy limit for losses from terrorist attacks within twelve month period	$ 3,240,000,000

[1] Limit of liability for each incident under the Price-Anderson liability provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. A company could be assessed up to $118 million per incident for each licensed reactor it operates with a maximum of $17.5 million per incident to be paid in a calendar year for each reactor. This limit is subject to change to account for the effects of inflation and changes in the number of licensed reactors.

[2] Provides replacement power cost insurance in the event of a prolonged accidental outage at our nuclear energy center. Weekly indemnity up to $4.5 million for 52 weeks, which commences after the first eight weeks of an outage, plus up to $3.6 million per week for a minimum of 71 weeks thereafter for a total not exceeding the policy limit of $490 million. Effective April 1, 2013, non-radiation events are sub-limited to $327.6 million.

[3] Provides replacement power cost insurance in the event of a prolonged accidental outage at our nuclear energy center. The coverage commences after the first 52 weeks of insurance coverage from Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. and is for a weekly indemnity up to $900,000 for 71 weeks in excess of the $3.6 million per week set forth above. Missouri Energy Risk Assurance Company LLC is an affiliate and has reinsured this coverage with third-party insurance companies. See Note 9 - Related Party Transactions for more information on this affiliate transaction.

[4] Provided through mandatory participation in an industry-wide retrospective premium assessment program.

[5] First layer of coverage provides for $500 million in property damage, decontamination, premature decommissioning, and the second layer of coverage provides excess property insurance up to $2.25 billion for losses in excess of the $500 million primary coverage. Effective April 1, 2013, a $1.5 billion sub-limit was established for non-radiation events. Effective July 1, 2013, an additional non-radiation limit of $200 million in excess of the $1.5 billion was made available. This additional coverage is a shared limit with other generators purchasing this coverage and includes one free reinstatement. Effective August 1, 2013, $500 million in excess of the $2.25 billion property coverage and $1.7 billion non-radiation coverage was provided by European Mutual Association for Nuclear Insurance. Concurrently, the Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. property limit for nuclear events was reduced by $500 million.

[6] All Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. insured plants could be subject to assessments should losses exceed the accumulated funds from Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd.

[7] Retrospective premium under Price-Anderson. This is subject to retrospective assessment with respect to a covered loss in excess of $375 million in the event of an incident at any licensed United States commercial reactor, payable at $17.5 million per year.