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Dresden-1, United States
Overview
CURRENT STATUS
Permanent Shutdown
DETAILS
Reactor Type
Commercial Reactor
Process
BWR
Vendor
General Electric (GE)
Operator
Exelon Generation Co., Llc
Capacity Net
197 MWe
Capacity Gross
207 MWe
Capacity Thermal
700 MWt
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction
1 May 1956
Criticality
15 October 1959
Grid Connection
15 April 1960
Commercial Operation
4 July 1960
Shutdown
31 October 1978
OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life
16.49 TWh