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Turkey Point-3, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Westinghouse
Owner	Florida Power & Light Co.
Model	W (3-loop) DRYAMB
Operator	Florida Power & Light Co.
Capacity Net	802 MWe
Capacity Gross	829 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2300 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	27 April 1967
Criticality	20 October 1972
Grid Connection	2 November 1972
Commercial Operation	14 December 1972

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	178.33 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	75.4 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	693	101.1	420	14.6	40.9
1973	0	0	0	0	0
1974	666	3478.8	6090	59.6	69.5
1975	666	4376	6948	75	79.3
1976	666	4322	6665	73.9	75.9
1977	666	4474.1	6994	76.7	79.8
1978	666	4502.7	7087	77.2	80.9
1979	666	2881.6	4509	49.4	51.5
1980	657	4389	6812	76	77.6
1981	646	933.2	1385	16.5	15.8
1982	646	3771.4	5612	66.6	64.1
1983	659	4331	6415	75	73.2
1984	666	4784.19	7253	81.8	82.6
1985	666	3420.99	5224	58.6	59.6
1986	666	4513.06	6816	77.4	77.8
1987	666	885.28	1566	15.2	17.9
1988	666	3467.96	5320	59.3	60.6
1989	666	3605.1	5696	61.8	65
1990	666	3388.41	5200	58.1	59.4
1991	666	1332.05	2155	22.8	24.6
1992	666	3428.22	5896	58.6	67.1
1993	666	5657.35	8421	97	96.1
1994	666	4924.92	7513	84.4	85.8
1995	666	5218.97	7846	89.5	89.6
1996	693	5750.84	8490	97.3	96.6
1997	693	5252.35	7570	86.5	86.4
1998	693	5408.3	7757	89.1	88.6
1999	693	6112.35	8684	100.7	99.1
2000	693	5684.42	8122	93.4	92.5
2001	693	5526.02	7923	91	90.4
2002	693	6215.43	8760	102.4	100
2003	693	5445.57	7930	89.7	90.5
2004	693	4734.02	6934	77.8	78.9
2005	693	5798.91	8362	95.5	95.5
2006	693	5581.94	7905	92	90.2
2007	693	6078.1	7320	100.1	83.6
2008	693	6139.53	8617	100.9	98.1
2009	693	5249.3	7451	86.5	85.1
2010	693	5358.09	7594	88.3	86.7
2011	693	5822.87	8291	95.9	94.6
2012	802	2477.38	4121	38.7	46.9
Total:		174822.82

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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