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Limerick-1, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Exelon Corporation
Model	BWR-4 (Mark 2)
Operator	Exelon Generation Co., Llc
Capacity Net	1130 MWe
Capacity Gross	1194 MWe
Capacity Thermal	3515 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	19 June 1974
Criticality	22 December 1984
Grid Connection	13 April 1985
Commercial Operation	1 February 1986

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	228.78 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	87.4 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1974	0	0	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0	0	0
1985	1055	1160.85	2552	0	0
1986	1055	7210.57	7022	81	82.8
1987	1055	5341.32	5924	57.8	67.6
1988	1055	6674.75	8470	72	96.4
1989	1055	5244.25	5638	56.7	64.4
1990	1055	5633.12	5724	61	65.3
1991	1055	8133.85	8043	88	91.8
1992	1055	6239.64	6115	67.3	69.6
1993	1055	8745.47	8626	94.6	98.5
1994	1055	7858.02	7840	85	89.5
1995	1055	8147.47	7973	88.2	91
1996	1105	8141.62	7758	84.5	88.3
1997	1105	9227.48	8534	95.3	97.4
1998	1134	7449.12	7061	76.4	80.6
1999	1134	9744.01	8588	98.1	98
2000	1143	8988.1	7982	89.8	90.9
2001	1143	10133.1	8735	101.2	99.7
2002	1134	9286.82	8244	93.5	94.1
2003	1134	10057.46	8672	101.2	99
2004	1134	9539.06	8345	95.8	95
2005	1134	9926.94	8642	99.9	98.6
2006	1134	9320.36	8224	93.8	93.9
2007	1134	9994.36	8744	100.6	99.8
2008	1134	9342.51	8251	93.8	93.9
2009	1130	10019.44	8760	101.2	100
2010	1130	9046.94	8129	91.4	92.8
2011	1130	9550.19	8435	96.5	96.3
2012	1130	8599.5	7637	86.6	86.9
Total:		228756.32

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

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