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Oconee-2, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Babcock & Wilcox (B&W)
Owner	Duke Energy Corp.
Model	B&W (L-loop)
Operator	Duke Energy Corp.
Capacity Net	846 MWe
Capacity Gross	891 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2568 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	6 November 1967
Criticality	11 November 1973
Grid Connection	5 December 1973
Commercial Operation	9 September 1974

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	230.9 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	80.4 %

The Oconee nuclear power plant in the USA. [Image: Areva]