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Point Beach-1, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Westinghouse
Owner	Nextera Energy Resources, Llc
Model	W (2-loop) DRYAMB
Operator	Nextera Energy Resources, Llc
Capacity Net	591 MWe
Capacity Gross	640 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1800 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	19 July 1967
Criticality	2 November 1970
Grid Connection	6 November 1970
Commercial Operation	21 December 1970

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	146.61 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	79.6 %

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	524	3085.5	6349	67	72.3
1973	497	2742.3	6867	63	78.4
1974	497	3144.3	7136	72.2	81.5
1975	480	2924.9	6297	69.6	71.9
1976	492	3392.5	7239	78.5	82.4
1977	495	3687.1	7733	85	88.3
1978	495	3794.5	7864	87.5	89.8
1979	495	3059.6	6455	70.6	73.7
1980	495	2479.3	6739	57	76.7
1981	495	2614.9	6834	60.3	78
1982	495	2701.7	7134	62.3	81.4
1983	495	2384.9	6498	55	74.2
1984	485	3109.21	6379	73	72.6
1985	485	3354.18	6917	79	79
1986	485	3770.07	7786	88.7	88.9
1987	485	3567.09	7348	84	83.9
1988	485	3830.95	7787	89.9	88.6
1989	485	3606.22	7706	84.9	88
1990	485	3531.73	7362	83.1	84
1991	485	3628.73	7524	85.4	85.9
1992	485	3605.64	7409	84.6	84.4
1993	485	3804.79	7799	89.6	89
1994	485	3905.06	8071	91.9	92.1
1995	485	3792.43	7768	89.3	88.7
1996	485	4003.33	8173	94	93
1997	485	853.5	1872	20.1	21.4
1998	485	2584.22	5489	60.8	62.7
1999	510	3489.33	7070	81.4	80.7
2000	510	4134.62	8391	92.3	95.5
2001	510	3702.1	7611	82.9	86.9
2002	510	3975.79	7964	89	90.9
2003	516	4343	8538	96.2	97.5
2004	516	3631.04	7186	80.1	81.8
2005	512	3641.04	7232	81.2	82.6
2006	512	4465.63	8760	99.6	100
2007	512	3822.3	7582	85.2	86.6
2008	512	3737.01	7365	83.1	83.8
2009	512	4385.38	8760	97.8	100
2010	512	3956.14	7870	88.2	89.8
2011	512	3525.04	6954	78.6	79.4
2012	591	5154.43	8737	99.3	99.5
Total:		142921.5

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

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