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Kewaunee, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Permanent Shutdown

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PWR
Vendor	Westinghouse
Owner	Dominion Generation
Model	W (2-loop) DRYAMB
Operator	Dominion Generation
Capacity Net	566 MWe
Capacity Gross	595 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1772 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	6 August 1968
Criticality	7 March 1974
Grid Connection	8 April 1974
Commercial Operation	16 June 1974
Shutdown	7 May 2013

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	148.35 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	83.9 %
WNN Link	Kewaunee enters retirement

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1972	0	0	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0	0	0
1974	535	1929.6	4669	61.2	74.6
1975	535	3340.1	7730	71.3	88.2
1976	522	3382.5	6924	73.8	78.8
1977	522	3546.6	6985	77.6	79.7
1978	519	3890.6	7835	85.6	89.4
1979	520	3439.2	6921	75.5	79
1980	522	3631.2	7207	79.2	82
1981	516	3769.2	7596	83.4	86.7
1982	514	3824.9	7669	85	87.6
1983	510	3706.9	7334	83	83.7
1984	503	3810	7527	86.2	85.7
1985	503	3699.18	7213	84	82.3
1986	503	3854.67	7514	87.5	85.8
1987	503	4008.62	7809	91	89.1
1988	503	3914.83	7679	88.6	87.4
1989	503	3741.81	7390	84.9	84.4
1990	503	3900.84	7668	88.5	87.5
1991	511	3674.83	7247	82.7	82.7
1992	511	3938.08	7682	87.7	87.4
1993	511	3816.91	7548	85.3	86.2
1994	511	3961.55	7738	88.5	88.3
1995	511	3793.42	7645	84.7	87.3
1996	511	3171.08	6299	70.6	71.7
1997	511	2363.8	4866	52.8	55.6
1998	511	3705.38	7584	82.8	86.6
1999	511	4424.66	8760	98.8	100
2000	511	3799.93	7760	84.7	88.3
2001	511	3461.72	7009	77.3	80
2002	511	4468.73	8514	99.8	97.2
2003	526	4159.13	7893	91.6	90.1
2004	556	3873.88	7049	80.4	80.2
2005	539	3043.13	5451	64.4	62.2
2006	556	3673.83	6653	75.4	76
2007	556	4625.81	8238	95	94
2008	556	4387.3	7782	89.8	88.6
2009	556	4515.32	8027	92.7	91.6
2010	556	4990.25	8760	102.5	100
2011	566	4594.76	8068	93.1	92.1
2012	566	4515.91	7954	90.8	90.6
Total:		148350.16

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

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