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Susquehanna-1, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Ppl Corporation(Former Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. Pp&L)
Model	BWR-4 (Mark 2)
Operator	Ppl Susquehanna, Llc
Capacity Net	1257 MWe
Capacity Gross	1330 MWe
Capacity Thermal	3952 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	2 November 1973
Criticality	10 September 1982
Grid Connection	16 November 1982
Commercial Operation	8 June 1983

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	234.71 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	82.2 %

PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, USA. [Image: PPL]

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1973	0	0	0	0	0
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	1011	321.3	852	0	0
1983	1034	4472.8	4891	66.6	73.3
1984	1032	6088.14	6377	67.2	72.6
1985	1032	5286.43	5469	58.5	62.4
1986	1032	5839.25	5992	64.6	68.4
1987	1032	6132.87	6331	67.8	72.3
1988	1032	8410.06	8206	92.8	93.4
1989	1032	6483.95	6447	71.7	73.6
1990	1033	6446.7	6528	71.2	74.5
1991	1040	8821.6	8596	97.2	98.1
1992	1040	6400.29	6568	70.1	74.8
1993	1040	5232.4	5205	57.4	59.4
1994	1040	8414.45	8249	92.4	94.2
1995	1090	7432.27	7126	79	81.4
1996	1090	7752.89	7434	81	84.6
1997	1090	9085.32	8274	95.2	94.4
1998	1090	7652.8	7015	80.2	80.1
1999	1090	8814.47	8234	92.3	94
2000	1090	8180.56	7598	85.4	86.5
2001	1090	9412.96	8718	98.6	99.5
2002	1105	8026.62	7493	83.4	85.5
2003	1105	9359.91	8585	96.7	98
2004	1135	8027	7359	81.2	83.8
2005	1105	9442.62	8357	97.6	95.4
2006	1135	8602.67	7639	86.5	87.2
2007	1149	9456.33	8349	94	95.3
2008	1149	9005.7	7704	89.2	87.7
2009	1185	10475.53	8760	100.9	100
2010	1239	8294.36	6958	77.8	79.4
2011	1260	9499	7588	86.4	86.6
2012	1257	7814.86	6382	70.8	72.6
Total:		234686.11

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

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