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Duane Arnold-1, United States

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Nextera Energy Resources, Llc
Model	BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Operator	Nextera Energy Resources, Llc
Capacity Net	601 MWe
Capacity Gross	624 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1912 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	22 June 1970
Criticality	23 March 1974
Grid Connection	19 May 1974
Commercial Operation	1 February 1975

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	137.18 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	76 %

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	515	1452	4101	0	0
1975	515	2298.2	6965	50.9	78.6
1976	515	2489.4	6847	55	78
1977	515	2897.8	6908	64.2	78.9
1978	515	1227.5	2902	27.2	33.1
1979	515	2898.9	6830	64.3	78
1980	515	2796.3	6456	61.8	73.5
1981	515	2219.5	6108	49.2	69.7
1982	515	2280.4	6543	50.6	74.7
1983	515	2324.3	5503	51.5	62.8
1984	515	2717.56	6402	60.1	72.9
1985	515	1940.49	4711	43	53.8
1986	515	3192.83	7495	70.8	85.6
1987	515	2546.58	5513	56.4	62.9
1988	515	3520.21	7128	77	81.2
1989	538	3143.64	6561	67	74.9
1990	538	3021.05	6498	64.1	74.2
1991	515	4146.8	8217	89	93.8
1992	515	3434.64	7112	75.9	81
1993	515	3241.4	6755	71.8	77.1
1994	515	4108.36	8078	91.1	92.2
1995	515	3736.97	7253	82.8	82.8
1996	520	3938.54	7906	86.2	90
1997	520	4155.53	8125	91.2	92.8
1998	520	3839.16	7477	84.3	85.4
1999	520	3649.04	7267	80.1	83
2000	520	4455.71	8553	97.6	97.4
2001	565	3860.64	7473	84.1	85.3
2002	565	4581.08	8147	92.7	93
2003	565	3998.57	7209	80.8	82.3
2004	565	4929.91	8596	99.3	97.9
2005	562	4544.47	7882	92.3	90
2006	581	5095.41	8664	100.1	98.9
2007	580	4518.88	7598	88.9	86.7
2008	580	5282.81	8784	103.7	100
2009	579	4678.93	7891	92.2	90.1
2010	601	4454.36	7471	84.6	85.3
2011	601	5215.23	8611	99.1	98.3
2012	601	4347	7391	82.3	84.1
Total:		137180.1

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

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