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Dresden-3, United States
Overview
CURRENT STATUS
Operable
DETAILS
Reactor Type
Commercial Reactor
Process
BWR
Vendor
General Electric (GE)
Owner
Exelon Corporation
Model
BWR-3 (Mark 1)
Operator
Exelon Generation Co., Llc
Capacity Net
850 MWe
Capacity Gross
890 MWe
Capacity Thermal
2957 MWt
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction
14 October 1966
Criticality
12 January 1971
Grid Connection
22 July 1971
Commercial Operation
16 November 1971
OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life
201.64 TWh
Capacity Factor Life
69.8 %