Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-3
Owner Xcel Energy
Operator Northern States Power Co. (Subsidiary Of Xcel Energy)

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 19 June 1967
First Criticality Thursday, 10 December 1970
First Grid Connection Friday, 5 March 1971
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 30 June 1971

Specifications

Capacity Net 628 MWe
Capacity Gross 691 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2004 MWt
Design Net Capacity 545 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1971 568 3357 1465.90 59.10 100.00 100.00 50.20 50.20
1972 580 6975 3717.90 79.40 100.00 100.00 73.00 65.50
1973 580 6242 3271.60 71.30 100.00 100.00 64.40 65.00
1974 538 6567 2925.20 75.00 75.00 93.20 62.10 64.20
1975 538 6322 2881.40 72.20 61.00 86.40 61.10 63.60
1976 537 8033 3986.20 91.40 84.30 86.00 84.50 67.30
1977 536 7001 3570.70 79.90 76.00 84.50 76.00 68.60
1978 536 7638 3856.20 87.20 81.70 84.10 82.10 70.30
1979 536 8549 4399.70 97.60 93.40 85.20 93.70 73.00
1980 536 6876 3455.50 78.30 78.20 84.50 73.40 73.00
1981 536 6362 3262.30 72.60 72.30 83.40 69.50 72.70
1982 525 5543 2425.10 63.30 62.20 81.60 52.70 71.00
1983 525 8438 4147.70 96.30 96.30 82.70 90.20 72.50
1984 525 808 279.13 9.20 9.20 77.40 6.00 67.70
1985 536 8028 4286.99 91.60 91.60 78.40 91.30 69.40
1986 536 6926 3379.91 79.10 78.80 78.40 72.00 69.50
1987 536 7051 3535.62 80.50 80.20 78.50 75.30 69.90
1988 536 8759 4573.58 99.70 99.70 79.70 97.10 71.40
1989 536 6578 2650.40 75.10 74.70 79.50 56.40 70.60
1990 536 8414 4505.93 96.00 96.00 80.30 96.00 71.90
1991 536 6996 3596.53 79.90 79.60 80.30 76.60 72.10
1992 536 8527 4453.67 97.10 97.00 81.00 94.60 73.20
1993 536 7322 3864.38 83.60 83.40 81.20 82.30 73.60
1994 536 7508 3956.18 85.70 85.60 81.30 84.30 74.00
1995 536 8760 4756.26 100.00 100.00 82.10 101.30 75.10
1996 544 7443 3872.94 84.70 84.80 82.20 81.40 75.40
1997 544 6609 3661.60 75.40 75.20 81.90 76.80 75.40
1998 578 7659 4118.93 87.40 87.70 82.20 84.90 75.80
1999 578 8092 4649.34 92.40 92.40 82.50 91.80 76.40
2000 578 7332 4251.42 83.50 83.50 82.60 83.70 76.60
2001 578 6774 3880.58 77.30 76.90 82.40 76.60 76.60
2002 578 8620 5015.56 98.40 98.40 82.90 99.10 77.40
2003 578 7969 4592.46 91.00 90.70 83.20 90.70 77.80
2004 578 8689 5034.88 98.90 98.90 83.70 99.20 78.50
2005 569 7826 4474.92 89.30 89.40 83.80 89.80 78.80
2006 572 8760 5072.59 100.00 100.00 84.30 101.20 79.50
2007 572 7327 4192.27 83.60 83.70 84.30 83.70 79.60
2008 572 8398 4878.02 95.60 95.60 84.60 97.10 80.10
2009 572 7421 4144.69 84.70 84.70 84.60 82.70 80.20
2010 572 8504 4695.11 97.10 97.10 84.90 93.70 80.50
2011 572 6045 3358.49 69.00 69.00 84.50 67.00 80.20
2012 578 8552 4890.37 97.40 97.40 84.80 96.30 80.60
2013 578 5419 2998.28 61.80 61.90 84.30 59.20 80.10
2014 647 8304 4323.97 94.80 94.80 84.60 76.30 80.00
2015 647 7407 4663.53 84.60 84.60 84.60 82.30 80.00
2016 647 8784 5597.76 100.00 100.00 85.00 98.50 80.50
2017 647 8051 5159.59 91.90 91.90 85.10 91.00 80.80
2018 628 8691 5618.02 99.20 99.20 85.50 102.10 81.30
2019 628 8023 4964.57 91.60 91.60 85.60 90.20 81.50
2020 628 8783 5593.31 100.00 100.00 85.90 101.40 81.90
2021 628 7962 5011.01 90.90 90.90 86.00 91.10 82.10
2022 628 8683 5545.27 99.10 99.10 86.30 100.80 82.50
2023 628 7662 4793.50 87.50 89.80 86.40 87.10 82.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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