Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-6 (Mark 3)
Owner Exelon Corporation
Operator Exelon Generation Co., Llc

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 October 1975
First Criticality Friday, 27 February 1987
First Grid Connection Friday, 24 April 1987
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 24 November 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 1062 MWe
Capacity Gross 1098 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3473 MWt
Design Net Capacity 950 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 (%)
1987 933 3264 1628.83 100.00 100.00 100.00 81.00 81.00
1988 930 7244 5860.74 82.50 82.50 83.90 71.70 72.50
1989 946 3947 2861.90 45.10 45.10 65.30 35.10 54.50
1990 930 4604 3596.62 52.60 52.60 61.20 44.20 51.20
1991 930 6927 6048.01 79.10 79.10 65.60 74.20 56.80
1992 930 5824 4935.26 66.30 66.30 65.70 60.40 57.50
1993 930 6750 5879.18 77.00 77.00 67.60 72.20 59.90
1994 930 8217 7410.34 93.80 93.80 71.30 91.00 64.30
1995 930 7140 6109.18 81.50 81.60 72.60 75.00 65.60
1996 930 5833 5312.93 66.40 66.50 71.90 65.00 65.60
1997 930 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.80 0.00 59.10
1998 930 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.90 0.00 53.70
1999 930 5270 4704.21 60.20 60.20 59.00 57.70 54.10
2000 930 7542 6888.84 85.90 85.90 61.10 84.30 56.40
2001 930 8565 7877.25 97.80 97.80 63.70 96.70 59.20
2002 1022 7805 7657.46 89.10 89.80 65.50 88.80 61.30
2003 1022 8634 8700.78 98.60 98.60 67.80 97.20 63.70
2004 1022 7911 8000.42 90.10 90.00 69.20 89.10 65.40
2005 1026 8497 8688.67 97.00 97.00 70.80 96.70 67.20
2006 1052 7974 8233.30 91.00 91.10 72.00 89.30 68.50
2007 1043 8714 9250.44 99.50 99.50 73.50 101.20 70.30
2008 1043 8160 8546.55 92.90 92.90 74.50 93.30 71.50
2009 1043 8390 8887.91 95.80 95.80 75.50 97.30 72.70
2010 1065 8089 8612.00 92.30 92.50 76.30 92.30 73.60
2011 1065 8184 8671.47 93.40 93.40 77.10 93.00 74.50
2012 1065 8784 9373.73 100.00 100.00 78.10 100.20 75.60
2013 1065 7861 8323.86 89.70 89.70 78.60 89.20 76.20
2014 1065 8615 9098.05 98.30 98.30 79.40 97.50 77.10
2015 1065 8167 8084.74 93.20 93.20 79.90 86.70 77.40
2016 1065 8520 8915.50 97.00 97.00 80.50 95.30 78.10
2017 1062 7934 8357.89 90.60 90.60 80.90 89.80 78.50
2018 1062 8027 8398.48 91.60 92.00 81.30 90.30 78.90
2019 1062 7899 8388.43 90.20 90.20 81.60 90.20 79.30
2020 1062 8783 9462.48 100.00 100.00 82.20 101.40 80.00
2021 1062 7998 8286.14 91.30 91.30 82.40 89.10 80.30
2022 1062 8665 9224.08 98.90 98.90 83.00 99.20 80.80
2023 1062 7645 8050.49 87.30 84.00 83.00 86.50 81.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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