Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CE (2-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Exelon Corporation
Operator Exelon Generation Co., Llc

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 June 1968
First Criticality Monday, 7 October 1974
First Grid Connection Friday, 3 January 1975
Commercial Operation Thursday, 8 May 1975

Specifications

Capacity Net 877 MWe
Capacity Gross 918 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2737 MWt
Design Net Capacity 845 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 (%)
1975 800 6667 4381.60 81.80 77.20 77.20 77.40 77.40
1976 800 8356 6303.90 95.10 89.70 84.70 89.70 84.80
1977 807 6313 4882.00 72.10 68.60 78.60 69.10 78.90
1978 810 6150 4676.10 70.20 65.90 75.20 65.90 75.30
1979 810 6154 4194.10 70.20 59.10 71.70 59.10 71.80
1980 810 6349 4542.50 72.30 72.20 71.80 63.80 70.40
1981 821 7544 6109.60 86.10 86.40 74.00 85.00 72.60
1982 825 6419 5362.10 73.30 73.90 74.00 74.20 72.80
1983 825 6719 5570.70 76.70 77.00 74.40 77.10 73.30
1984 825 7422 6221.60 84.50 84.40 75.40 85.80 74.60
1985 825 5186 4359.73 59.20 58.80 73.80 60.30 73.30
1986 825 6855 5830.74 78.20 78.20 74.20 80.70 73.90
1987 825 6233 5268.48 71.20 70.90 73.90 72.90 73.80
1988 825 6263 5164.23 71.30 71.00 73.70 71.30 73.60
1989 825 1727 1345.62 19.70 18.80 70.00 18.60 69.90
1990 825 1840 1344.37 21.00 20.10 66.70 18.60 66.60
1991 825 6638 5465.33 75.80 75.50 67.30 75.60 67.10
1992 825 4927 4113.88 56.10 55.60 66.60 56.80 66.50
1993 830 8599 7334.90 98.20 98.20 68.30 101.20 68.40
1994 835 5656 4686.43 64.60 64.60 68.10 64.20 68.20
1995 835 8487 7030.23 96.90 96.90 69.50 96.10 69.60
1996 835 5762 4846.90 65.60 65.60 69.40 66.10 69.40
1997 835 8400 7158.40 95.90 96.00 70.50 97.90 70.70
1998 835 7184 6116.77 82.00 82.00 71.00 83.60 71.20
1999 835 8231 6994.34 94.00 94.00 72.00 95.60 72.20
2000 825 7580 6449.61 86.30 86.20 72.50 88.70 72.90
2001 825 8727 7454.78 99.60 99.60 73.60 103.20 74.00
2002 825 5506 4645.18 62.80 62.80 73.20 64.30 73.70
2003 825 8760 7532.45 100.00 100.00 74.10 104.20 74.70
2004 870 8034 6973.98 91.50 91.60 74.70 93.30 75.40
2005 845 8726 7626.32 99.60 99.60 75.50 103.00 76.30
2006 873 7386 6449.83 84.30 84.30 75.80 84.30 76.60
2007 873 8701 7545.36 99.30 99.40 76.60 98.70 77.30
2008 873 8275 7161.09 94.20 94.20 77.10 93.40 77.80
2009 873 8661 7528.57 98.90 98.90 77.80 98.40 78.40
2010 855 7814 6755.04 89.20 89.00 78.10 90.20 78.80
2011 855 8676 7542.52 99.00 99.00 78.70 100.70 79.40
2012 866 6930 6070.18 78.90 79.10 78.70 80.10 79.40
2013 866 8760 7815.24 100.00 100.00 79.30 103.00 80.00
2014 866 7868 6928.82 89.80 89.80 79.60 91.30 80.30
2015 866 8718 7772.62 99.50 99.50 80.10 102.50 80.90
2016 866 8132 7191.74 92.60 92.60 80.40 94.50 81.20
2017 863 8760 7832.43 100.00 100.00 80.90 103.50 81.80
2018 877 8128 7289.37 92.80 92.80 81.10 95.90 82.10
2019 877 8760 7913.33 100.00 100.00 81.60 103.00 82.60
2020 877 8185 7371.35 93.20 93.20 81.80 95.70 82.90
2021 877 8760 7869.30 100.00 100.00 82.30 102.40 83.30
2022 877 8257 7319.64 94.30 94.30 82.50 95.30 83.60
2023 877 8760 7828.41 100.00 99.70 82.90 101.90 84.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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