Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | W (4-loop) (ICECND) |
Owner | North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No.1 |
Operator | Duke Energy Corp. |
Timeline
Construction Start | Wednesday, 1 May 1974 |
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First Criticality | Thursday, 8 May 1986 |
First Grid Connection | Sunday, 18 May 1986 |
Commercial Operation | Tuesday, 19 August 1986 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 1150 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 1188 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 3411 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 1145 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 (%) |
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1986 | 1145 | 1325 | 1324.22 | 34.60 | 35.60 | 35.60 | 29.10 | 29.10 |
1987 | 1145 | 7014 | 7169.49 | 80.10 | 80.20 | 69.00 | 71.50 | 60.90 |
1988 | 1129 | 5571 | 5434.95 | 63.40 | 71.80 | 70.20 | 54.80 | 58.30 |
1989 | 1129 | 6302 | 6527.10 | 71.90 | 72.00 | 70.70 | 66.00 | 60.60 |
1990 | 1129 | 5984 | 6502.99 | 68.30 | 69.00 | 70.30 | 65.80 | 61.80 |
1991 | 1129 | 6621 | 7274.89 | 75.60 | 75.60 | 71.30 | 73.60 | 64.00 |
1992 | 1129 | 8281 | 9273.46 | 94.30 | 94.30 | 74.90 | 93.50 | 68.60 |
1993 | 1129 | 7233 | 8177.41 | 82.60 | 82.60 | 76.00 | 82.70 | 70.50 |
1994 | 1129 | 6978 | 7691.73 | 79.70 | 79.80 | 76.40 | 77.80 | 71.40 |
1995 | 1129 | 7074 | 7960.18 | 80.80 | 80.80 | 76.90 | 80.50 | 72.40 |
1996 | 1129 | 8107 | 9233.63 | 92.30 | 92.30 | 78.40 | 93.10 | 74.40 |
1997 | 1129 | 7623 | 8593.36 | 87.00 | 87.10 | 79.20 | 86.90 | 75.50 |
1998 | 1129 | 7580 | 8672.30 | 86.50 | 86.60 | 79.80 | 87.70 | 76.50 |
1999 | 1129 | 7727 | 8855.38 | 88.20 | 88.20 | 80.40 | 89.50 | 77.40 |
2000 | 1129 | 7928 | 8981.37 | 90.30 | 90.30 | 81.10 | 90.60 | 78.40 |
2001 | 1129 | 7507 | 8574.14 | 85.70 | 85.70 | 81.40 | 86.70 | 78.90 |
2002 | 1129 | 8760 | 10172.30 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 82.50 | 102.80 | 80.40 |
2003 | 1129 | 8117 | 9318.16 | 92.70 | 92.70 | 83.10 | 94.20 | 81.20 |
2004 | 1129 | 7672 | 8835.74 | 87.30 | 87.40 | 83.30 | 89.10 | 81.60 |
2005 | 1129 | 8737 | 10099.11 | 99.70 | 99.70 | 84.20 | 102.10 | 82.70 |
2006 | 1129 | 7696 | 8779.22 | 87.80 | 87.90 | 84.40 | 88.80 | 83.00 |
2007 | 1129 | 7262 | 8351.56 | 82.90 | 82.90 | 84.30 | 84.40 | 83.00 |
2008 | 1129 | 8784 | 10203.16 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 85.00 | 102.90 | 83.90 |
2009 | 1129 | 7727 | 8910.22 | 88.20 | 88.20 | 85.10 | 90.10 | 84.20 |
2010 | 1129 | 7934 | 9075.00 | 90.60 | 90.60 | 85.40 | 91.80 | 84.50 |
2011 | 1129 | 8716 | 10025.54 | 99.50 | 99.50 | 85.90 | 101.40 | 85.20 |
2012 | 1146 | 7849 | 9061.97 | 89.40 | 89.50 | 86.00 | 90.40 | 85.40 |
2013 | 1146 | 7942 | 9065.55 | 90.60 | 90.70 | 86.20 | 90.30 | 85.50 |
2014 | 1146 | 8760 | 10091.90 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 86.70 | 100.50 | 86.10 |
2015 | 1146 | 7886 | 9100.43 | 90.00 | 90.00 | 86.80 | 90.60 | 86.20 |
2016 | 1146 | 8090 | 9315.90 | 92.10 | 92.10 | 87.00 | 92.50 | 86.40 |
2017 | 1150 | 8760 | 10177.38 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 87.40 | 101.00 | 86.90 |
2018 | 1150 | 8080 | 9269.23 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 87.60 | 92.00 | 87.10 |
2019 | 1150 | 8155 | 9343.86 | 93.10 | 93.10 | 87.80 | 92.80 | 87.20 |
2020 | 1150 | 8783 | 10121.15 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 88.10 | 100.20 | 87.60 |
2021 | 1150 | 7864 | 8989.38 | 89.80 | 89.80 | 88.20 | 89.20 | 87.70 |
2022 | 1150 | 7526 | 8685.27 | 85.90 | 85.90 | 88.10 | 86.20 | 87.60 |
2023 | 1150 | 8760 | 10177.43 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 88.40 | 101.00 | 88.00 |