Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Owner Nextera Energy Resources, Llc
Operator Nextera Energy Resources, Llc

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 22 June 1970
First Criticality Saturday, 23 March 1974
First Grid Connection Sunday, 19 May 1974
Commercial Operation Saturday, 1 February 1975
Permanent Shutdown Friday, 30 October 2020

Specifications

Capacity Net 601 MWe
Capacity Gross 624 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1912 MWt
Design Net Capacity 601 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 (%)
1974 515 4101 1452.00 - - - - -
1975 515 6965 2298.20 78.60 79.40 79.40 50.90 50.90
1976 515 6847 2489.40 78.00 55.10 66.70 55.00 53.00
1977 515 6908 2897.80 78.90 64.30 65.90 64.20 56.90
1978 515 2902 1227.50 33.10 27.20 56.00 27.20 49.30
1979 515 6830 2898.90 78.00 64.20 57.70 64.30 52.30
1980 515 6456 2796.30 73.50 73.20 60.30 61.80 54.00
1981 515 6108 2219.50 69.70 69.30 61.60 49.20 53.30
1982 515 6543 2280.40 74.70 74.20 63.20 50.60 52.90
1983 515 5503 2324.30 62.80 61.80 63.00 51.50 52.80
1984 515 6402 2717.56 72.90 72.20 64.00 60.10 53.50
1985 515 4711 1940.49 53.80 52.60 62.90 43.00 52.50
1986 515 7495 3192.83 85.60 81.50 64.50 70.80 54.10
1987 515 5513 2546.58 62.90 62.00 64.30 56.40 54.20
1988 515 7128 3520.21 81.20 72.30 64.90 77.00 55.90
1989 538 6561 3143.64 74.90 62.40 64.70 67.00 56.70
1990 538 6498 3021.05 74.20 74.70 65.40 64.10 57.20
1991 515 8217 4146.80 93.80 93.90 67.10 89.00 59.10
1992 515 7112 3434.64 81.00 80.50 67.80 75.90 60.00
1993 515 6755 3241.40 77.10 76.60 68.30 71.80 60.60
1994 515 8078 4108.36 92.20 92.00 69.50 91.10 62.20
1995 515 7253 3736.97 82.80 82.40 70.10 82.80 63.10
1996 520 7906 3938.54 90.00 89.90 71.00 86.20 64.20
1997 520 8125 4155.53 92.80 92.70 71.90 91.20 65.40
1998 520 7477 3839.16 85.40 85.20 72.50 84.30 66.20
1999 520 7267 3649.04 83.00 83.00 72.90 80.10 66.70
2000 520 8553 4455.71 97.40 97.40 73.90 97.60 67.90
2001 565 7473 3860.64 85.30 85.40 74.30 84.10 68.50
2002 565 8147 4581.08 93.00 93.60 75.00 92.70 69.50
2003 565 7209 3998.57 82.30 83.80 75.40 80.80 69.90
2004 565 8596 4929.91 97.90 97.90 76.20 99.30 71.00
2005 562 7882 4544.47 90.00 90.00 76.70 92.30 71.70
2006 581 8664 5095.41 98.90 98.90 77.40 100.10 72.70
2007 580 7598 4518.88 86.70 86.70 77.70 88.90 73.20
2008 580 8784 5282.81 100.00 100.00 78.50 103.70 74.20
2009 579 7891 4678.93 90.10 90.10 78.80 92.20 74.80
2010 601 7471 4454.36 85.30 85.80 79.00 84.60 75.10
2011 601 8611 5215.23 98.30 98.30 79.60 99.10 75.80
2012 601 7391 4347.00 84.10 84.20 79.80 82.30 76.00
2013 601 8760 5320.78 100.00 100.00 80.40 101.00 76.70
2014 601 7482 4152.47 85.40 85.40 80.50 78.90 76.80
2015 601 8760 5243.45 100.00 100.00 81.00 99.60 77.40
2016 601 8096 4702.67 92.20 92.20 81.30 89.10 77.70
2017 601 8683 5213.51 99.10 99.10 81.80 99.00 78.30
2018 601 8258 4895.41 94.30 94.30 82.10 93.00 78.60
2019 601 8711 5235.72 99.40 99.40 82.50 99.40 79.10
2020 601 5340 2904.86 81.20 81.20 82.50 73.50 79.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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