Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | W (3-loop) DRYAMB |
Owner | Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. |
Operator | Progress Energy |
Timeline
Construction Start | Thursday, 13 April 1967 |
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First Criticality | Sunday, 20 September 1970 |
First Grid Connection | Saturday, 26 September 1970 |
Commercial Operation | Sunday, 7 March 1971 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 741 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 780 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 2339 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 700 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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1970 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1971 | 739 | 4078 | 2538.60 | 48.10 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 43.10 | 43.10 |
1972 | 739 | 7487 | 5082.40 | 85.20 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 78.30 | 62.20 |
1973 | 715 | 6591 | 3765.50 | 75.20 | 75.70 | 91.60 | 60.10 | 61.50 |
1974 | 700 | 7297 | 4813.10 | 83.30 | 83.30 | 89.50 | 78.50 | 65.80 |
1975 | 665 | 6316 | 4170.90 | 72.10 | 71.00 | 86.00 | 71.60 | 66.90 |
1976 | 667 | 7435 | 4874.20 | 84.60 | 82.50 | 85.40 | 83.20 | 69.60 |
1977 | 665 | 7462 | 4130.20 | 85.20 | 70.80 | 83.40 | 70.90 | 69.80 |
1978 | 665 | 6307 | 3980.00 | 72.00 | 68.20 | 81.50 | 68.30 | 69.60 |
1979 | 665 | 6172 | 4005.10 | 70.50 | 68.70 | 80.10 | 68.80 | 69.50 |
1980 | 665 | 5464 | 3210.90 | 62.20 | 61.80 | 78.30 | 55.00 | 68.10 |
1981 | 665 | 6391 | 3510.80 | 73.00 | 73.40 | 77.90 | 60.30 | 67.40 |
1982 | 665 | 4278 | 2268.40 | 48.80 | 47.90 | 75.40 | 38.90 | 65.00 |
1983 | 665 | 6609 | 3347.50 | 75.40 | 75.50 | 75.40 | 57.50 | 64.40 |
1984 | 665 | 615 | 224.28 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 70.60 | 3.80 | 60.20 |
1985 | 665 | 7697 | 5239.91 | 87.90 | 87.60 | 71.70 | 90.00 | 62.10 |
1986 | 665 | 7028 | 4799.60 | 80.20 | 79.70 | 72.20 | 82.40 | 63.40 |
1987 | 665 | 6224 | 4235.47 | 71.00 | 70.30 | 72.10 | 72.70 | 63.90 |
1988 | 665 | 5717 | 3182.43 | 65.10 | 64.20 | 71.70 | 54.50 | 63.40 |
1989 | 665 | 4107 | 2790.53 | 46.90 | 45.50 | 70.30 | 47.90 | 62.60 |
1990 | 665 | 5614 | 3319.19 | 64.10 | 63.20 | 70.00 | 57.00 | 62.30 |
1991 | 683 | 7048 | 4792.24 | 80.50 | 80.20 | 70.40 | 81.30 | 63.20 |
1992 | 683 | 5812 | 4062.91 | 66.20 | 66.20 | 70.20 | 67.70 | 63.40 |
1993 | 683 | 6137 | 4193.27 | 70.10 | 70.10 | 70.20 | 70.10 | 63.70 |
1994 | 683 | 6845 | 4655.06 | 78.10 | 78.20 | 70.60 | 77.80 | 64.30 |
1995 | 683 | 7356 | 5033.83 | 84.00 | 84.00 | 71.10 | 84.10 | 65.10 |
1996 | 683 | 7745 | 5460.10 | 88.20 | 88.20 | 71.80 | 91.00 | 66.10 |
1997 | 683 | 8662 | 6197.59 | 98.90 | 98.90 | 72.80 | 103.60 | 67.50 |
1998 | 683 | 7751 | 5505.56 | 88.50 | 88.50 | 73.40 | 92.00 | 68.40 |
1999 | 683 | 8009 | 5684.48 | 91.40 | 91.40 | 74.00 | 95.00 | 69.40 |
2000 | 683 | 8750 | 6237.08 | 99.60 | 99.60 | 74.90 | 104.00 | 70.50 |
2001 | 683 | 7919 | 5515.04 | 90.40 | 90.40 | 75.40 | 92.20 | 71.20 |
2002 | 683 | 7960 | 5606.11 | 90.90 | 90.90 | 75.90 | 93.70 | 71.90 |
2003 | 710 | 8760 | 6439.90 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 76.60 | 103.50 | 73.00 |
2004 | 710 | 7811 | 5742.21 | 88.90 | 88.90 | 77.00 | 92.10 | 73.50 |
2005 | 710 | 7839 | 5770.14 | 89.50 | 89.50 | 77.40 | 92.80 | 74.10 |
2006 | 710 | 8705 | 6442.70 | 99.40 | 99.40 | 78.00 | 103.60 | 75.00 |
2007 | 710 | 7825 | 5737.92 | 89.30 | 89.30 | 78.30 | 92.30 | 75.50 |
2008 | 710 | 7380 | 5429.26 | 84.00 | 84.00 | 78.50 | 87.00 | 75.80 |
2009 | 710 | 8667 | 6473.19 | 98.90 | 99.00 | 79.00 | 104.10 | 76.50 |
2010 | 724 | 4902 | 3598.36 | 56.00 | 56.80 | 78.40 | 56.70 | 76.00 |
2011 | 724 | 8677 | 6363.80 | 99.00 | 99.10 | 79.00 | 100.30 | 76.60 |
2012 | 741 | 7165 | 5388.11 | 81.60 | 81.90 | 79.10 | 83.20 | 76.80 |
2013 | 741 | 7446 | 5696.46 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 79.20 | 87.80 | 77.10 |
2014 | 741 | 7975 | 6159.41 | 91.00 | 91.00 | 79.50 | 94.90 | 77.50 |
2015 | 741 | 7413 | 5723.72 | 84.60 | 84.60 | 79.60 | 88.20 | 77.80 |
2016 | 741 | 8441 | 6432.19 | 96.10 | 96.10 | 80.00 | 98.80 | 78.30 |
2017 | 741 | 7752 | 5930.08 | 88.50 | 88.50 | 80.20 | 91.40 | 78.60 |
2018 | 741 | 7009 | 5278.14 | 80.00 | 80.00 | 80.20 | 81.30 | 78.60 |
2019 | 741 | 8207 | 6376.32 | 93.70 | 93.70 | 80.50 | 98.20 | 79.00 |
2020 | 741 | 8001 | 6124.63 | 91.10 | 91.10 | 80.70 | 94.10 | 79.40 |
2021 | 741 | 8395 | 6361.89 | 95.80 | 95.80 | 81.00 | 98.00 | 79.80 |
2022 | 741 | 7339 | 5695.94 | 83.80 | 94.60 | 81.30 | 87.80 | 79.90 |
2023 | 741 | 8689 | 6693.97 | 99.20 | 98.80 | 81.70 | 103.10 | 80.40 |