Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-2 (Mark 1)
Owner Exelon Corporation
Operator Exelon Generation Co., Llc

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 15 December 1964
First Criticality Saturday, 3 May 1969
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 23 September 1969
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 December 1969
Permanent Shutdown Monday, 17 September 2018

Specifications

Capacity Net 619 MWe
Capacity Gross 652 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1930 MWt
Design Net Capacity 650 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 (%)
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 540 6788 3591.00 77.50 100.00 100.00 75.90 75.90
1971 595 7046 3972.60 80.40 100.00 100.00 76.20 76.10
1972 670 7137 4503.80 81.20 100.00 100.00 76.50 76.20
1973 620 6401 3589.00 73.10 73.80 93.30 66.10 73.60
1974 650 6163 3679.60 70.40 66.60 87.70 64.60 71.70
1975 610 6414 3148.70 73.20 59.10 82.90 58.90 69.60
1976 620 6966 3860.10 79.30 70.90 81.20 70.90 69.80
1977 620 6136 3249.20 70.00 59.90 78.50 59.80 68.60
1978 620 6508 3645.70 74.30 66.50 77.20 67.10 68.40
1979 620 7520 4563.30 85.80 83.80 77.80 84.00 70.00
1980 620 3662 1957.30 41.70 41.80 74.60 35.90 66.80
1981 620 5237 2628.90 59.80 59.90 73.30 48.40 65.30
1982 620 5474 2013.00 62.50 62.50 72.50 37.10 63.10
1983 620 1007 225.50 11.50 11.50 68.10 4.20 58.90
1984 620 842 305.19 9.60 9.60 64.20 5.60 55.30
1985 620 6518 3746.03 74.40 74.50 64.80 69.00 56.20
1986 620 2310 1317.69 26.40 26.70 62.60 24.30 54.30
1987 620 5421 3113.39 61.90 62.00 62.60 57.30 54.50
1988 620 5749 3547.30 65.40 65.50 62.70 65.10 55.00
1989 620 4686 2410.11 53.50 53.60 62.30 44.40 54.50
1990 620 7678 4305.05 87.60 87.70 63.50 79.30 55.70
1991 610 5167 2954.84 59.00 59.00 63.30 54.50 55.60
1992 610 7463 4531.84 85.00 84.90 64.20 84.60 56.90
1993 610 7654 4667.48 87.40 87.40 65.20 87.40 58.10
1994 619 6096 3633.28 69.60 69.20 65.30 67.90 58.50
1995 619 8511 5194.08 97.20 97.20 66.50 95.80 59.90
1996 619 7104 4339.40 80.90 80.90 67.10 79.80 60.70
1997 619 8164 5073.28 93.20 93.20 68.00 93.60 61.90
1998 619 7094 4302.23 81.00 81.00 68.50 79.30 62.50
1999 619 8760 5388.51 100.00 100.00 69.50 99.40 63.70
2000 619 7073 3908.20 80.50 80.60 69.90 71.90 64.00
2001 619 8497 5226.37 97.00 97.00 70.70 96.40 65.00
2002 619 8215 5031.27 93.80 93.80 71.40 92.80 65.80
2003 619 8468 5256.32 96.70 96.70 72.20 96.90 66.70
2004 619 7973 4846.97 90.80 90.80 72.70 89.10 67.40
2005 619 8706 5374.91 99.40 99.40 73.40 99.10 68.30
2006 619 7775 4644.53 88.80 88.80 73.90 85.60 68.70
2007 619 8435 5077.93 96.30 96.30 74.40 93.60 69.40
2008 619 7924 4664.01 90.20 90.20 74.80 85.80 69.80
2009 614 8320 4978.40 95.00 95.00 75.40 92.60 70.40
2010 614 7661 4604.97 87.40 87.50 75.60 85.60 70.70
2011 619 8541 5298.45 97.50 97.50 76.20 97.70 71.40
2012 619 7663 4718.19 87.20 88.50 76.50 86.80 71.80
2013 619 8324 5116.69 95.00 95.00 76.90 94.40 72.30
2014 619 7859 4833.53 89.70 89.70 77.20 89.10 72.60
2015 619 8484 5275.79 96.80 96.80 77.60 97.30 73.20
2016 619 7553 4585.20 86.00 86.00 77.80 84.30 73.40
2017 619 8703 5429.57 99.40 99.40 78.20 100.10 74.00
2018 619 6227 3540.31 99.80 97.00 78.50 91.70 74.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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