Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | W (2-loop) DRYAMB |
Owner | Xcel Energy |
Operator | Northern States Power Co. (Subsidiary Of Xcel Energy) |
Timeline
Construction Start | Wednesday, 25 June 1969 |
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First Criticality | Tuesday, 17 December 1974 |
First Grid Connection | Saturday, 21 December 1974 |
Commercial Operation | Saturday, 21 December 1974 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 519 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 560 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 1677 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 530 MWe |
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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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1974 | 520 | 104 | 7.40 | - | - | - | - | - |
1975 | 520 | 7035 | 3176.20 | 80.50 | 69.90 | 69.90 | 69.90 | 69.90 |
1976 | 520 | 6657 | 2660.60 | 75.80 | 58.20 | 64.10 | 58.20 | 64.10 |
1977 | 511 | 7807 | 3882.30 | 89.10 | 86.70 | 71.50 | 86.70 | 71.50 |
1978 | 507 | 8126 | 3924.40 | 92.80 | 88.20 | 75.60 | 88.40 | 75.70 |
1979 | 500 | 8661 | 4193.00 | 98.90 | 94.60 | 79.30 | 95.70 | 79.60 |
1980 | 500 | 7167 | 3468.70 | 81.60 | 81.40 | 79.70 | 79.00 | 79.50 |
1981 | 500 | 6292 | 3092.90 | 71.80 | 71.40 | 78.50 | 70.60 | 78.20 |
1982 | 500 | 7844 | 3857.70 | 89.50 | 89.80 | 79.90 | 88.10 | 79.50 |
1983 | 500 | 7574 | 3716.30 | 86.50 | 86.50 | 80.60 | 84.80 | 80.00 |
1984 | 500 | 7830 | 3905.96 | 89.10 | 89.20 | 81.50 | 88.90 | 80.90 |
1985 | 500 | 7378 | 3612.47 | 84.20 | 93.00 | 82.50 | 82.50 | 81.10 |
1986 | 500 | 7930 | 3853.98 | 90.50 | 90.60 | 83.20 | 88.00 | 81.60 |
1987 | 500 | 8760 | 4462.19 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 84.40 | 101.90 | 83.20 |
1988 | 500 | 7773 | 3886.16 | 88.50 | 88.20 | 84.70 | 88.50 | 83.60 |
1989 | 500 | 7798 | 3887.19 | 89.00 | 96.90 | 85.50 | 88.80 | 83.90 |
1990 | 500 | 7602 | 3803.70 | 86.80 | 83.30 | 85.40 | 86.80 | 84.10 |
1991 | 500 | 8760 | 4480.40 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 86.20 | 101.80 | 85.10 |
1992 | 500 | 6516 | 3223.51 | 74.20 | 73.50 | 85.50 | 73.40 | 84.50 |
1993 | 512 | 7338 | 3746.24 | 83.80 | 83.50 | 85.40 | 85.00 | 84.50 |
1994 | 512 | 8734 | 4552.96 | 99.70 | 99.70 | 86.20 | 101.50 | 85.40 |
1995 | 512 | 7666 | 3968.17 | 87.50 | 87.50 | 86.20 | 88.50 | 85.50 |
1996 | 512 | 8653 | 4485.11 | 98.50 | 98.60 | 86.80 | 99.70 | 86.20 |
1997 | 512 | 7180 | 3642.86 | 82.00 | 82.00 | 86.60 | 81.20 | 86.00 |
1998 | 512 | 6555 | 3333.71 | 74.80 | 74.80 | 86.10 | 74.30 | 85.50 |
1999 | 522 | 8690 | 4597.44 | 99.20 | 99.20 | 86.60 | 100.50 | 86.10 |
2000 | 522 | 7820 | 4182.26 | 89.00 | 89.00 | 86.70 | 91.20 | 86.30 |
2001 | 522 | 8031 | 4270.96 | 91.70 | 91.70 | 86.90 | 93.40 | 86.60 |
2002 | 522 | 8082 | 4296.03 | 92.30 | 92.40 | 87.10 | 94.00 | 86.80 |
2003 | 522 | 8058 | 4240.97 | 92.00 | 92.00 | 87.30 | 92.80 | 87.00 |
2004 | 522 | 8737 | 4660.26 | 99.50 | 99.50 | 87.70 | 101.60 | 87.50 |
2005 | 522 | 7296 | 3848.63 | 83.30 | 83.30 | 87.60 | 84.20 | 87.40 |
2006 | 522 | 7665 | 4012.40 | 87.50 | 87.50 | 87.60 | 87.80 | 87.40 |
2007 | 545 | 8488 | 4456.64 | 96.90 | 96.90 | 87.90 | 93.40 | 87.60 |
2008 | 545 | 7768 | 4059.36 | 88.40 | 88.40 | 87.90 | 84.80 | 87.50 |
2009 | 545 | 8760 | 4653.35 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 88.20 | 97.50 | 87.80 |
2010 | 554 | 7817 | 4128.07 | 89.20 | 89.30 | 88.30 | 86.10 | 87.80 |
2011 | 519 | 8354 | 4477.65 | 95.40 | 95.10 | 88.50 | 98.50 | 88.10 |
2012 | 518 | 6453 | 3354.75 | 73.50 | 73.50 | 88.10 | 73.70 | 87.70 |
2013 | 519 | 6311 | 3069.71 | 72.00 | 72.10 | 87.60 | 67.50 | 87.20 |
2014 | 518 | 8556 | 4570.74 | 97.70 | 97.70 | 87.90 | 100.70 | 87.50 |
2015 | 518 | 6531 | 3386.74 | 74.60 | 74.60 | 87.60 | 74.60 | 87.20 |
2016 | 518 | 7500 | 4066.08 | 85.40 | 85.40 | 87.50 | 89.40 | 87.30 |
2017 | 519 | 7767 | 4179.73 | 88.70 | 88.70 | 87.60 | 91.90 | 87.40 |
2018 | 519 | 8760 | 4792.83 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 87.80 | 105.40 | 87.80 |
2019 | 519 | 8183 | 4367.41 | 93.40 | 93.40 | 88.00 | 96.10 | 88.00 |
2020 | 519 | 8783 | 4746.40 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 88.20 | 104.10 | 88.30 |
2021 | 519 | 8066 | 4299.59 | 92.10 | 92.10 | 88.30 | 94.60 | 88.40 |
2022 | 519 | 8760 | 4782.23 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 88.60 | 105.20 | 88.80 |
2023 | 519 | 6326 | 3349.16 | 72.20 | 75.80 | 88.30 | 73.70 | 88.50 |