Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4 (Mark 2)
Owner PPL Corporation
Operator PPL Susquehanna LLC

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 2 November 1973
First Criticality Friday, 10 September 1982
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 16 November 1982
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 8 June 1983

Specifications

Capacity Net 1257 MWe
Capacity Gross 1330 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3952 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1065 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 (%)
1982 1011 852 321.30 - - - - -
1983 1034 4891 4472.80 73.30 76.30 76.30 66.60 66.60
1984 1032 6377 6088.14 72.60 72.00 73.60 67.20 67.00
1985 1032 5469 5286.43 62.40 60.40 68.50 58.50 63.70
1986 1032 5992 5839.25 68.40 66.80 68.00 64.60 63.90
1987 1032 6331 6132.87 72.30 70.70 68.60 67.80 64.80
1988 1032 8206 8410.06 93.40 93.10 73.00 92.80 69.80
1989 1032 6447 6483.95 73.60 72.20 72.90 71.70 70.10
1990 1033 6528 6446.70 74.50 73.10 72.90 71.20 70.20
1991 1040 8596 8821.60 98.10 98.00 75.80 97.20 73.40
1992 1040 6568 6400.29 74.80 73.60 75.60 70.10 73.00
1993 1040 5205 5232.40 59.40 57.50 73.90 57.40 71.60
1994 1040 8249 8414.45 94.20 94.20 75.60 92.40 73.40
1995 1090 7126 7432.27 81.40 81.10 76.10 79.00 73.80
1996 1090 7434 7752.89 84.60 84.70 76.80 81.00 74.40
1997 1090 8274 9085.32 94.40 94.50 78.00 95.20 75.90
1998 1090 7015 7652.80 80.10 81.50 78.20 80.20 76.20
1999 1090 8234 8814.47 94.00 94.00 79.20 92.30 77.20
2000 1090 7598 8180.56 86.50 86.50 79.70 85.40 77.60
2001 1090 8718 9412.96 99.50 99.50 80.80 98.60 78.80
2002 1105 7493 8026.62 85.50 85.70 81.00 83.40 79.10
2003 1105 8585 9359.91 98.00 98.00 81.90 96.70 80.00
2004 1135 7359 8027.00 83.80 84.10 82.00 81.20 80.00
2005 1105 8357 9442.62 95.40 95.40 82.60 97.60 80.80
2006 1135 7639 8602.67 87.20 87.20 82.80 86.50 81.10
2007 1149 8349 9456.33 95.30 95.40 83.40 94.00 81.60
2008 1149 7704 9005.70 87.70 87.70 83.60 89.20 82.00
2009 1185 8760 10475.53 100.00 100.00 84.20 100.90 82.70
2010 1239 6958 8294.36 79.40 80.00 84.10 77.80 82.50
2011 1260 7588 9499.00 86.60 86.80 84.20 86.40 82.70
2012 1257 6382 7814.86 72.60 72.70 83.70 70.80 82.20
2013 1257 7860 9898.58 89.70 89.70 84.00 89.90 82.50
2014 1257 7276 9150.78 83.10 83.10 83.90 83.10 82.50
2015 1257 8584 10908.97 98.00 98.00 84.40 99.10 83.10
2016 1257 7016 8749.66 79.90 79.90 84.20 79.20 83.00
2017 1257 8711 11026.09 99.40 99.40 84.80 100.10 83.50
2018 1257 7840 9582.31 89.50 89.50 84.90 87.00 83.60
2019 1257 8760 11105.06 100.00 100.00 85.40 100.80 84.20
2020 1257 7790 9332.24 88.70 88.70 85.50 84.50 84.20
2021 1257 8491 10838.48 96.90 96.90 85.80 98.40 84.60
2022 1257 7862 9428.21 89.80 97.80 86.10 85.60 84.60
2023 1257 8534 10738.36 97.40 99.70 86.50 97.50 85.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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