Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (3-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
Operator Progress Energy

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 28 January 1978
First Criticality Saturday, 3 January 1987
First Grid Connection Monday, 19 January 1987
Commercial Operation Saturday, 2 May 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 964 MWe
Capacity Gross 980 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2900 MWt
Design Net Capacity 900 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 (%)
1987 - - - - - - - -
1988 860 6458 5345.56 73.50 73.60 73.60 70.80 70.80
1989 860 6873 5638.85 78.50 78.50 76.00 74.80 72.80
1990 860 7812 6339.00 89.20 89.20 80.40 84.10 76.60
1991 860 7080 5927.44 80.80 80.80 80.50 78.70 77.10
1992 860 6501 5427.88 74.00 74.00 79.20 71.80 76.00
1993 860 8721 7527.73 99.60 99.60 82.60 99.90 80.00
1994 860 7195 6065.06 82.10 82.20 82.50 80.50 80.10
1995 860 7279 5966.34 83.10 83.10 82.60 79.20 80.00
1996 860 8301 7067.74 94.50 94.60 83.90 93.60 81.50
1997 860 6934 5909.03 79.20 79.20 83.50 78.40 81.20
1998 860 7891 6711.57 90.10 90.10 84.10 89.10 81.90
1999 860 8484 7244.15 96.80 96.90 85.10 96.20 83.10
2000 860 8098 6877.96 92.20 92.20 85.70 91.00 83.70
2001 860 6335 5401.46 72.30 72.30 84.70 71.70 82.80
2002 900 8643 7835.04 98.70 98.70 85.70 99.40 84.00
2003 900 8082 7236.92 92.30 92.30 86.10 91.80 84.50
2004 900 7687 7008.43 87.50 87.50 86.20 88.60 84.80
2005 900 8710 7930.83 99.40 99.40 87.00 100.60 85.70
2006 900 7749 7029.27 88.50 88.50 87.00 89.20 85.90
2007 900 8176 7403.05 93.30 93.40 87.40 93.90 86.30
2008 900 8534 7821.41 97.20 97.20 87.90 98.90 86.90
2009 900 8091 7403.16 92.40 92.40 88.10 93.90 87.20
2010 900 7746 7080.62 88.40 88.40 88.10 89.80 87.30
2011 900 8760 8111.77 100.00 100.00 88.60 102.90 88.00
2012 928 7612 7121.94 86.70 86.90 88.50 88.70 88.00
2013 928 7392 6888.36 84.40 84.40 88.40 84.70 87.90
2014 928 8522 8048.57 97.30 97.30 88.70 99.00 88.30
2015 928 7712 7272.18 88.00 88.00 88.70 89.50 88.40
2016 928 7961 7513.05 90.60 90.60 88.80 92.20 88.50
2017 928 8708 8208.57 99.40 99.40 89.10 101.00 89.00
2018 964 7843 7587.91 89.50 89.90 89.20 89.80 89.00
2019 964 7857 7610.59 89.70 89.70 89.20 90.10 89.00
2020 964 8521 8275.59 97.00 97.00 89.40 97.70 89.30
2021 964 8178 7967.06 93.40 93.40 89.60 94.30 89.50
2022 964 8078 7806.87 92.20 92.20 89.60 92.40 89.60
2023 964 8760 8609.28 100.00 100.00 89.90 102.00 89.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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