Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 13 April 1967
First Criticality Sunday, 20 September 1970
First Grid Connection Saturday, 26 September 1970
Commercial Operation Sunday, 7 March 1971

Specifications

Capacity Net 741 MWe
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 (%)
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

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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