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BIG ROCK POINT
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
-
CONSUMERS POWER CO.
CONSUMERS POWER CO.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
67
MW
e
72
MW
e
71
MW
e
240
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 May, 1960
27 Sep, 1962
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
08 Dec, 1962
29 Mar, 1963
Permanent Shutdown Date
29 Aug, 1997
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
12.74 TW.h
74.9 %
73.0 %
25.1 %
64.1 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1997
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1962
Data from a trial operation not provided
1963
Data Not Provided
1964
"
1965
"
1966
"
1967
"
1968
"
1969
"
1970
"
1971
388.700
75
7810
89.2
100.0
NC
59.2
NC
1972
381.400
75
7001
79.7
100.0
NC
57.9
NC
1973
422.700
72
6993
79.8
100.0
NC
67.0
NC
1974
356.300
71
6167
70.4
100.0
NC
57.3
NC
1975
290.700
71
5237
59.8
46.8
NC
46.7
NC
1976
244.500
71
4404
50.1
39.2
NC
39.2
NC
1977
361.100
61
6429
73.4
66.3
NC
67.6
NC
1978
400.900
63
6818
77.8
71.6
78.6
72.6
58.1
1979
113.700
63
2061
23.5
20.5
72.8
20.6
54.3
1980
404.900
64
6932
78.9
78.7
73.3
72.0
56.0
1981
470.000
64
7940
90.6
90.2
74.8
83.8
58.3
1982
359.800
64
6195
70.7
69.4
74.3
64.2
58.8
1983
348.700
64
6221
71.0
69.7
74.0
62.2
59.0
1984
417.520
64
6902
78.6
77.6
74.2
74.3
60.1
1985
362.430
69
6439
73.5
74.4
74.3
59.8
60.0
1986
506.150
69
8360
95.4
95.6
75.6
83.7
61.6
1987
374.930
69
6128
70.0
70.7
75.3
62.0
61.6
1988
383.610
67
6272
71.4
72.0
75.1
63.9
61.7
1989
416.750
67
6878
78.5
78.6
75.3
71.0
62.2
1990
425.620
67
6716
76.7
76.7
75.4
72.5
62.7
1991
491.700
67
7436
84.9
84.9
75.8
83.8
63.7
1992
271.420
67
4698
53.5
53.5
74.8
46.1
62.9
1993
426.070
67
6932
79.1
79.1
75.0
72.6
63.3
1994
410.470
67
6450
73.6
73.7
75.0
69.9
63.6
1995
516.200
67
8270
94.4
94.5
75.7
88.0
64.6
1996
365.320
67
5571
63.4
63.5
75.3
62.1
64.5
1997
196.490
67
3456
59.9
60.0
74.9
50.8
64.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
NC – cumulative values not calculated when more than 50% of required data is missing in PRIS
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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