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OYSTER CREEK
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-2 (Mark 1)
Exelon Corporation
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
619
MW
e
650
MW
e
652
MW
e
1930
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
15 Dec, 1964
03 May, 1969
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
23 Sep, 1969
01 Dec, 1969
Permanent Shutdown Date
17 Sep, 2018
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
196.20 TW.h
78.5 %
78.2 %
21.5 %
74.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2018
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
1969
Data Not Provided
1970
3591.000
540
6788
77.5
100.0
100.0
75.9
75.9
1971
3972.600
595
7046
80.4
100.0
100.0
76.2
76.1
1972
4503.800
670
7137
81.2
100.0
100.0
76.5
76.2
1973
3589.000
620
6401
73.1
73.8
93.3
66.1
73.6
1974
3679.600
650
6163
70.4
66.6
87.7
64.6
71.7
1975
3148.700
610
6414
73.2
59.1
82.9
58.9
69.6
1976
3860.100
620
6966
79.3
70.9
81.2
70.9
69.8
1977
3249.200
620
6136
70.0
59.9
78.5
59.8
68.6
1978
3645.700
620
6508
74.3
66.5
77.2
67.1
68.4
1979
4563.300
620
7520
85.8
83.8
77.8
84.0
70.0
1980
1957.300
620
3662
41.7
41.8
74.6
35.9
66.8
1981
2628.900
620
5237
59.8
59.9
73.3
48.4
65.3
1982
2013.000
620
5474
62.5
62.5
72.5
37.1
63.1
1983
225.500
620
1007
11.5
11.5
68.1
4.2
58.9
1984
305.190
620
842
9.6
9.6
64.2
5.6
55.3
1985
3746.030
620
6518
74.4
74.5
64.8
69.0
56.2
1986
1317.690
620
2310
26.4
26.7
62.6
24.3
54.3
1987
3113.390
620
5421
61.9
62.0
62.6
57.3
54.5
1988
3547.300
620
5749
65.4
65.5
62.7
65.1
55.0
1989
2410.110
620
4686
53.5
53.6
62.3
44.4
54.5
1990
4305.050
620
7678
87.6
87.7
63.5
79.3
55.7
1991
2954.840
610
5167
59.0
59.0
63.3
54.5
55.6
1992
4531.840
610
7463
85.0
84.9
64.2
84.6
56.9
1993
4667.480
610
7654
87.4
87.4
65.2
87.4
58.1
1994
3633.280
619
6096
69.6
69.2
65.3
67.9
58.5
1995
5194.080
619
8511
97.2
97.2
66.5
95.8
59.9
1996
4339.400
619
7104
80.9
80.9
67.1
79.8
60.7
1997
5073.280
619
8164
93.2
93.2
68.0
93.6
61.9
1998
4302.230
619
7094
81.0
81.0
68.5
79.3
62.5
1999
5388.510
619
8760
100.0
100.0
69.5
99.4
63.7
2000
3908.200
619
7073
80.5
80.6
69.9
71.9
64.0
2001
5226.370
619
8497
97.0
97.0
70.7
96.4
65.0
2002
5031.270
619
8215
93.8
93.8
71.4
92.8
65.8
2003
5256.320
619
8468
96.7
96.7
72.2
96.9
66.7
2004
4846.970
619
7973
90.8
90.8
72.7
89.1
67.4
2005
5374.910
619
8706
99.4
99.4
73.4
99.1
68.3
2006
4644.530
619
7775
88.8
88.8
73.9
85.6
68.7
2007
5077.930
619
8435
96.3
96.3
74.4
93.6
69.4
2008
4664.010
619
7924
90.2
90.2
74.8
85.8
69.8
2009
4978.400
614
8320
95.0
95.0
75.4
92.6
70.4
2010
4604.970
614
7661
87.4
87.5
75.6
85.6
70.7
2011
5298.450
619
8541
97.5
97.5
76.2
97.7
71.4
2012
4718.190
619
7663
87.2
88.5
76.5
86.8
71.8
2013
5116.690
619
8324
95.0
95.0
76.9
94.4
72.3
2014
4833.530
619
7859
89.7
89.7
77.2
89.1
72.6
2015
5275.790
619
8484
96.8
96.8
77.6
97.3
73.2
2016
4585.200
619
7553
86.0
86.0
77.8
84.3
73.4
2017
5429.570
619
8703
99.4
99.4
78.2
100.1
74.0
2018
3540.310
619
6227
99.8
97.0
78.5
91.7
74.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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