DRESDEN-2

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
BWR
BWR-3 (Mark 1)
Exelon Corporation
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
894 MWe
794 MWe
950 MWe
2957 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
10 Jan, 1966
07 Jan, 1970
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
13 Apr, 1970
09 Jun, 1970

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
292.46 TW.h
83.0 %
81.2 %
17.0 %
76.1 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

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
1970 1253.000 815 2558 37.9 100.0 100.0 23.9 23.9
1971 2806.300 815 5694 65.0 100.0 100.0 39.3 33.6
1972 3370.500 815 5240 59.6 100.0 100.0 47.1 38.8
1973 5014.500 800 7672 87.6 90.8 97.5 71.6 47.8
1974 3376.000 800 5113 58.4 58.3 89.0 48.2 47.9
1975 2957.000 800 4826 55.1 42.2 80.7 42.2 46.9
1976 4374.400 781 6660 75.8 64.1 78.3 63.8 49.4
1977 3538.100 772 6297 71.9 52.4 75.0 52.3 49.8
1978 5704.500 772 8244 94.1 84.4 76.0 84.4 53.7
1979 4942.900 772 7141 81.5 73.1 75.7 73.1 55.6
1980 4580.400 772 8193 93.3 93.5 77.4 67.6 56.7
1981 3416.000 772 5260 60.0 60.1 75.9 50.5 56.2
1982 5123.100 772 8094 92.4 92.4 77.2 75.8 57.7
1983 3402.200 772 5076 58.0 58.9 75.9 50.3 57.2
1984 4468.360 772 6402 72.9 72.9 75.7 65.9 57.8
1985 3105.970 772 4678 53.4 54.5 74.4 45.9 57.0
1986 4655.670 772 6761 77.2 77.2 74.5 68.8 57.7
1987 3362.640 772 5342 61.0 61.0 73.8 49.7 57.3
1988 4325.160 772 6931 78.9 78.9 74.0 63.8 57.6
1989 4751.700 772 7023 80.2 80.2 74.4 70.3 58.3
1990 4116.850 772 5920 67.6 67.6 74.0 60.9 58.4
1991 2984.210 772 5031 57.4 58.0 73.3 44.1 57.7
1992 4185.750 772 7419 84.5 84.5 73.8 61.7 57.9
1993 3058.560 772 4790 54.7 54.7 73.0 45.2 57.4
1994 4086.100 772 5808 66.3 66.3 72.7 60.4 57.5
1995 1890.540 772 2938 33.5 33.5 71.2 28.0 56.4
1996 2161.410 772 3731 42.5 42.5 70.1 31.9 55.4
1997 5578.450 772 7738 88.3 89.4 70.8 82.5 56.4
1998 5632.860 772 7496 85.6 85.6 71.3 83.3 57.4
1999 6229.520 772 8122 92.7 92.7 72.0 92.1 58.5
2000 6867.430 772 8747 99.6 99.6 72.9 101.3 59.9
2001 6072.690 772 8005 91.4 91.2 73.5 89.8 60.8
2002 7527.470 850 8760 100.0 100.0 74.4 101.1 62.2
2003 6703.110 850 7999 91.3 92.0 75.0 90.0 63.1
2004 5909.320 850 7045 80.2 80.2 75.1 79.2 63.6
2005 6590.080 850 7710 88.0 88.0 75.5 88.5 64.3
2006 7273.220 867 8485 96.9 96.9 76.2 95.8 65.3
2007 6972.690 867 8132 92.8 92.8 76.6 91.8 66.1
2008 7469.520 867 8639 98.4 98.4 77.3 98.1 67.0
2009 6902.620 867 8033 91.7 91.7 77.7 90.9 67.6
2010 7726.880 867 8760 100.0 100.0 78.3 101.7 68.5
2011 7181.340 883 8150 93.0 93.1 78.6 94.3 69.2
2012 7912.780 883 8634 98.3 98.3 79.2 102.0 70.1
2013 7546.810 883 8266 94.4 94.4 79.5 97.6 70.8
2014 7585.870 894 8315 94.9 95.0 79.9 96.9 71.4
2015 7360.790 894 8106 92.5 92.5 80.2 94.0 72.0
2016 8047.970 894 8784 100.0 100.0 80.7 102.5 72.7
2017 7409.850 902 8299 94.7 94.8 81.0 93.8 73.2
2018 8051.490 894 8760 100.0 100.0 81.5 102.8 73.8
2019 7139.160 894 8128 92.8 92.8 81.7 91.2 74.2
2020 7966.530 894 8674 98.8 100.0 82.1 101.4 74.8
2021 7032.490 894 8285 94.6 94.6 82.4 89.8 75.1
2022 8019.510 894 8712 99.4 99.4 82.7 102.4 75.7
2023 7408.140 894 8258 94.3 95.2 83.0 94.6 76.1
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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