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PALISADES
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
CE 2LP (DRYAMB)
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
805
MW
e
805
MW
e
850
MW
e
2565
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
12 Mar, 1967
22 May, 1971
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
29 Dec, 1971
N/A
Permanent Shutdown Date
20 May, 2022
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
232.35 TW.h
NC
NC
NC
NC
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2022
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
1971
Data from a trial operation not provided
1972
1899.100
400
4990
56.8
100.0
100.0
54.0
54.0
1973
2411.300
700
3829
43.7
100.0
100.0
39.3
44.7
1974
93.300
722
317
3.6
100.0
100.0
1.5
27.6
1975
2427.800
684
5649
64.5
40.5
83.8
40.5
31.1
1976
2846.900
684
4847
55.2
47.4
76.0
47.4
34.6
1977
5084.600
635
8004
91.4
90.2
78.3
91.4
44.0
1978
2624.200
635
4346
49.6
46.0
73.7
47.2
44.5
1979
3433.400
635
5241
59.8
58.7
71.9
61.7
46.6
1980
2379.100
635
3764
42.8
39.7
68.3
42.6
46.2
1981
3462.700
635
5009
57.2
55.8
67.0
62.2
47.8
1982
3345.000
635
4788
54.7
49.3
65.4
60.1
48.9
1983
3770.000
635
5282
60.3
60.1
65.0
67.8
50.5
1984
811.550
635
1334
15.2
10.0
60.8
14.6
47.7
1985
5301.800
730
7342
83.8
82.0
62.3
91.8
51.0
1986
841.240
730
1323
15.1
14.9
58.7
13.2
48.1
1987
2634.430
730
3980
45.4
45.2
57.8
41.2
47.6
1988
3435.220
730
4853
55.2
53.7
57.5
53.6
48.0
1989
3637.780
730
6019
68.7
67.4
58.1
56.9
48.6
1990
3008.090
730
5073
57.9
56.1
58.0
47.0
48.5
1991
4873.840
730
6693
76.4
75.4
59.0
76.2
50.0
1992
4865.070
730
6293
71.6
70.5
59.6
75.9
51.3
1993
3545.650
730
4595
52.4
50.4
59.1
55.4
51.5
1994
4513.830
730
5860
66.9
65.5
59.4
70.6
52.4
1995
4663.520
730
6491
74.1
73.0
60.0
72.9
53.4
1996
5314.340
730
7068
80.5
79.7
60.9
82.9
54.6
1997
5803.460
730
7714
88.1
87.6
62.0
90.8
56.1
1998
5390.580
730
7142
81.5
81.1
62.7
84.3
57.2
1999
5128.360
730
6910
78.9
78.4
63.3
80.2
58.1
2000
5748.020
730
7672
87.3
86.8
64.2
89.6
59.3
2001
2355.630
730
3118
35.6
35.2
63.2
36.8
58.5
2002
6369.370
730
8187
93.5
93.2
64.2
99.6
59.9
2003
6158.150
730
7914
90.3
90.0
65.0
96.3
61.1
2004
5346.140
730
7164
81.6
81.1
65.6
83.4
61.8
2005
6645.840
767
8443
96.4
96.4
66.6
98.9
63.0
2006
5917.110
778
7498
85.6
85.6
67.2
86.8
63.8
2007
5826.020
778
7427
84.8
84.8
67.7
85.5
64.4
2008
6837.230
778
8599
97.9
97.9
68.6
100.0
65.5
2009
6118.710
778
7695
87.8
87.9
69.2
89.8
66.2
2010
6240.660
778
7915
90.4
90.4
69.8
91.6
66.9
2011
6641.010
793
8407
96.0
96.1
70.5
95.6
67.7
2012
5178.210
793
6702
76.3
76.4
70.7
74.3
67.9
2013
6041.700
793
7567
86.4
86.4
71.1
87.0
68.4
2014
5830.360
793
7286
83.2
83.2
71.4
83.9
68.8
2015
6318.520
805
7948
90.7
90.9
71.9
89.6
69.4
2016
7041.290
805
8784
100.0
100.0
72.6
99.6
70.1
2017
6097.500
805
7969
91.0
91.0
73.0
86.5
70.5
2018
5455.940
805
6863
78.3
79.1
73.2
77.4
70.7
2019
6864.360
805
8585
98.0
98.0
73.8
97.3
71.3
2020
5995.120
805
7540
85.8
85.8
74.0
84.8
71.6
2021
6993.510
805
8760
100.0
100.0
74.6
99.2
72.2
2022
2730.230
805
3351
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 2024-10-03
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