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POINT BEACH-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH 2LP (DRYAMB)
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
591
MW
e
497
MW
e
640
MW
e
1800
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
19 Jul, 1967
02 Nov, 1970
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
06 Nov, 1970
21 Dec, 1970
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
199.86 TW.h
86.2 %
85.5 %
13.8 %
83.1 %
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
Data from a trial operation not provided
1971
3446.200
524
7699
87.9
100.0
100.0
75.1
75.1
1972
3085.500
524
6349
72.3
100.0
100.0
67.0
71.0
1973
2742.300
497
6867
78.4
67.6
89.6
63.0
68.5
1974
3144.300
497
7136
81.5
81.4
87.6
72.2
69.4
1975
2924.900
480
6297
71.9
69.5
84.2
69.6
69.4
1976
3392.500
492
7239
82.4
78.4
83.2
78.5
70.9
1977
3687.100
495
7733
88.3
85.1
83.5
85.0
72.9
1978
3794.500
495
7864
89.8
87.5
84.0
87.5
74.7
1979
3059.600
495
6455
73.7
70.6
82.5
70.6
74.2
1980
2479.300
495
6739
76.7
77.0
82.0
57.0
72.5
1981
2614.900
495
6834
78.0
78.3
81.6
60.3
71.4
1982
2701.700
495
7134
81.4
81.5
81.6
62.3
70.7
1983
2384.900
495
6498
74.2
74.3
81.1
55.0
69.5
1984
3109.210
485
6379
72.6
72.6
80.5
73.0
69.7
1985
3354.180
485
6917
79.0
78.6
80.4
79.0
70.3
1986
3770.070
485
7786
88.9
88.7
80.9
88.7
71.4
1987
3567.090
485
7348
83.9
83.6
81.0
84.0
72.2
1988
3830.950
485
7787
88.6
88.5
81.4
89.9
73.1
1989
3606.220
485
7706
88.0
87.8
81.8
84.9
73.7
1990
3531.730
485
7362
84.0
83.8
81.9
83.1
74.2
1991
3628.730
485
7524
85.9
85.7
82.0
85.4
74.7
1992
3605.640
485
7409
84.4
84.1
82.1
84.6
75.2
1993
3804.790
485
7799
89.0
88.8
82.4
89.6
75.8
1994
3905.060
485
8071
92.1
92.0
82.8
91.9
76.4
1995
3792.430
485
7768
88.7
88.5
83.0
89.3
77.0
1996
4003.330
485
8173
93.0
93.0
83.4
94.0
77.6
1997
853.500
485
1872
21.4
21.3
81.2
20.1
75.5
1998
2584.220
485
5489
62.7
62.7
80.5
60.8
75.0
1999
3489.330
510
7070
80.7
80.0
80.5
81.4
75.2
2000
4134.620
510
8391
95.5
95.6
81.0
92.3
75.8
2001
3702.100
510
7611
86.9
87.0
81.2
82.9
76.0
2002
3975.790
510
7964
90.9
91.0
81.5
89.0
76.4
2003
4343.000
516
8538
97.5
97.5
82.0
96.2
77.1
2004
3631.040
516
7186
81.8
81.9
82.0
80.1
77.2
2005
3641.040
512
7232
82.6
82.6
82.0
81.2
77.3
2006
4465.630
512
8760
100.0
100.0
82.6
99.6
77.9
2007
3822.300
512
7582
86.6
86.6
82.7
85.2
78.1
2008
3737.010
512
7365
83.8
83.9
82.7
83.1
78.3
2009
4385.380
512
8760
100.0
100.0
83.2
97.8
78.8
2010
3956.140
512
7870
89.8
89.9
83.3
88.2
79.0
2011
3525.040
512
6954
79.4
79.4
83.2
78.6
79.0
2012
5154.430
591
8737
99.5
99.5
83.7
99.3
79.6
2013
4707.210
591
7981
91.1
91.1
83.9
90.9
79.9
2014
4713.100
591
7956
90.8
90.8
84.1
91.0
80.2
2015
5191.570
591
8671
99.0
99.0
84.5
100.3
80.7
2016
4871.110
591
8196
93.3
93.3
84.7
93.8
81.0
2017
4842.860
591
8158
93.1
93.1
84.9
93.5
81.4
2018
5184.300
591
8675
99.0
99.1
85.2
100.1
81.8
2019
4792.600
591
8098
92.4
92.4
85.4
92.6
82.1
2020
4828.760
591
8181
93.1
93.2
85.6
93.0
82.3
2021
5123.070
591
8719
99.5
99.5
85.9
99.0
82.7
2022
4793.100
591
8097
92.4
92.4
86.0
92.6
82.9
2023
4815.150
591
8147
93.0
93.2
86.2
93.0
83.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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