ZION-1

Permanent Shutdown


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PWR
WH 4LP
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
1040 MWe
1040 MWe
1085 MWe
3250 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Dec, 1968
19 Jun, 1973
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
28 Jun, 1973
31 Dec, 1973
Permanent Shutdown Date
13 Feb, 1998

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
124.41 TW.h
62.3 %
63.9 %
37.7 %
57.4 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 1998

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
1973 705.900 880 1717
1974 3489.200 880 5167 59.0 59.0 59.0 45.3 45.3
1975 4917.500 867 6121 69.9 65.0 62.0 64.8 54.9
1976 4773.500 931 5454 62.1 56.5 60.1 58.4 56.1
1977 5034.000 1010 6494 74.1 56.9 59.2 56.9 56.3
1978 6769.800 1040 7020 80.1 74.3 62.5 74.3 60.3
1979 5537.300 1040 5962 68.1 60.8 62.2 60.8 60.4
1980 6514.400 1040 7165 81.6 81.8 65.2 71.3 62.0
1981 6192.700 1040 6294 71.8 72.0 66.1 68.0 62.8
1982 4728.400 1040 5172 59.0 59.2 65.3 51.9 61.6
1983 4030.100 1040 5740 65.5 65.7 65.3 44.2 59.7
1984 5692.090 1040 6027 68.6 68.7 65.6 62.3 60.0
1985 4834.820 1040 5106 58.3 58.3 65.0 53.1 59.4
1986 4915.210 1040 5450 62.2 62.2 64.8 54.0 59.0
1987 6067.140 1040 6481 74.0 74.0 65.5 66.6 59.5
1988 6347.300 1040 6605 75.2 75.2 66.2 69.5 60.2
1989 4999.460 1040 5149 58.8 58.8 65.7 54.9 59.9
1990 4446.520 1040 4746 54.2 54.2 65.0 48.8 59.2
1991 4260.390 1040 4593 52.4 52.5 64.3 46.8 58.5
1992 4111.830 1040 4310 49.1 49.1 63.4 45.0 57.8
1993 7020.980 1040 6966 79.5 79.5 64.3 77.1 58.8
1994 4147.270 1040 4175 47.7 47.7 63.5 45.5 58.1
1995 6469.120 1040 6295 71.9 71.9 63.9 71.0 58.7
1996 7328.770 1040 7167 81.6 81.6 64.6 80.2 59.7
1997 1079.320 1040 1238 14.1 14.0 62.5 11.8 57.6
1998 0.000 1040 0 0.0 0.0 62.3 0.0 57.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22


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