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POINT BEACH-2
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
25 Jul, 1968
30 May, 1972
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
02 Aug, 1972
01 Oct, 1972
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
200.03 TW.h
87.3 %
87.0 %
12.7 %
85.9 %
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
1972
225.700
75
2987
81.5
100.0
100.0
84.8
84.8
1973
2991.000
497
8192
93.5
80.2
80.9
68.7
69.3
1974
3179.300
497
7100
81.0
81.0
81.0
73.0
71.1
1975
3741.400
485
8224
93.9
87.9
83.2
88.1
76.6
1976
3749.200
491
7959
90.6
86.8
84.1
86.9
79.2
1977
3622.300
495
7496
85.6
83.5
84.0
83.5
80.0
1978
3858.900
495
8039
91.8
89.0
84.8
89.0
81.5
1979
3707.500
495
7728
88.2
85.5
84.9
85.5
82.1
1980
3587.900
495
7569
86.2
88.0
85.3
82.5
82.1
1981
3720.300
495
7757
88.6
89.9
85.8
85.8
82.6
1982
3605.400
495
7595
86.7
88.2
86.0
83.2
82.6
1983
3016.300
495
6245
71.3
74.5
85.0
69.6
81.4
1984
3512.370
495
7405
84.3
86.0
85.1
80.8
81.4
1985
3603.080
485
7491
85.5
86.8
85.2
84.8
81.6
1986
3417.550
485
7186
82.0
82.1
85.0
80.4
81.5
1987
3606.150
485
7478
85.4
85.5
85.0
84.9
81.8
1988
3718.680
485
7626
86.8
88.0
85.2
87.3
82.1
1989
3485.100
485
7107
81.1
82.9
85.1
82.0
82.1
1990
3793.460
485
7713
88.0
89.1
85.3
89.3
82.5
1991
3689.180
485
7569
86.4
87.6
85.4
86.8
82.7
1992
3668.190
485
7492
85.3
86.6
85.5
86.1
82.9
1993
3844.500
485
7883
90.0
90.9
85.7
90.5
83.2
1994
3752.300
485
7827
89.4
90.3
85.9
88.3
83.5
1995
3385.960
485
7158
81.7
83.4
85.8
79.7
83.3
1996
2950.350
485
6653
75.7
78.0
85.5
69.2
82.7
1997
825.490
485
1788
20.4
21.4
83.0
19.4
80.2
1998
3123.750
485
6609
75.4
75.5
82.7
73.5
80.0
1999
3578.500
512
7195
82.1
82.6
82.7
81.9
80.0
2000
3527.450
512
7094
80.8
80.9
82.6
78.4
80.0
2001
4342.970
512
8631
98.5
98.6
83.2
96.8
80.6
2002
4004.300
512
7934
90.6
90.7
83.4
89.3
80.9
2003
3713.280
518
7469
85.3
85.6
83.5
81.9
80.9
2004
4384.880
518
8559
97.4
97.5
84.0
96.4
81.4
2005
3232.630
514
6355
72.5
72.6
83.6
71.8
81.1
2006
4094.780
514
7972
91.0
91.0
83.8
90.9
81.4
2007
4462.210
514
8760
100.0
100.0
84.3
99.1
82.0
2008
4075.910
514
7904
90.0
90.0
84.5
90.3
82.2
2009
3782.450
516
7501
85.6
85.7
84.5
83.7
82.2
2010
4336.290
515
8495
97.0
97.0
84.9
96.1
82.6
2011
3450.080
586
6098
69.6
71.9
84.5
70.8
82.3
2012
4633.790
591
7935
90.3
90.4
84.7
89.3
82.5
2013
5237.690
591
8760
100.0
100.0
85.1
101.2
83.0
2014
4742.280
591
7962
90.9
90.9
85.3
91.6
83.2
2015
4819.900
591
8095
92.4
92.4
85.5
93.1
83.5
2016
5282.170
591
8784
100.0
100.0
85.8
101.8
84.0
2017
4810.700
591
8113
92.6
92.6
86.0
92.9
84.2
2018
4948.380
591
8267
94.4
94.5
86.2
95.6
84.5
2019
5239.900
591
8760
100.0
100.0
86.6
101.2
84.9
2020
4942.570
591
8244
93.8
93.9
86.7
95.2
85.2
2021
4754.720
591
8145
93.0
93.0
86.9
91.8
85.3
2022
5303.960
591
8760
100.0
100.0
87.2
102.4
85.7
2023
4870.220
591
8172
93.3
93.4
87.3
94.1
85.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22
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