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ZION-2
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
MW
e
1040
MW
e
1085
MW
e
3250
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Dec, 1968
24 Dec, 1973
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
26 Dec, 1973
17 Sep, 1974
Permanent Shutdown Date
13 Feb, 1998
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
124.50 TW.h
64.6 %
65.9 %
35.4 %
59.2 %
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
Data from a trial operation not provided
1974
1271.200
880
2580
56.8
56.9
56.9
44.7
44.7
1975
4829.200
867
6320
72.2
63.7
62.3
63.6
59.7
1976
4672.300
932
5426
61.8
56.1
59.4
57.1
58.5
1977
6275.300
1010
6645
75.9
70.8
63.2
70.9
62.6
1978
6732.200
1040
7032
80.3
73.9
65.9
73.9
65.5
1979
4759.900
1040
5880
67.1
52.2
63.2
52.2
62.8
1980
5278.200
1040
5859
66.7
67.1
63.8
57.8
62.0
1981
5256.700
1040
6361
72.6
73.0
65.1
57.7
61.4
1982
5158.000
1040
6076
69.4
69.7
65.7
56.6
60.8
1983
6195.900
1040
6404
73.1
73.2
66.6
68.0
61.6
1984
6001.500
1040
6177
70.3
70.4
66.9
65.7
62.0
1985
5130.160
1040
5901
67.4
67.4
67.0
56.3
61.5
1986
7346.900
1040
7370
84.1
84.2
68.4
80.6
63.1
1987
5131.900
1040
5383
61.4
61.5
67.9
56.3
62.6
1988
6652.740
1040
6847
78.0
85.4
69.1
72.8
63.3
1989
7694.440
1040
8222
93.9
93.9
70.8
84.5
64.7
1990
2646.410
1040
2960
33.8
33.8
68.5
29.0
62.5
1991
5131.910
1040
5430
62.0
62.0
68.1
56.3
62.1
1992
5365.060
1040
5746
65.4
65.4
67.9
58.7
61.9
1993
5292.180
1040
5426
61.9
61.9
67.6
58.1
61.7
1994
6151.490
1040
6192
70.7
70.7
67.8
67.5
62.0
1995
5922.400
1040
6210
70.9
70.9
67.9
65.0
62.2
1996
5608.470
1040
5687
64.7
64.8
67.8
61.4
62.1
1997
0.000
1040
0
0.0
0.0
64.8
0.0
59.4
1998
0.000
1040
0
0.0
0.0
64.6
0.0
59.2
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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