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RANCHO SECO-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
PWR
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
873
MW
e
918
MW
e
917
MW
e
2772
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Apr, 1969
16 Sep, 1974
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
13 Oct, 1974
17 Apr, 1975
Permanent Shutdown Date
07 Jun, 1989
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
44.75 TW.h
45.6 %
46.4 %
54.4 %
40.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
1989
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
1974
197.400
913
0
1975
2510.300
846
3528
24.0
22.1
22.1
22.1
22.1
1976
2205.000
870
2662
30.3
28.5
26.0
28.8
26.2
1977
5873.500
873
6748
77.0
76.4
45.0
76.8
45.3
1978
4983.900
873
7046
80.4
65.2
50.6
65.2
50.7
1979
5711.900
873
6775
77.3
74.6
55.7
74.7
55.9
1980
4414.900
873
5301
60.4
60.8
56.6
57.6
56.2
1981
2631.100
873
3522
40.2
40.7
54.2
34.4
52.9
1982
3366.500
873
4668
53.3
53.8
54.2
44.0
51.8
1983
2850.700
873
4101
46.8
47.0
53.4
37.3
50.1
1984
3767.550
873
5116
58.2
58.3
53.9
49.1
50.0
1985
1936.240
873
2699
30.8
30.8
51.7
25.3
47.7
1986
0.000
873
0
0.0
0.0
47.3
0.0
43.6
1987
0.000
873
0
0.0
0.0
43.5
0.0
40.1
1988
2852.150
873
5227
59.5
67.6
45.3
37.2
39.9
1989
1446.090
873
2214
56.9
56.9
45.6
43.3
40.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-25
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