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BRUNSWICK-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 1)
PROGRESS ENERGY Carolinas, Inc.
Progress Energy
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
938
MW
e
821
MW
e
990
MW
e
2923
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
07 Feb, 1970
08 Oct, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
04 Dec, 1976
18 Mar, 1977
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
274.77 TW.h
80.1 %
79.4 %
19.9 %
78.7 %
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
1976
Data from a trial operation not provided
1977
2984.500
790
4949
54.6
43.6
43.6
43.6
43.6
1978
5122.900
790
7624
87.0
74.1
61.0
74.0
61.0
1979
3169.200
790
4778
54.5
45.8
55.5
45.8
55.5
1980
3939.200
790
6045
68.8
69.8
59.3
56.8
55.8
1981
2574.800
790
4155
47.4
49.0
57.1
37.2
51.9
1982
2935.400
790
5428
62.0
62.9
58.1
42.4
50.2
1983
1419.100
790
2116
24.2
26.4
53.4
20.5
45.8
1984
5037.710
790
6797
77.4
79.8
56.8
72.6
49.3
1985
1942.510
790
3247
37.1
38.9
54.8
28.1
46.9
1986
5973.810
790
8068
92.1
92.2
58.6
86.3
50.9
1987
4057.950
790
5651
64.5
65.6
59.3
58.6
51.6
1988
4458.420
790
6514
74.2
74.4
60.6
64.2
52.7
1989
4193.760
790
5568
63.6
64.6
60.9
60.6
53.3
1990
4340.350
790
5909
67.4
68.4
61.4
62.7
54.0
1991
4400.350
767
5849
66.8
67.4
61.8
64.4
54.7
1992
1874.550
767
2486
28.3
28.3
59.8
27.8
53.0
1993
0.000
767
0
0.0
0.0
56.3
0.0
50.0
1994
5956.340
767
7755
88.5
88.6
58.0
88.6
52.1
1995
5780.710
767
7391
84.4
84.4
59.4
86.0
53.8
1996
5708.150
767
7490
85.3
85.3
60.7
84.7
55.4
1997
6857.030
767
8558
97.7
97.7
62.5
102.1
57.6
1998
6360.440
820
7811
89.2
89.9
63.8
88.6
59.1
1999
6998.160
820
8481
96.8
96.8
65.3
97.4
60.8
2000
6746.480
820
8122
92.5
92.5
66.5
93.7
62.3
2001
7303.120
820
8760
100.0
100.0
67.9
101.7
63.9
2002
6697.340
820
7874
89.9
89.9
68.8
93.2
65.1
2003
7701.830
872
8653
98.8
98.8
70.0
100.8
66.6
2004
7093.380
872
7853
89.4
89.4
70.8
92.6
67.6
2005
7755.050
872
8275
94.4
94.5
71.7
101.5
68.9
2006
7190.780
938
7601
86.8
86.8
72.3
87.5
69.6
2007
7881.910
938
8290
94.6
94.6
73.1
95.9
70.6
2008
7030.630
938
7458
84.9
84.9
73.5
85.3
71.2
2009
8022.670
938
8493
97.0
97.0
74.4
97.6
72.1
2010
6810.870
938
7255
82.8
82.8
74.6
82.9
72.4
2011
8228.370
938
8663
98.9
98.9
75.4
100.1
73.4
2012
6323.870
938
6778
77.2
77.2
75.5
76.8
73.5
2013
8074.210
938
8483
96.8
96.8
76.2
98.2
74.2
2014
7347.750
938
7751
88.5
88.5
76.5
89.4
74.7
2015
8192.600
938
8653
98.8
98.8
77.2
99.7
75.4
2016
7313.540
938
7959
90.6
90.6
77.6
88.8
75.8
2017
8179.120
938
8685
99.1
99.1
78.1
99.5
76.4
2018
7094.070
938
7700
87.9
87.9
78.4
86.3
76.7
2019
7744.250
938
8211
93.7
93.8
78.8
94.2
77.2
2020
6917.770
938
7432
84.6
84.6
79.0
84.0
77.3
2021
8022.510
938
8447
96.4
96.4
79.4
97.6
77.8
2022
7555.390
938
8023
91.6
91.6
79.7
92.0
78.2
2023
8243.540
938
8658
98.8
97.1
80.1
100.3
78.7
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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