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DUANE ARNOLD-1
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 1)
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
601
MW
e
601
MW
e
624
MW
e
1912
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
22 Jun, 1970
23 Mar, 1974
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
19 May, 1974
01 Feb, 1975
Permanent Shutdown Date
12 Oct, 2020
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
172.69 TW.h
82.5 %
83.8 %
17.5 %
79.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2020
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
1452.000
515
4101
1975
2298.200
515
6965
78.6
79.4
79.4
50.9
50.9
1976
2489.400
515
6847
78.0
55.1
66.7
55.0
53.0
1977
2897.800
515
6908
78.9
64.3
65.9
64.2
56.9
1978
1227.500
515
2902
33.1
27.2
56.0
27.2
49.3
1979
2898.900
515
6830
78.0
64.2
57.7
64.3
52.3
1980
2796.300
515
6456
73.5
73.2
60.3
61.8
54.0
1981
2219.500
515
6108
69.7
69.3
61.6
49.2
53.3
1982
2280.400
515
6543
74.7
74.2
63.2
50.6
52.9
1983
2324.300
515
5503
62.8
61.8
63.0
51.5
52.8
1984
2717.560
515
6402
72.9
72.2
64.0
60.1
53.5
1985
1940.490
515
4711
53.8
52.6
62.9
43.0
52.5
1986
3192.830
515
7495
85.6
81.5
64.5
70.8
54.1
1987
2546.580
515
5513
62.9
62.0
64.3
56.4
54.2
1988
3520.210
515
7128
81.2
72.3
64.9
77.0
55.9
1989
3143.640
538
6561
74.9
62.4
64.7
67.0
56.7
1990
3021.050
538
6498
74.2
74.7
65.4
64.1
57.2
1991
4146.800
515
8217
93.8
93.9
67.1
89.0
59.1
1992
3434.640
515
7112
81.0
80.5
67.8
75.9
60.0
1993
3241.400
515
6755
77.1
76.6
68.3
71.8
60.6
1994
4108.360
515
8078
92.2
92.0
69.5
91.1
62.2
1995
3736.970
515
7253
82.8
82.4
70.1
82.8
63.1
1996
3938.540
520
7906
90.0
89.9
71.0
86.2
64.2
1997
4155.530
520
8125
92.8
92.7
71.9
91.2
65.4
1998
3839.160
520
7477
85.4
85.2
72.5
84.3
66.2
1999
3649.040
520
7267
83.0
83.0
72.9
80.1
66.7
2000
4455.710
520
8553
97.4
97.4
73.9
97.6
67.9
2001
3860.640
565
7473
85.3
85.4
74.3
84.1
68.5
2002
4581.080
565
8147
93.0
93.6
75.0
92.7
69.5
2003
3998.570
565
7209
82.3
83.8
75.4
80.8
69.9
2004
4929.910
565
8596
97.9
97.9
76.2
99.3
71.0
2005
4544.470
562
7882
90.0
90.0
76.7
92.3
71.7
2006
5095.410
581
8664
98.9
98.9
77.4
100.1
72.7
2007
4518.880
580
7598
86.7
86.7
77.7
88.9
73.2
2008
5282.810
580
8784
100.0
100.0
78.5
103.7
74.2
2009
4678.930
579
7891
90.1
90.1
78.8
92.2
74.8
2010
4454.360
601
7471
85.3
85.8
79.0
84.6
75.1
2011
5215.230
601
8611
98.3
98.3
79.6
99.1
75.8
2012
4347.000
601
7391
84.1
84.2
79.8
82.3
76.0
2013
5320.780
601
8760
100.0
100.0
80.4
101.0
76.7
2014
4152.470
601
7482
85.4
85.4
80.5
78.9
76.8
2015
5243.450
601
8760
100.0
100.0
81.0
99.6
77.4
2016
4702.670
601
8096
92.2
92.2
81.3
89.1
77.7
2017
5213.510
601
8683
99.1
99.1
81.8
99.0
78.3
2018
4895.410
601
8258
94.3
94.3
82.1
93.0
78.6
2019
5235.720
601
8711
99.4
99.4
82.5
99.4
79.1
2020
2904.860
601
5340
81.2
81.2
82.5
73.5
79.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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