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LIMERICK-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 2)
Exelon Corporation
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1134
MW
e
1055
MW
e
1194
MW
e
3515
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
19 Jun, 1974
12 Aug, 1989
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Sep, 1989
08 Jan, 1990
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
311.86 TW.h
94.1 %
94.0 %
5.9 %
93.4 %
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
1989
Data from a trial operation not provided
1990
7232.600
1055
7174
83.5
81.8
81.8
79.8
79.8
1991
7146.910
1055
6919
79.0
77.8
79.8
77.3
78.6
1992
8489.180
1055
8557
97.4
97.4
85.7
91.6
82.9
1993
7468.720
1055
7289
83.2
82.3
84.8
80.8
82.4
1994
8571.510
1055
8657
98.8
98.8
87.6
92.8
84.5
1995
8401.430
1115
7984
91.1
91.2
88.3
86.4
84.8
1996
9001.100
1115
8346
95.0
95.1
89.3
91.9
85.9
1997
8307.460
1115
7840
89.5
89.3
89.3
85.0
85.8
1998
9257.880
1115
8346
95.3
95.3
90.0
94.8
86.8
1999
8560.960
1150
7726
88.2
88.4
89.8
86.1
86.7
2000
9940.730
1143
8661
98.6
98.6
90.7
98.8
87.9
2001
9243.350
1143
8230
94.0
93.9
90.9
92.3
88.3
2002
10009.520
1134
8672
99.0
99.0
91.6
100.8
89.3
2003
9387.120
1134
8252
94.2
94.2
91.8
94.5
89.6
2004
9952.000
1134
8734
99.4
99.4
92.3
99.9
90.4
2005
9124.680
1134
8085
92.3
92.3
92.3
91.8
90.4
2006
10015.110
1134
8710
99.4
99.4
92.7
100.8
91.1
2007
9059.170
1134
8007
91.4
91.4
92.7
91.2
91.1
2008
9712.130
1134
8517
97.0
97.0
92.9
97.5
91.4
2009
9311.400
1134
8241
94.1
94.1
93.0
93.7
91.5
2010
9879.130
1134
8727
99.6
99.6
93.3
99.4
91.9
2011
8956.990
1134
7917
90.4
90.4
93.1
90.2
91.8
2012
9595.260
1134
8392
95.5
95.6
93.2
96.3
92.0
2013
9437.560
1134
8143
93.0
93.0
93.2
95.0
92.2
2014
10003.110
1134
8607
98.2
98.2
93.4
100.7
92.5
2015
8933.000
1134
7982
91.1
91.1
93.4
89.9
92.4
2016
10144.920
1134
8744
99.5
99.6
93.6
101.8
92.8
2017
8574.810
1134
7552
86.2
86.2
93.3
86.3
92.5
2018
10173.710
1134
8760
100.0
100.0
93.6
102.4
92.9
2019
9274.510
1134
8170
93.3
93.3
93.5
93.4
92.9
2020
10211.570
1134
8783
100.0
100.0
93.8
102.5
93.2
2021
9229.490
1134
8281
94.5
94.5
93.8
92.9
93.2
2022
10049.360
1134
8681
99.1
99.1
93.9
101.2
93.4
2023
9138.370
1134
8199
93.6
100.0
94.1
92.0
93.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-12-04
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