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HOPE CREEK-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 1)
PSEG Power, Inc.
PSEG Nuclear, LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1172
MW
e
1067
MW
e
1240
MW
e
3840
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Mar, 1976
28 Jun, 1986
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Aug, 1986
20 Dec, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
314.09 TW.h
89.0 %
88.2 %
11.0 %
88.1 %
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
1986
Data from a trial operation not provided
1987
7308.740
1067
7457
85.1
92.7
92.7
78.2
78.2
1988
6470.870
1031
6369
72.5
79.0
85.9
69.4
73.8
1989
6614.330
1031
6717
76.7
76.7
82.9
73.2
73.6
1990
8100.140
1031
7940
90.6
90.7
84.8
89.7
77.6
1991
7402.710
1031
7280
83.1
83.1
84.4
82.0
78.4
1992
7059.110
1031
6930
78.9
78.9
83.5
78.0
78.4
1993
8825.340
1031
8526
97.3
97.4
85.5
97.7
81.1
1994
7125.640
1031
6969
79.6
79.6
84.8
78.9
80.8
1995
7072.280
1031
6937
79.2
79.2
84.2
78.3
80.6
1996
6770.720
1031
6618
75.3
75.4
83.3
74.8
80.0
1997
6417.760
1031
6511
74.3
74.3
82.5
71.1
79.2
1998
8700.370
1031
8539
97.5
97.5
83.7
96.3
80.6
1999
7701.080
1031
7538
86.0
86.0
83.9
85.3
81.0
2000
7271.740
1031
7259
82.6
82.6
83.8
80.3
80.9
2001
8065.270
1049
7859
89.7
89.8
84.2
88.6
81.4
2002
8843.080
1049
8555
97.7
97.7
85.0
96.2
82.4
2003
7260.580
1049
7137
81.5
81.5
84.8
79.0
82.2
2004
6048.870
1049
6123
69.7
69.7
84.0
65.6
81.2
2005
7684.770
1049
7379
84.2
84.2
84.0
83.6
81.4
2006
8617.780
1059
8042
91.8
91.8
84.4
92.9
81.9
2007
8104.540
1061
7774
88.7
88.8
84.6
87.2
82.2
2008
10006.260
1186
8756
99.7
99.7
85.4
100.4
83.1
2009
9700.300
1161
8104
92.5
92.4
85.7
95.4
83.7
2010
9438.540
1191
8001
91.3
91.4
86.0
92.6
84.1
2011
10505.930
1191
8690
99.2
99.2
86.6
100.7
84.8
2012
9586.250
1172
8141
92.7
92.7
86.8
93.1
85.2
2013
9112.680
1172
7751
88.5
88.5
86.9
88.8
85.3
2014
10406.060
1172
8636
98.6
98.6
87.3
101.4
86.0
2015
9450.740
1172
7895
90.1
90.1
87.4
92.0
86.2
2016
9639.690
1172
8087
92.1
92.1
87.6
93.6
86.5
2017
10657.910
1172
8760
100.0
100.0
88.0
103.8
87.1
2018
9583.400
1172
8071
92.1
92.1
88.2
93.3
87.3
2019
8767.200
1172
7746
88.4
88.4
88.2
85.4
87.2
2020
10592.700
1172
8783
100.0
100.0
88.6
102.9
87.7
2021
9051.910
1172
7942
90.7
90.6
88.6
88.2
87.7
2022
9229.600
1172
7882
90.0
90.0
88.7
89.9
87.8
2023
9953.820
1172
8443
96.4
99.8
89.0
97.0
88.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15
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