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CATAWBA-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH 4LP (ICECND)
North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No.1
Duke Energy Corp.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1150
MW
e
1145
MW
e
1188
MW
e
3411
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 May, 1974
08 May, 1986
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
18 May, 1986
19 Aug, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
327.98 TW.h
88.4 %
88.1 %
11.6 %
88.0 %
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
1324.220
1145
1325
34.6
35.6
35.6
29.1
29.1
1987
7169.490
1145
7014
80.1
80.2
69.0
71.5
60.9
1988
5434.950
1129
5571
63.4
71.8
70.2
54.8
58.3
1989
6527.100
1129
6302
71.9
72.0
70.7
66.0
60.6
1990
6502.990
1129
5984
68.3
69.0
70.3
65.8
61.8
1991
7274.890
1129
6621
75.6
75.6
71.3
73.6
64.0
1992
9273.460
1129
8281
94.3
94.3
74.9
93.5
68.6
1993
8177.410
1129
7233
82.6
82.6
76.0
82.7
70.5
1994
7691.730
1129
6978
79.7
79.8
76.4
77.8
71.4
1995
7960.180
1129
7074
80.8
80.8
76.9
80.5
72.4
1996
9233.630
1129
8107
92.3
92.3
78.4
93.1
74.4
1997
8593.360
1129
7623
87.0
87.1
79.2
86.9
75.5
1998
8672.300
1129
7580
86.5
86.6
79.8
87.7
76.5
1999
8855.380
1129
7727
88.2
88.2
80.4
89.5
77.4
2000
8981.370
1129
7928
90.3
90.3
81.1
90.6
78.4
2001
8574.140
1129
7507
85.7
85.7
81.4
86.7
78.9
2002
10172.300
1129
8760
100.0
100.0
82.5
102.8
80.4
2003
9318.160
1129
8117
92.7
92.7
83.1
94.2
81.2
2004
8835.740
1129
7672
87.3
87.4
83.3
89.1
81.6
2005
10099.110
1129
8737
99.7
99.7
84.2
102.1
82.7
2006
8779.220
1129
7696
87.8
87.9
84.4
88.8
83.0
2007
8351.560
1129
7262
82.9
82.9
84.3
84.4
83.0
2008
10203.160
1129
8784
100.0
100.0
85.0
102.9
83.9
2009
8910.220
1129
7727
88.2
88.2
85.1
90.1
84.2
2010
9075.000
1129
7934
90.6
90.6
85.4
91.8
84.5
2011
10025.540
1129
8716
99.5
99.5
85.9
101.4
85.2
2012
9061.970
1146
7849
89.4
89.5
86.0
90.4
85.4
2013
9065.550
1146
7942
90.6
90.7
86.2
90.3
85.5
2014
10091.900
1146
8760
100.0
100.0
86.7
100.5
86.1
2015
9100.430
1146
7886
90.0
90.0
86.8
90.6
86.2
2016
9315.900
1146
8090
92.1
92.1
87.0
92.5
86.4
2017
10177.380
1150
8760
100.0
100.0
87.4
101.0
86.9
2018
9269.230
1150
8080
92.2
92.2
87.6
92.0
87.1
2019
9343.860
1150
8155
93.1
93.1
87.8
92.8
87.2
2020
10121.150
1150
8783
100.0
100.0
88.1
100.2
87.6
2021
8989.380
1150
7864
89.8
89.8
88.2
89.2
87.7
2022
8685.270
1150
7526
85.9
85.9
88.1
86.2
87.6
2023
10177.430
1150
8760
100.0
100.0
88.4
101.0
88.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-10
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