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BYRON-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH 4LP (DRYAMB)
Exelon Corporation
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1164
MW
e
1120
MW
e
1242
MW
e
3645
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Apr, 1975
02 Feb, 1985
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Mar, 1985
16 Sep, 1985
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
339.78 TW.h
90.6 %
90.5 %
9.4 %
88.7 %
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
1985
1696.120
1129
2025
40.7
41.3
41.3
31.2
31.2
1986
7396.000
1129
7760
88.6
89.1
79.5
74.8
66.0
1987
5355.660
1120
6005
68.6
68.7
74.7
54.3
60.8
1988
6303.670
1105
6393
72.8
72.9
74.2
64.5
62.0
1989
8945.520
1105
8737
99.7
99.7
80.1
92.4
69.0
1990
6951.660
1105
7059
80.6
80.3
80.1
71.8
69.6
1991
6318.070
1105
7148
81.6
81.4
80.3
65.3
68.9
1992
8986.360
1105
8723
99.3
99.3
82.9
92.6
72.1
1993
7366.860
1105
7104
81.1
80.8
82.7
76.1
72.6
1994
6801.550
1105
7136
81.5
81.2
82.5
70.3
72.4
1995
7706.540
1105
7228
82.5
82.3
82.5
79.6
73.1
1996
6871.060
1105
6588
75.0
74.7
81.8
70.8
72.9
1997
7161.730
1105
6737
76.9
76.8
81.4
74.0
73.0
1998
7804.600
1105
7145
81.6
81.5
81.4
80.6
73.5
1999
8908.490
1105
7944
90.7
90.6
82.1
92.0
74.8
2000
9291.860
1105
8284
94.3
94.2
82.8
95.7
76.2
2001
10389.900
1163
8760
100.0
100.0
83.9
104.1
78.0
2002
9827.850
1163
8256
94.2
94.1
84.6
96.5
79.1
2003
9858.830
1163
8248
94.2
94.0
85.1
96.8
80.1
2004
10381.330
1152
8784
100.0
100.0
85.9
102.2
81.3
2005
9589.710
1194
8135
92.8
92.9
86.3
91.7
81.8
2006
9317.030
1164
7914
90.3
90.4
86.5
91.4
82.3
2007
10024.160
1164
8482
96.8
96.8
86.9
98.3
83.0
2008
9733.360
1164
8266
94.1
94.1
87.3
95.2
83.6
2009
9609.390
1164
8169
93.2
93.3
87.5
94.2
84.0
2010
10337.290
1164
8760
100.0
100.0
88.0
101.4
84.7
2011
8978.800
1164
7759
88.6
88.6
88.0
88.1
84.9
2012
8925.080
1164
7984
90.9
90.9
88.2
87.3
85.0
2013
10283.270
1164
8760
100.0
100.0
88.6
100.8
85.5
2014
9879.890
1164
8328
95.1
95.1
88.8
96.9
85.9
2015
9456.590
1164
8158
93.1
93.1
89.0
92.7
86.2
2016
10356.720
1164
8784
100.0
100.0
89.3
101.3
86.6
2017
9593.030
1164
8098
92.4
92.4
89.4
94.1
86.9
2018
9868.770
1164
8385
95.7
95.7
89.6
96.8
87.2
2019
10459.120
1164
8760
100.0
100.0
89.9
102.6
87.6
2020
9853.740
1164
8339
94.9
95.0
90.1
96.4
87.9
2021
9739.710
1164
8315
94.9
94.9
90.2
95.5
88.1
2022
10425.570
1164
8760
100.0
100.0
90.5
102.2
88.5
2023
9835.730
1164
8315
94.9
94.9
90.6
96.5
88.7
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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