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BRAIDWOOD-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
1194
MW
e
1120
MW
e
1270
MW
e
3645
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1975
29 May, 1987
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
12 Jul, 1987
29 Jul, 1988
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
323.29 TW.h
91.0 %
90.7 %
9.0 %
90.1 %
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
1987
1456.650
1120
2611
1988
3424.220
1120
3409
91.3
91.6
91.6
81.8
81.8
1989
4649.100
1120
5435
62.0
62.2
70.9
47.4
57.6
1990
8264.580
1120
7778
88.8
89.1
78.4
84.2
68.6
1991
5018.620
1120
5198
59.3
59.4
72.9
51.2
63.5
1992
7157.930
1120
7142
81.3
81.4
74.8
72.8
65.6
1993
8693.120
1120
8048
91.9
92.1
78.0
88.6
69.8
1994
7398.150
1120
6940
79.2
79.8
78.3
75.4
70.7
1995
6614.280
1120
6214
70.9
71.8
77.4
67.4
70.3
1996
7618.880
1120
7021
79.9
80.5
77.8
77.4
71.1
1997
8096.330
1120
7339
83.8
84.0
78.4
82.5
72.3
1998
7578.790
1100
6976
79.6
79.9
78.6
77.4
72.8
1999
9904.810
1120
8680
99.1
99.1
80.4
101.0
75.3
2000
9311.320
1100
8335
94.9
95.0
81.5
96.1
76.9
2001
9557.870
1168
8247
94.1
94.0
82.5
97.7
78.5
2002
10612.240
1161
8760
100.0
100.0
83.7
104.1
80.3
2003
10094.770
1161
8353
95.4
95.3
84.5
99.3
81.6
2004
9807.190
1161
8310
94.6
94.5
85.1
96.2
82.5
2005
10276.960
1185
8630
98.5
98.5
85.9
99.0
83.5
2006
9945.950
1178
8352
95.3
95.4
86.5
96.4
84.2
2007
9526.680
1178
8119
92.7
92.7
86.8
92.3
84.6
2008
10462.940
1178
8784
100.0
100.0
87.5
101.1
85.5
2009
9826.250
1178
8259
94.3
94.3
87.8
95.2
86.0
2010
9196.690
1178
7806
89.1
89.1
87.9
89.1
86.1
2011
10411.700
1178
8760
100.0
100.0
88.4
100.9
86.8
2012
9388.440
1178
7969
90.7
90.7
88.5
90.7
86.9
2013
9754.570
1178
8238
94.0
94.0
88.7
94.5
87.2
2014
10599.620
1194
8760
100.0
100.0
89.2
101.3
87.8
2015
9994.360
1194
8298
94.7
94.7
89.4
95.6
88.1
2016
9622.740
1194
8058
91.7
91.7
89.5
91.8
88.2
2017
10579.190
1194
8737
99.7
99.7
89.8
101.1
88.7
2018
9803.970
1194
8208
93.7
93.8
90.0
93.7
88.8
2019
9986.330
1194
8360
95.4
95.4
90.1
95.5
89.1
2020
10604.450
1194
8783
100.0
100.0
90.4
101.1
89.4
2021
9853.700
1194
8264
94.3
94.3
90.6
94.2
89.6
2022
9898.290
1194
8308
94.8
94.8
90.7
94.6
89.7
2023
10562.930
1194
8760
100.0
100.0
91.0
101.0
90.1
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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