Details
Reactor Type | Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR) |
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Model | W (2-loop) DRYAMB |
Owner | Xcel Energy |
Operator | Northern States Power Co. (Subsidiary Of Xcel Energy) |
Timeline
Construction Start | Tuesday, 25 June 1968 |
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First Criticality | Saturday, 1 December 1973 |
First Grid Connection | Tuesday, 4 December 1973 |
Commercial Operation | Sunday, 16 December 1973 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 522 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 566 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 1677 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 530 MWe |
Operational History
Electricity Supplied (GWh)
Energy Availability Factor (%)
Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)
Reactor History
Year | Reference Unit Power (MWe) | Annual Time Online (Hours) | Electricity Supplied (GWh) | Operation Factor (%) | Energy Availability Annual (%) | Energy Availability Cumulative (%) | Load Factor Annual (%) | Load Factor Cumulative (%) |
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1973 | 520 | 312 | 7.20 | - | - | - | - | - |
1974 | 520 | 3848 | 1452.20 | 43.90 | 44.00 | 44.00 | 31.90 | 31.90 |
1975 | 520 | 7560 | 3694.20 | 86.30 | 81.20 | 62.60 | 81.10 | 56.50 |
1976 | 520 | 6801 | 3268.70 | 77.40 | 71.60 | 65.60 | 71.60 | 61.50 |
1977 | 511 | 7453 | 3714.50 | 85.10 | 82.90 | 69.80 | 83.00 | 66.80 |
1978 | 507 | 8012 | 3810.70 | 91.50 | 85.90 | 73.00 | 85.80 | 70.60 |
1979 | 503 | 6402 | 2910.90 | 73.10 | 65.80 | 71.80 | 66.10 | 69.80 |
1980 | 503 | 6863 | 3105.70 | 78.10 | 77.80 | 72.70 | 70.30 | 69.90 |
1981 | 503 | 7803 | 3838.60 | 89.10 | 88.90 | 74.70 | 87.10 | 72.00 |
1982 | 503 | 7960 | 3918.00 | 90.90 | 90.90 | 76.40 | 88.90 | 73.80 |
1983 | 503 | 7621 | 3888.90 | 87.00 | 87.20 | 77.50 | 88.30 | 75.30 |
1984 | 503 | 8285 | 4159.39 | 94.30 | 94.30 | 79.00 | 94.10 | 77.00 |
1985 | 503 | 7333 | 3678.45 | 83.70 | 83.40 | 79.40 | 83.50 | 77.50 |
1986 | 503 | 7870 | 3819.56 | 89.80 | 89.60 | 80.20 | 86.70 | 78.20 |
1987 | 503 | 7232 | 3590.27 | 82.60 | 82.20 | 80.30 | 81.50 | 78.40 |
1988 | 503 | 7800 | 3823.39 | 88.80 | 89.30 | 80.90 | 86.50 | 79.00 |
1989 | 503 | 8737 | 4392.28 | 99.70 | 99.80 | 82.10 | 99.70 | 80.30 |
1990 | 503 | 7764 | 3829.68 | 88.60 | 81.70 | 82.00 | 86.90 | 80.60 |
1991 | 503 | 7943 | 3987.08 | 90.70 | 90.50 | 82.50 | 90.10 | 81.20 |
1992 | 503 | 6844 | 3497.78 | 77.90 | 77.40 | 82.20 | 79.20 | 81.10 |
1993 | 513 | 8480 | 4377.99 | 96.80 | 96.80 | 83.00 | 98.90 | 82.00 |
1994 | 513 | 7258 | 3718.20 | 82.80 | 82.80 | 83.00 | 82.70 | 82.00 |
1995 | 513 | 8752 | 4519.04 | 99.90 | 99.90 | 83.80 | 100.60 | 82.80 |
1996 | 513 | 7327 | 3741.65 | 83.40 | 92.20 | 84.10 | 83.00 | 82.80 |
1997 | 513 | 6965 | 3522.80 | 79.50 | 79.50 | 83.90 | 78.40 | 82.70 |
1998 | 526 | 7948 | 4209.16 | 90.70 | 90.80 | 84.20 | 93.50 | 83.10 |
1999 | 522 | 7643 | 4068.78 | 87.20 | 87.20 | 84.30 | 89.00 | 83.30 |
2000 | 522 | 8499 | 4536.51 | 96.80 | 96.70 | 84.80 | 98.90 | 83.90 |
2001 | 522 | 6890 | 3641.74 | 78.60 | 78.80 | 84.60 | 79.60 | 83.80 |
2002 | 522 | 8268 | 4373.23 | 94.40 | 94.40 | 84.90 | 95.60 | 84.20 |
2003 | 522 | 8619 | 4596.35 | 98.40 | 98.40 | 85.40 | 101.00 | 84.80 |
2004 | 522 | 7017 | 3602.14 | 79.90 | 79.90 | 85.20 | 78.60 | 84.60 |
2005 | 522 | 8465 | 4518.40 | 96.60 | 96.70 | 85.60 | 98.80 | 85.00 |
2006 | 523 | 7785 | 4103.24 | 88.90 | 88.90 | 85.70 | 89.60 | 85.20 |
2007 | 551 | 8472 | 4457.09 | 96.70 | 96.70 | 86.00 | 92.30 | 85.40 |
2008 | 551 | 7780 | 4059.45 | 88.60 | 88.60 | 86.10 | 83.90 | 85.30 |
2009 | 551 | 6923 | 3600.15 | 79.00 | 79.00 | 85.90 | 74.60 | 85.00 |
2010 | 560 | 8760 | 4654.86 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 86.30 | 96.00 | 85.30 |
2011 | 521 | 7717 | 4128.39 | 88.10 | 87.70 | 86.30 | 87.20 | 85.40 |
2012 | 522 | 6961 | 3705.98 | 79.20 | 79.30 | 86.10 | 80.80 | 85.30 |
2013 | 522 | 8732 | 4654.69 | 99.70 | 99.70 | 86.50 | 101.80 | 85.70 |
2014 | 522 | 7264 | 3812.46 | 82.90 | 82.90 | 86.40 | 83.40 | 85.60 |
2015 | 522 | 7539 | 3991.22 | 86.10 | 86.10 | 86.40 | 87.30 | 85.70 |
2016 | 522 | 7903 | 4207.70 | 90.00 | 90.00 | 86.50 | 91.80 | 85.80 |
2017 | 522 | 8689 | 4565.00 | 99.20 | 99.20 | 86.80 | 99.80 | 86.10 |
2018 | 522 | 7916 | 4190.47 | 90.40 | 90.40 | 86.80 | 91.60 | 86.20 |
2019 | 522 | 8760 | 4772.56 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 87.10 | 104.40 | 86.60 |
2020 | 522 | 8092 | 4337.58 | 92.10 | 91.00 | 87.20 | 94.60 | 86.80 |
2021 | 522 | 8760 | 4772.37 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 87.50 | 104.40 | 87.20 |
2022 | 522 | 8137 | 4368.70 | 92.90 | 92.90 | 87.60 | 95.50 | 87.40 |