Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (3-loop) DRYAMB
Owner Florida Power & Light Co.
Operator Florida Power & Light Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 27 April 1967
First Criticality Friday, 20 October 1972
First Grid Connection Thursday, 2 November 1972
Commercial Operation Thursday, 14 December 1972

Specifications

Capacity Net 837 MWe
Capacity Gross 829 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2644 MWt
Design Net Capacity 693 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 (%)
1972 693 420 101.10 40.90 100.00 100.00 14.60 14.60
1973 - - - - - - - -
1974 666 6090 3478.80 69.50 100.00 100.00 59.60 56.00
1975 666 6948 4376.00 79.30 74.90 88.00 75.00 65.10
1976 666 6665 4322.00 75.90 73.90 83.40 73.90 67.90
1977 666 6994 4474.10 79.80 76.60 81.80 76.70 70.10
1978 666 7087 4502.70 80.90 77.20 80.90 77.20 71.50
1979 666 4509 2881.60 51.50 49.40 75.70 49.40 67.80
1980 657 6812 4389.00 77.60 77.90 76.00 76.00 69.00
1981 646 1385 933.20 15.80 13.20 68.40 16.50 62.70
1982 646 5612 3771.40 64.10 64.20 68.00 66.60 63.10
1983 659 6415 4331.00 73.20 73.40 68.50 75.00 64.30
1984 666 7253 4784.19 82.60 82.60 69.80 81.80 65.90
1985 666 5224 3420.99 59.60 59.70 69.00 58.60 65.30
1986 666 6816 4513.06 77.80 77.90 69.60 77.40 66.20
1987 666 1566 885.28 17.90 17.90 66.00 15.20 62.60
1988 666 5320 3467.96 60.60 60.60 65.60 59.30 62.30
1989 666 5696 3605.10 65.00 65.10 65.60 61.80 62.30
1990 666 5200 3388.41 59.40 59.40 65.20 58.10 62.00
1991 666 2155 1332.05 24.60 50.00 64.40 22.80 59.90
1992 666 5896 3428.22 67.10 67.20 64.50 58.60 59.80
1993 666 8421 5657.35 96.10 96.10 66.10 97.00 61.70
1994 666 7513 4924.92 85.80 85.80 67.00 84.40 62.80
1995 666 7846 5218.97 89.60 89.60 68.00 89.50 64.00
1996 693 8490 5750.84 96.60 96.70 69.30 97.30 65.40
1997 693 7570 5252.35 86.40 87.00 70.10 86.50 66.30
1998 693 7757 5408.30 88.60 89.00 70.90 89.10 67.30
1999 693 8684 6112.35 99.10 99.10 72.00 100.70 68.60
2000 693 8122 5684.42 92.50 92.50 72.80 93.40 69.60
2001 693 7923 5526.02 90.40 90.50 73.40 91.00 70.40
2002 693 8760 6215.43 100.00 100.00 74.40 102.40 71.50
2003 693 7930 5445.57 90.50 90.60 74.90 89.70 72.10
2004 693 6934 4734.02 78.90 79.00 75.10 77.80 72.30
2005 693 8362 5798.91 95.50 95.50 75.70 95.50 73.00
2006 693 7905 5581.94 90.20 90.20 76.20 92.00 73.60
2007 693 7320 6078.10 83.60 83.60 76.40 100.10 74.40
2008 693 8617 6139.53 98.10 98.10 77.00 100.90 75.20
2009 693 7451 5249.30 85.10 85.10 77.30 86.50 75.50
2010 693 7594 5358.09 86.70 86.70 77.50 88.30 75.90
2011 693 8291 5822.87 94.60 94.70 78.00 95.90 76.40
2012 802 4121 2477.38 46.90 49.50 77.20 38.70 75.40
2013 802 7945 6239.35 90.70 90.70 77.60 88.80 75.80
2014 802 7726 5900.85 88.20 88.20 77.90 84.00 76.00
2015 802 7552 6002.32 86.20 86.20 78.10 85.40 76.30
2016 802 8710 7174.17 99.20 99.20 78.70 101.80 77.00
2017 802 7531 6163.82 86.00 86.00 78.90 87.70 77.20
2018 837 7811 6462.92 89.20 89.20 79.20 90.50 77.60
2019 837 8726 7533.69 99.60 99.60 79.70 102.80 78.20
2020 837 7996 6556.42 91.00 92.00 80.00 89.20 78.50
2021 837 7584 5848.82 86.60 86.60 80.20 79.80 78.60
2022 837 8760 7570.46 100.00 100.00 80.60 103.20 79.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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