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QUAD CITIES-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
BWR
BWR-3 (Mark 1)
Exelon (75%), MidAmerican Energy (25%)
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
908
MW
e
789
MW
e
940
MW
e
2957
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
15 Feb, 1967
18 Oct, 1971
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
12 Apr, 1972
18 Feb, 1973
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
280.25 TW.h
82.6 %
83.5 %
17.4 %
79.1 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2021
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
1972
2525.200
850
4575
1973
4908.500
800
7382
82.8
86.8
86.8
69.0
69.0
1974
3464.100
800
5365
61.2
61.4
73.0
49.4
58.4
1975
4413.400
800
7531
86.0
61.0
68.8
63.0
60.0
1976
3401.700
769
5699
64.9
50.4
64.1
50.4
57.6
1977
3527.400
769
6176
70.5
52.4
61.8
52.4
56.5
1978
4782.000
769
8315
94.9
71.0
63.3
71.0
58.9
1979
4786.500
769
7096
81.0
71.0
64.4
71.0
60.7
1980
3468.800
769
5840
66.5
66.7
64.7
51.4
59.5
1981
5726.800
769
8244
94.1
94.3
68.0
85.0
62.4
1982
3258.000
769
5951
67.9
68.5
68.1
48.4
61.0
1983
5776.400
769
8258
94.3
94.6
70.5
85.8
63.2
1984
3358.480
769
4687
53.4
53.4
69.1
49.7
62.1
1985
6072.320
769
8242
94.1
94.1
71.0
90.1
64.2
1986
4426.180
769
6035
68.9
68.9
70.8
65.7
64.4
1987
4456.090
769
6141
70.1
70.1
70.8
66.2
64.5
1988
5661.980
769
8199
93.3
93.4
72.2
83.8
65.7
1989
4280.440
769
6428
73.4
73.4
72.3
63.5
65.6
1990
5345.560
769
7276
83.1
83.1
72.9
79.4
66.3
1991
3549.530
769
4882
55.7
55.8
72.0
52.7
65.6
1992
4166.140
769
6158
70.1
70.1
71.9
61.7
65.4
1993
5042.490
769
6902
78.8
78.8
72.2
74.8
65.9
1994
1670.170
769
2526
28.8
28.9
70.2
24.8
64.0
1995
5886.210
769
7934
90.6
90.6
71.1
87.4
65.0
1996
2680.590
769
3769
42.9
42.9
70.0
39.7
64.0
1997
5565.460
769
7764
88.6
88.7
70.7
82.6
64.7
1998
3142.880
769
4299
49.1
49.1
69.9
46.6
64.0
1999
6337.590
769
8210
93.7
93.7
70.8
94.1
65.1
2000
6168.070
769
8242
93.8
93.8
71.6
91.3
66.1
2001
6710.870
769
8691
99.2
99.2
72.5
99.6
67.2
2002
5709.520
855
7564
86.4
86.6
73.0
84.0
67.8
2003
6810.250
855
8013
91.5
92.4
73.7
90.9
68.6
2004
6502.770
855
8784
100.0
100.0
74.6
86.6
69.2
2005
6281.050
864
7875
89.9
89.9
75.1
83.0
69.7
2006
6747.250
867
8161
93.2
93.2
75.7
88.8
70.3
2007
6951.040
867
8212
93.7
93.8
76.3
91.5
71.0
2008
7490.090
867
8784
100.0
100.0
77.0
98.4
71.8
2009
6230.780
867
7879
89.9
90.0
77.4
82.0
72.1
2010
7646.110
882
8698
99.3
99.3
78.0
99.0
72.9
2011
7109.230
882
7898
90.2
90.2
78.4
92.0
73.5
2012
8130.410
908
8784
100.0
100.0
79.0
101.9
74.3
2013
7505.990
908
8073
92.2
92.2
79.4
94.4
74.8
2014
8168.260
908
8760
100.0
100.0
79.9
102.7
75.6
2015
7519.600
908
8170
93.3
93.3
80.3
94.5
76.1
2016
8104.180
908
8784
100.0
100.0
80.8
101.6
76.8
2017
7498.160
908
8305
94.8
94.8
81.2
94.3
77.2
2018
8051.910
908
8668
99.0
100.0
81.6
101.2
77.8
2019
7421.050
908
8101
92.5
92.5
81.9
93.3
78.2
2020
8075.970
908
8783
100.0
100.0
82.3
101.2
78.7
2021
7601.760
908
8360
95.4
95.4
82.6
95.6
79.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-03-06
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