United States Of America

Byron 2

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (4-Loop) (DRYAMB)
Owner Exelon Corporation
Operator Exelon Generation Co., Llc

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 April 1975
First Criticality Friday, 9 January 1987
First Grid Connection Friday, 6 February 1987
Commercial Operation Sunday, 2 August 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 1136 MWe
Capacity Gross 1210 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3645 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1120 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 (%)
1987 1129 5071 3876.06 62.90 100.00 100.00 47.50 47.50
1988 1105 8419 6357.92 95.80 95.90 97.10 65.10 59.80
1989 1105 6981 6069.54 79.70 79.50 89.90 62.70 61.00
1990 1105 6598 6052.68 75.30 75.00 85.50 62.50 61.50
1991 1105 8489 8772.68 96.90 96.90 88.10 90.60 68.00
1992 1105 7027 7000.34 80.00 79.80 86.60 72.10 68.80
1993 1105 7399 7622.47 84.50 84.30 86.20 78.80 70.30
1994 1105 8704 9504.17 99.40 99.40 88.00 98.20 74.10
1995 1105 7710 8183.77 88.00 87.90 88.00 84.50 75.30
1996 1105 7225 7830.62 82.20 82.00 87.30 80.70 75.90
1997 1105 8344 9102.89 95.20 95.20 88.10 94.00 77.60
1998 1105 7855 8592.83 89.70 89.50 88.20 88.80 78.60
1999 1105 8182 9174.10 93.40 93.30 88.60 94.80 79.90
2000 1105 8724 10005.38 99.30 99.30 89.40 103.10 81.60
2001 1131 8353 9826.73 95.40 95.30 89.80 100.10 82.90
2002 1131 8119 9537.62 92.70 92.30 90.00 96.30 83.80
2003 1131 8760 10298.69 100.00 100.00 90.60 104.00 85.00
2004 1125 8360 9623.24 95.20 95.00 90.90 97.20 85.80
2005 1162 8328 9521.05 95.10 95.10 91.10 93.50 86.20
2006 1136 8760 10158.74 100.00 100.00 91.60 102.10 87.00
2007 1136 7736 8828.60 88.30 88.30 91.40 88.70 87.10
2008 1136 8339 9624.16 94.90 94.90 91.60 96.40 87.60
2009 1136 8760 10108.89 100.00 100.00 92.00 101.60 88.20
2010 1136 8300 9518.42 94.80 94.80 92.10 95.60 88.50
2011 1136 8115 9223.94 92.60 92.60 92.10 92.70 88.70
2012 1136 8536 9393.22 97.20 97.20 92.30 94.10 88.90
2013 1136 8160 9263.79 93.10 93.20 92.40 93.10 89.10
2014 1136 8158 9372.50 93.10 93.10 92.40 94.20 89.30
2015 1136 8760 10015.44 100.00 100.00 92.60 100.60 89.70
2016 1136 8064 9243.53 91.80 91.80 92.60 92.60 89.80
2017 1136 8295 9560.01 94.70 94.70 92.70 96.10 90.00
2018 1136 8760 10182.25 100.00 100.00 92.90 102.30 90.40
2019 1136 8372 9658.86 95.60 95.60 93.00 97.10 90.60
2020 1136 8430 9671.16 96.00 96.00 93.10 96.90 90.80
2021 1136 8760 10162.04 100.00 100.00 93.30 102.10 91.10
2022 1136 8178 9316.18 93.40 93.40 93.30 93.60 91.20
2023 1136 8337 9623.79 95.20 95.10 93.40 96.70 91.30
2024 1136 8784 10204.28 100.00 100.00 93.50 102.30 91.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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