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 MWe
789 MWe
940 MWe
2957 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
15 Feb, 1967
18 Oct, 1971
12 Apr, 1972
18 Feb, 1973

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
210.17 TW.h
79.0 %
80.6 %
21.0 %
74.3 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2012

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
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data are from the PRIS database. Last update on 2013-05-23

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