HOPE CREEK-1

(Operational)


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
BWR
BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Pseg Power, Inc.
Pseg Nuclear Llc Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
1172 MWe
1067 MWe
1240 MWe
3840 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
01 Mar, 1976
28 Jun, 1986
01 Aug, 1986
20 Dec, 1986

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
206.74 TW.h
86.8 %
86.1 %
13.2 %
85.2 %
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
1986 Data from a trial operation not provided
1987 7308.740 1067 7457 85.1 92.7 92.7 78.2 78.2
1988 6470.870 1031 6369 72.5 79.0 85.9 69.4 73.8
1989 6614.330 1031 6717 76.7 76.7 82.9 73.2 73.6
1990 8100.140 1031 7940 90.6 90.7 84.8 89.7 77.6
1991 7402.710 1031 7280 83.1 83.1 84.4 82.0 78.4
1992 7059.110 1031 6930 78.9 78.9 83.5 78.0 78.4
1993 8825.340 1031 8526 97.3 97.4 85.5 97.7 81.1
1994 7125.640 1031 6969 79.6 79.6 84.8 78.9 80.8
1995 7072.280 1031 6937 79.2 79.2 84.2 78.3 80.6
1996 6770.720 1031 6618 75.3 75.4 83.3 74.8 80.0
1997 6417.760 1031 6511 74.3 74.3 82.5 71.1 79.2
1998 8700.370 1031 8539 97.5 97.5 83.7 96.3 80.6
1999 7701.080 1031 7538 86.0 86.0 83.9 85.3 81.0
2000 7271.740 1031 7259 82.6 82.6 83.8 80.3 80.9
2001 8065.270 1049 7859 89.7 89.8 84.2 88.6 81.4
2002 8843.080 1049 8555 97.7 97.7 85.0 96.2 82.4
2003 7260.580 1049 7137 81.5 81.5 84.8 79.0 82.2
2004 6048.870 1049 6123 69.7 69.7 84.0 65.6 81.2
2005 7684.770 1049 7379 84.2 84.2 84.0 83.6 81.4
2006 8617.780 1059 8042 91.8 91.8 84.4 92.9 81.9
2007 8104.540 1061 7774 88.7 88.8 84.6 87.2 82.2
2008 10006.260 1186 8756 99.7 99.7 85.4 100.4 83.1
2009 9700.300 1161 8104 92.5 92.4 85.7 95.4 83.7
2010 9438.540 1191 8001 91.3 91.4 86.0 92.6 84.1
2011 10505.930 1191 8690 99.2 99.2 86.6 100.7 84.8
2012 9586.250 1172 8141 92.7 92.7 86.8 93.1 85.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data are from the PRIS database. Last update on 2013-05-20

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