Palisades - Status & History

Comprehensive reactor performance metrics, cycle analysis, and historical outage data. Data refreshed 45 min ago Rx Status: May 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM (M-F)

Decommissioned

Permanently shut down on 2022-05-20. Outage statistics below reflect only the operating period. The final shutdown is not counted as an outage.
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This unit is permanently shut down (shutdown date: 2022-05-20).
Shut Down
2022-05-20
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Longest recorded period of continuous operation between outages (2001-05-07 to 2002-12-02).
574
Record Run
days
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Breaker-to-Breaker runs — continuous operation exceeding the cycle-adjusted threshold (400 days for this 18-month cycle unit) with no trips to 0% power.
2
B2B Runs
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Lifetime capacity factor: average power level across all recorded days (100% = always at full power).
82.9%
Capacity Factor
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Total number of scheduled refueling outages detected in the historical data. D&D shutdown period excluded.
14
Outages
since 1999
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Average time from first power generation (>0%) to sustained full power (≥95% for 2+ days) across the last 3 scheduled outages. Click to compare against the fleet on the Operator Efficiency Leaderboard.
4.7
Avg Startup
days (last 3)
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Average fuel utilization — percent of the designed fuel cycle that this unit consumes before refueling, derived from the historical burn-down trajectory. Higher = more efficient operator (refuels with less margin remaining; closer to coastdown). Computed as 100% minus the unit's average refuel-point fuel %, using the last 3 years where available, otherwise lifetime average. Click to compare against the fleet on the Operator Efficiency Leaderboard.
89.5%
Fuel Utilization
lifetime avg
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Duration of each outage in days, shown chronologically. Green bars are scheduled refueling outages, red bars are forced/unscheduled. The orange dashed line marks the average duration. Extended outages (>180 days) and D&D periods are excluded.

Outage Duration Trend

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Days between consecutive scheduled refueling outage starts, showing operating cycle regularity. The purple dashed line marks the average cycle length. Most U.S. reactors operate on 18-month (547 day) or 24-month (730 day) cycles.

Cycle Length History

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Time in days from first power generation (>0%) to sustained full power (≥95% for 2+ consecutive days) after each scheduled refueling outage. The dashed line marks the average. Includes startup testing holds and power dips.

Startup Duration Trend

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Monthly capacity factor with outage events overlaid as red bands. Green bars show average power level per month. Toggle to Daily view for raw daily data.

Power History

Scheduled Ext. Shutdown
2022-05-21 Decommissioned 1 (D&D) 578d 2022-06-01 -11d
Scheduled
2020-08-31 2020-10-20 51 398d 2020-08-30 +1d
Unscheduled
2019-07-28 2019-07-30 3 199d - -
Scram # 53819
2019-01-10 2019-01-10 1 5d - -
Scram # 53813
2019-01-04 2019-01-05 2 7d - -
Scheduled
2018-10-14 2018-12-28 76 199d 2018-10-25 -11d
Unscheduled
2018-03-27 2018-03-29 3 311d - -
Scheduled
2017-04-24 2017-05-20 27 33d 2017-04-23 +1d
Unscheduled
2017-03-18 2017-03-22 5 517d - -
Scheduled
2015-09-16 2015-10-18 33 447d 2015-09-13 +3d
Unscheduled
2014-06-21 2014-06-26 6 98d - -
Scheduled
2014-01-20 2014-03-15 55 218d 2014-01-19 +1d
Unscheduled
2013-05-06 2013-06-16 42 74d - -
Unscheduled
2013-02-16 2013-02-21 6 102d - -
Unscheduled
2012-11-05 2012-11-06 2 68d - -
Unscheduled
2012-08-12 2012-08-29 18 33d - -
Unscheduled
2012-06-13 2012-07-10 28 34d - -
Scheduled
2012-04-09 2012-05-10 32 92d 2012-04-08 +1d
Unscheduled
2012-01-06 2012-01-08 3 22d - -
Scram # 47523
2011-12-15 2011-12-15 1 75d - -
Scram # 47290
2011-09-26 2011-10-01 6 7d - -
Scram # 47271
2011-09-17 2011-09-19 3 236d - -
Scram # 46564
2011-01-23 2011-01-24 2 86d - -
Scheduled
2010-10-04 2010-10-29 26 94d 2010-10-03 +1d
Unscheduled
2010-06-25 2010-07-02 8 421d - -
Unscheduled
2009-04-30 2009-04-30 1 2d - -
Scheduled
2009-03-23 2009-04-28 37 31d 2009-03-22 +1d
Unscheduled
2009-02-18 2009-02-20 3 193d - -
Unscheduled
2008-08-06 2008-08-09 4 74d - -
Unscheduled
2008-05-24 2008-05-24 1 131d - -
Unscheduled
2008-01-14 2008-01-14 1 87d - -
Scheduled
2007-09-10 2007-10-19 40 119d 2007-09-07 +3d
Unscheduled
2007-05-09 2007-05-14 6 65d - -
Unscheduled
2007-02-27 2007-03-05 7 116d - -
Unscheduled
2006-11-02 2006-11-03 2 170d - -
Unscheduled
2006-05-12 2006-05-16 5 2d - -
Scheduled
2006-04-01 2006-05-10 40 85d 2006-03-31 +1d
Unscheduled
2005-12-31 2006-01-06 7 120d - -
Unscheduled
2005-09-02 2005-09-02 1 231d - -
Unscheduled
2005-01-10 2005-01-14 5 55d - -
Scheduled
2004-09-20 2004-11-16 58 19d 2004-09-19 +1d
Unscheduled
2004-09-01 2004-09-01 1 16d - -
Unscheduled
2004-08-11 2004-08-16 6 480d - -
Scheduled
2003-03-17 2003-04-19 34 103d 2003-03-17 0d
Unscheduled
2002-12-02 2002-12-04 3 318d - -
Unscheduled
2001-06-21 2002-01-18 212 45d - -
Scheduled
2001-03-31 2001-05-07 38 196d 2001-03-31 0d
Unscheduled
2000-09-06 2000-09-16 11 60d - -
Unscheduled
2000-07-02 2000-07-08 7 86d - -
Unscheduled
2000-04-05 2000-04-07 3 37d - -
Unscheduled
2000-02-05 2000-02-28 24 57d - -
Scheduled
1999-10-16 1999-12-10 56 151d 1999-10-16 0d
Unscheduled
1999-05-07 1999-05-18 12 120d - -
Unscheduled
1999-01-01 1999-01-07 7 - - -
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