Quad Cities 1
Online · 100% powerConstellation Energy·Cordova, IL·BWR·908 MWe
Reactor Status Timeline
Online NRC data, Mon to Fri ? Actual daily reactor status from NRC reports (Mon to Fri) and the current state. What is coming -- the utility's published Scheduled outage and NukeWorker's model Projection -- is part of a subscription. Colored by status. How far ahead you can see depends on your plan.OnlineReduced Power
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Composite Operational Excellence Score (0-100) — average percentile rank across 7 dimensions in three sub-scores: Reliability (capacity factor, forced outage days, B2B avg streak), Efficiency (fuel utilization, refuel duration), and Discipline (startup duration, scram count). 5-year window. Higher = more operationally excellent. Click to see the full breakdown.
Excellence
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Days of continuous operation since the last outage ended (Started 2025-05-28). Clean run (no forced outages since last refueling).
514
Current Run
days ✔
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Longest recorded period of continuous operation between outages (2021-03-31 to 2023-03-27).
726
Record Run
days
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Breaker-to-Breaker runs — continuous operation exceeding the cycle-adjusted threshold set for this unit with no trips to 0% power.
5
B2B Runs
81% toward B2B (512/629d)
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Lifetime capacity factor: average power level across all recorded days (100% = always at full power).
92.7%
Capacity Factor
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Net electricity actually generated over the most recent 12 months reported by the U.S. EIA (Form EIA-923), summed across every unit at this plant. Authoritative actuals, not an estimate.
15.25 TWh
Net Generation
EIA-923 · 12 mo to 2026-07 · plant total
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Total number of scheduled refueling outages detected in the historical data.
13
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.
2.7
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.
96.2%
Fuel Utilization
3yr avg
Reactor Status
Capacity Factor (365-Day)
100%
Current
99.8%
365-Day Avg
#11
of 94 plants
Min: 75%
Max: 100%
3 days <80%
Outage Days by Year
?Total days spent in outage each year, split by scheduled refueling (blue) and forced/unplanned (red). Lower totals indicate better reliability and outage execution. Hover for details.
Across its recorded history, Quad Cities 1 has spent 286 days in scheduled refueling outages and 144 days in forced or unplanned outages. Taller bars mark the years with the most downtime.
Performance Trends
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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
Quad Cities 1 has 37 outages plotted here, averaging 12 days each. The most recent, in May 2025, was a unplanned outage lasting 9 days.
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Scheduled refueling outage durations over time. Green bars are at or below this unit's average, amber up to 30% above it, red beyond that. The dashed line is the average. Shorter outages mean better execution.
Refueling Duration Trend
Quad Cities 1 has completed 13 scheduled refueling outages on record, averaging 22 days each. The most recent, in Mar 2025, ran 22 days.
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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
After a refueling outage, Quad Cities 1 takes about 4 days to climb from first power back to full power. That average is drawn from 12 startups on record, and the most recent took 3 days.
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Daily reactor power over the 120 days before each scheduled refueling outage, one line per refueling, lined up on the day the outage began. A coastdown is the slow decline as the fuel runs out near the end of a cycle. The highlighted line is the most recent refueling and fainter lines are older. Counts and medians cover coastdowns of a week or longer. A shutdown straight from full power, with no decline ahead of it, is what a forced outage looks like.
Coastdown Before Refueling
9 of 13 refuelings
44 days median
80% power at shutdown
0.3% per day
Quad Cities 1 coasted down for a week or longer before 9 of its 13 refuelings on record. Those coastdowns ran a median of 44 days and ended near 80% power. The most recent refueling, in Mar 2025, followed a 67-day coastdown from 97% to 79%.
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Estimated fuel remaining in the current cycle, expressed as a percentage of the unit's typical cycle. Starts at 100% when the unit returns to power post-refuel and drops as full-power-days are burned. Days at reduced power burn fuel proportionally — so a unit with significant downtime (high burn deficit) drops slower and ends up with MORE fuel left than its calendar position would suggest. Coastdown threshold around 15%. Toggle to overlay past cycles on a normalized "days into cycle" axis to see how aggressively this unit historically burns down before refuel.
Fuel Burn Down Cycle since Apr 2, 2025
21.3% remaining
12.6 FPD margin
Quad Cities 1 has an estimated 21.3% of its fuel left. Across its last 12 cycles, it has refueled with an average of 3.3% remaining.
Avg refuel: 3.3%
Avg refuel (3yr): 3.8%
Deepest burn: 0.0% (2002-11 → 2005-03)
Most margin: 10.5% (2011-06 → 2013-03)
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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
Over its operating life, Quad Cities 1 has run at about 92.7% of its rated capacity. Across the last 12 reported months it averaged 99.7%. On the chart, green stretches near the top are full-power running, amber marks reduced power (50 to 89%), and red drops toward zero are outages.
Estimated reactivity remaining in Quad Cities 1's current fuel cycle, shown as a stylized fuel rod that drains as the cycle progresses. The cycle starts when the unit returns to power after its most recent refueling outage, and the gauge represents the fraction of that cycle's typical effective full-power days (EFPD) still available. Days at less than 100% power burn fuel proportionally — so a unit with significant downtime (high burn deficit) drains slower and ends with MORE reactivity left, giving operators margin to coast down (extend the cycle by reducing power) instead of refueling on the calendar. The dashed red line near the bottom marks the rough industry coastdown threshold (~15% remaining). Cycle target is the unit's median recent cycle length. Source: NRC daily reactor status reports cross-referenced against scheduled refuel outage history.
Fuel Burn Down Cycle since Apr 2, 2025
Quad Cities 1 is 569 days into its current fuel cycle with an estimated 21.3% of its fuel left. Its typical cycle runs about 707 days.
Fresh — 100%
Refuel — 0%
21.3% remaining
Approaching refuel
Cycle progress
569 / 707 days
EFPD remaining
151 days
Effective burn
556 EFPD
Burn deficit
12.6 FPD
Quad Cities 1 is approaching refuel. Coastdown decisions are being weighed; the next outage is likely within months.
Outage History & Daily Power Log
This table logs every recorded outage for Quad Cities 1, 37 in all since 1999. Of those, 13 were scheduled refueling outages, 2 were planned maintenance and 22 were unplanned or forced. The typical outage lasted about 12 days. Where the Scheduled column shows (Model), the date is a NukeWorker projection because the utility had not published one.
| Type ⇅ | Actual Start ⇅ | Actual End ⇅ | Duration ⇅ | Days Online ⇅ | Scheduled | Delta |
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| 2025-05-20 | 2025-05-28 | 9 | 50d | - | - | |
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Scheduled
Q1R28
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2025-03-10 | 2025-03-31 | 22 | 694d | 2025-03-25 | -15d |
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Scheduled
Q1R27
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2023-03-27 | 2023-04-16 | 21 | 726d | 2023-03-27 | 0d |
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Scheduled
Q1R26
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2021-03-15 | 2021-03-31 | 17 | 564d | 2021-03-15 | 0d |
| 2019-08-26 | 2019-08-29 | 4 | 142d | - | - | |
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Scheduled
Q1R25
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2019-03-18 | 2019-04-06 | 20 | 171d | 2019-03-18 | 0d |
| 2018-09-27 | 2018-09-28 | 2 | 532d | - | - | |
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Scheduled
Q1R24
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2017-03-27 | 2017-04-13 | 18 | 722d | 2017-03-27 | 0d |
| 2015-04-03 | 2015-04-05 | 3 | 11d | - | - | |
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Scheduled
Q1R23
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2015-03-02 | 2015-03-23 | 22 | 696d | 2015-03-02 | 0d |
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Scheduled
Q1R22
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2013-03-11 | 2013-04-05 | 26 | 635d | 2013-03-11 | 0d |
| 2011-06-14 | 2011-06-15 | 2 | 9d | - | - | |
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Scheduled
Q1R21
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2011-05-09 | 2011-06-05 | 28 | 268d | 2011-05-09 | 0d |
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Unscheduled
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2010-08-13 | 2010-08-14 | 2 | 336d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2009-09-09 | 2009-09-11 | 3 | 103d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
Startup Hold
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2009-05-25 | 2009-05-29 | 5 | 3d | - | - |
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Scheduled
Q1R20
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2009-04-27 | 2009-05-22 | 26 | 595d | 2009-05-04 | -7d |
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Unscheduled
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2007-09-08 | 2007-09-10 | 3 | 109d | - | - |
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Scheduled
Q1R19
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2007-05-05 | 2007-05-22 | 18 | 349d | 2007-05-04 | +1d |
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Unscheduled
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2006-05-05 | 2006-05-21 | 17 | 71d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2006-02-22 | 2006-02-23 | 2 | 35d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2006-01-16 | 2006-01-18 | 3 | 8d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2006-01-07 | 2006-01-08 | 2 | 203d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2005-06-18 | 2005-06-18 | 1 | 17d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2005-05-28 | 2005-06-01 | 5 | 41d | - | - |
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Scheduled
Q1R18
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2005-03-21 | 2005-04-17 | 28 | 456d | 2005-03-21 | 0d |
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Unscheduled
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2003-12-20 | 2003-12-21 | 2 | 21d | - | - |
| 2003-11-12 | 2003-11-29 | 18 | 167d | - | - | |
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Unscheduled
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2003-05-21 | 2003-05-29 | 9 | 177d | - | - |
| 2002-11-05 | 2002-11-25 | 21 | 94d | 2002-10-14 (Model) | +22d (Model) | |
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Unscheduled
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2002-08-03 | 2002-08-03 | 1 | 180d | - | - |
| 2002-01-10 | 2002-02-04 | 26 | 256d | - | - | |
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Unscheduled
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2001-04-27 | 2001-04-29 | 3 | 141d | - | - |
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Unscheduled
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2000-12-07 | 2000-12-07 | 1 | 36d | - | - |
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Scheduled
Q1R16
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2000-10-14 | 2000-11-01 | 19 | 511d | 2000-10-14 | 0d |
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Unscheduled
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1999-05-22 | 1999-05-22 | 1 | 23d | - | - |
| 1999-04-10 | 1999-04-29 | 20 | - | - | - |
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