US Nuclear Plants - Browns Ferry

U.S. Nuclear Plants

Browns Ferry
Alabama

Unit 1 Nuclear system supplied by General Electric Company (U.S.)
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor in 2003	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,065	0	0	BWR	Dec. 20, 1973	Dec. 20, 2013
Unit 2 Nuclear system supplied by General Electric Company (U.S.)
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor in 2003	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,113	8,911,261	91.4 %	BWR	Aug. 2, 1974	June 28, 2014
Unit 3 Nuclear system supplied by General Electric Company (U.S.)
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor in 2003	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,113	9,260,078	99%	BWR	Aug 18., 1976	July 2, 2016

BWR=Boiling Water Reactor
Note: The capacity for units 2 and 3 was previously listed as 1,118 net MW(e).

Description: Browns Ferry is a 3-unit plant on 850 acres of Alabama soil. In 1975, a fire caused major damage to unit 1. It was repaired and operated from 1976 through 1985, but has not re-opened since.

Ownership: All three units belong to the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA).

The Impact of the Nuclear Industry on Alabama:

News item: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant delivers Record Performance
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Nuclear-provided Electricity Generation
Competition in the State Electricity Market
Environmental Trends: Emissions levels
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Sources: Capacity, for purposes of this report, is the net summer capability as reported in Energy Information Administration (EIA) survey form 860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." Capacity Factor is a calculation in which the maximum possible generation (based on net summer capability) is divided into the actual generation than multiplied by 100 to get a percentage. Generation is the electricity output reported by plant owners on EIA survey form 906. Type of Unit: All U.S. commercial reactors currently in operation are one of two types: BWR (boiling water reactor) or PWR (pressurized light water reactor). The type is identified in EIA's Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report. Both the On-line Date and the License Expiration Date are reported annually in Information Digest by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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