US Nuclear Plants - Brunswick

U.S. Nuclear Plants

Brunswick
North Carolina

Unit 1 Nuclear system supplied by General Electric Company (U.S.)
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
847	7,701,828	103.5 %	BWR	Nov. 12, 1976	Sept. 8, 2016
Unit 2 Nuclear system supplied by General Electric Company (U.S.)
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
811	7,027,692	98.7 %	BWR	Dec. 27, 1974	Dec. 27, 2014

BWR=Boiling Water Reactor

Description: The Brunswick power plant, named for the county in which it is located, covers 1,200 acres. The site is adjacent to an agricultural area and to wetlands and woodlands.

Ownership: The majority owner (81.7 percent) of the Brunswick nuclear plant is the Progress Energy Corporation. The North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency operators the plant and owns the remaining 18.3 percent.

The Impact of the Nuclear Industry on North Carolina:

News item: State Energy Plan: June 2003
Highlights
Nuclear-provided Electricity Generation
Competition in the State Electricity Market
Environmental Trends: Emissions levels
Various Links to related sites.

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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