PWR= Pressurized Light Water Reactor
*The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Constellation's application for license renewal. The license was originally scheduled to expire in 2009.

Description:  Constellation Energy Group’s Ginna nuclear plant is near Rochester, New York. It is a single unit Westinghouse 2-Loop pressurized light water reactor, similar to those at Point Beach, Kewaunee, and Prairie Island.

Reactor Supplier: Westinghouse Corporation supplied the reactor for the Ginna plant.

Pressurized-Water Reactor (PWR) © U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (used with permission).

Ownership: This plant was acquired by Constellation Energy from Rochester Gas & Electric in June 2004.

The Impact of the Nuclear Industry on New York:

• News items: U.S.-Canada Power Outage Task Force Washington, D.C.
• 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.