U.S. Nuclear Plants
Information on hurricane Katrina and this power plant can be found on the NRC web site.
Grand Gulf
Mississippi
| 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 |
| 1,231 |
10,902,456 |
100.8 % |
BWR |
October
1, 1984 |
June 16, 2022 |
BWR= Boiling Water
Reactor.
Note: The Grand Gulf reactor was up rated in capacity
from the previously reported total, 1,210 net MW(e).
Description: The Grand Gulf nuclear station lies on a 2,100-acre site near Vicksburg.
The site is wooded and contains two lakes. The plant has a 520-foot cooling
tower.
Ownership: Grand
Gulf is operated by Entergy
Nuclear and owned jointly by System Energy Resources, Inc., (90 percent)
and by South Mississippi Electric Power Association (10 percent).
The Impact of
the Nuclear Industry on Mississippi:
- News items: nrc announces availability of applications for early site permit at grand gulf nuclear plant location
- 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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