U.S. Nuclear Plants
Oconee
South Carolina
Unit
1 Nuclear system supplied by Babcock and Wilcox |
Capacity
Net MW(e) |
Generation
in 2003
Megwatthours |
Capacity
Factor |
Type |
On-line
Date |
License
Expiration Date |
846 |
5,244,979 |
70.6% |
PWR |
Feb. 6, 1973 |
Feb. 6, 2033 |
Unit
2 Nuclear system supplied by Babcock and Wilcox |
Capacity
Net MW(e) |
Generation
in 2003
Megwatthours |
Capacity
Factor |
Type |
On-line
Date |
License
Expiration Date |
846 |
7,568,720 |
101.8% |
PWR |
October 6, 1973 |
October 6, 2033 |
Unit
3 Nuclear system supplied by Babcock and Wilcox |
Capacity
Net MW(e) |
Generation
in 2003
Megwatthours |
Capacity
Factor |
Type |
On-line
Date |
License
Expiration Date |
846 |
6,315,032 |
85% |
PWR |
July 19, 1974 |
July
19, 2034 |
PWR= Pressurized Light Water Reactor
Description: The Oconee nuclear station is located neared Greenville, South Carolina. Oconee is the second nuclear power plant in the United States to have its license extended by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the application for the Calvert Cliffs plant in Maryland preceded it).
Ownership: Oconee is operated by Duke
Power Company and owned by Duke Energy Corporation.
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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 902. 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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