US Nuclear Plants - Peach Bottom

U.S. Nuclear Plants

Peach Bottom
Pennsylvania

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
1,093	9,291,121	96.8 %	BWR	Oct. 25, 1973	August 8, 2013
Unit 3 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
1,093	8,893,599	92.6 %	BWR	July 2, 1974	July 2, 2014

BWR= Boiling Water Reactor

Description: The history of Peach Bottom is a long one. Philadelphia Electric became one of the pioneers in the commercial nuclear industry when it ordered Peach Bottom 1 in 1958. The Nation's first nuclear power plant had gone on line a year earlier. Unit 1 operated from 1966 to 1974. The other two units are still in operation on the 620-acre site.

Ownership: Peach Bottom is operated by the Exelon Coproration and is jointly owned by Exelon (50 percent) and PSEG Power LLC (50 percent).

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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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