U.S. Nuclear Plants

Susquehanna
Pennsylvania

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
1,105	9,325,035	96.1 %	BWR	Nov. 12, 1982	July 17, 2022
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
1,111	8,634,714	88.5 %	BWR	June 27, 1984	March 23, 2024

BWR= Boiling Water Reactor

Description: The Susquehanna nuclear plant is in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is on a site of 1,075 acres, with about 1,000 employees working on site and another 400 employees in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Ownership: The plant is operated by PPL Susquehanna LLC. It is owned by Pennsylvania Power & Light, Inc. (90 percent) and by the Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc. (10 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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