U.S. Nuclear Plants

Wolf Creek

Kansas

Unit 1 Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,170	8,889,667	86.5%	PWR	June 4, 1985	March 11, 2025

Description: Located in Burlington, Kansas, the site occupies 9,818 acres of the total 11,800 acres controlled by the owner. Wolf Creek lake provides not only the name, but cooling water for the reactor.

Ownership: The Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation operates the power plant. The ownership is divided between Kansas Gas & Electric Co. (47 percent), Kansas City Power & Light Co. (47 percent), and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (6 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 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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