09/11/03 Semiannual Report Status of Implementation of Davis-Besse Learned Task Force Report Recommendations.[1]

By memorandum dated March 7, 2003, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research submitted an overall plan to implement the recommendations of the Davis-Besse Lessons Learned Task Force (LLTF).  The overall plan contains four separate action plans to address, as a minimum, the high-priority items in the areas of (1.) Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC), (2.) Operating Experience, (3.) Inspection, Assessment, and Project Management, and (4.) Barrier Integrity Requirements...

Part 1 of this action plan also calls for the development of revised requirements for licensee inspection of reactor pressure vessel heads...

This action plan includes a comprehensive review of the Agency's operating experience function...

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Ohio Nuclear Highlights

• In 2008, the State of Ohio ranked 17th in nuclear capacity and 16th in nuclear generation. Monthly and cumulative nuclear generation and annual nuclear capacity for each State and each reactor is reported in a table elsewhere on this site.
• On June 24, 1998, the Davis Besse nuclear power plant declared an alert when a tornado touched down in its switchyard.  According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, eleven transmission towers near the plant were damaged by the tornado. 
• In November 2000, shareholders approved the merger of FirstEnergy and GPU, creating the Nation's sixth largest private power utility.  FirstEnergy owns and operates both of Ohio's nuclear power plants.
• In February 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a preliminary finding that problems of "high safety significance"exist at Ohio's Davis Besse nuclear power plant.   Workers at the plant discovered extensive corrosive damage to the reactor vessel head.
• On August 14, 2003, a power outage in the Northeast forces the shutdown of the Perry reactor.  The outage did not affect the Davis Besse reactor, shut down seven months earlier for repairs.

Nuclear Power Generation in Ohio, 1960 through 2003 Million Kilowatt Hours

Sources: Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data Report 1999, and Electric Power Annual, Volume 1, 2001, and EIA Survey Form 906.

Competing Fuels

In 2007, coal accounted for 85 percent of the electricity generated by the State. The percentage of electricity generated by coal, gas, nuclear, and hydropower for each state with at least one commercial reactor is reported in the Electricity Market table.

Emissions

According to 1999 data from EIA's State image map, the average sulfur content of coal produced in Ohio was 3.45 percent by weight, compared to 1.98 percent for all coal received in the State, and with a National average of 1.01 percent.  Pounds of sulfur per million Btu was 2.93 compared with a National average of 1.66 pounds per million Btu. 

Emissions

See also, the comprehensive table comparing emissions tonnage for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.

License Renewal 

According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), it is anticipated that the FirstEnergy Corporation will apply for renewal of Davis Besse's license in December 2004.  The current license for Perry's reactor expires in 2026. Information on the current status of all license renewal applications appears on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov .  To located the data, select index (at the top) then select the letter "l"and click on License Renewal.

Air Quality in Ohio

Total greenhouse emissions for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, most current data year.

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