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Ohio Nuclear Industry
                                         
Report Updated: November 6, 2009

Nuclear Power Plants in Ohio
Net Generation and Capacity, 2008
Plant Name Unit Number Net Capacity MW Net Generation
Thousand Kwh
Capacity Factor
(percent)
Operator/Owner
Davis Besse 1 879 6,823 88
FirstEnergy Corp./FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company
Perry 1 1,245 10,691 98
FirstEnergy Corp./FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report."

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
Nuclear Power Generation in Ohio, 1960 through 2002
   Sources:
Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data Report 1999, and Electric Power Annual, Volume 1, 2001, and EIA Survey Form 906.

Competing Fuels

Electricity Market in Ohio, Share of Electricity Output, by Fuel, 2004 to 2007
Year Coal Hydroelectric Natural
Gas
Nuclear Other
2007 86 * 3 10 1
2006 86 * 2 11 1
2005 87 * 2 9 1
2004 86 * 1 11 1
Source: EIA Survey 923, "Power Plant Operations Report" and Predecessor Forms.
* Less than .05 percent.

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.

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 the electric power industry of each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, are reported for the most current data year.

Of the 50 States plus the District of Columbia, the electric industry of the State of Ohio ranked 2nd highest in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2007. The State's electric industry ranked highest in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions and 2nd highest in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.

Ohio Airborne Emissions, Electricity Sector, 1990-2007
Metric Tons
Year Carbon Dioxide
CO2
Sulfur Dioxide
SO2
Nitrogen Oxides
NOx
1990 109,443,817 2,013,756 503,176
1991 112,314,471 2,045,983 507,698
1992 114,076,950 2,005,356 509,872
1993 117,407,336 1,976,381 513,387
1994 113,575,673 1,905,411 487,654
1995 114,819,792 1,117,705 478,183
1996 122,652,231 1,406,299 541,102
1997 119,667,134 1,373,368 507,848
1998 123,634,834 1,286,689 488,407
1999 119,059,125 1,262,619 404,643
2000 124,271,706 1,168,808 358,319
2001 117,843,363 1,085,885 318,998
2002 123,085,189 1,084,863 349,250
2003 127,702,778 1,140,740 334,669
2004 123,127,984 1,049,711 254,123
2005 131,831,146 1,056,644 238,295
2006 129,010,185 969,944 224,315
2007 130,407,085 957,947 227,032
Source: EIA-767 and EIA-906 Survey, Energy Information Administration

 

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[1] U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,  Semi-Annual Report-Status of Implementation of Davis-Besse Learned Task Force Report Recommendations, September 11, 2003.





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U.S. Nuclear Power Plants by State Plants
Alabama Browns Ferry
  Farley (Joseph M. Farley)
Arizona Palo Verde
Arkansas Arkansas Nuclear One
California Diablo Canyon
  San Onofre
Connecticut Millstone
Florida Crystal River 3
  St Lucie
  Turkey Point
Georgia Hatch (Edwin I. Hatch)
  Vogtle
Illinois Braidwood
  Byron
  Clinton
  Dresden
  LaSalle County
  Quad Cities
Iowa Duane Arnold
Kansas Wolf Creek
Louisiana River Bend
  Waterford
Maryland CalvertCliff
Massachusetts Pilgrim
Michigan Donald C. Cook
  Enrico Fermi (Fermi)
  Palisades
Minnesota Monticello
  Prairie Island
Mississippi Grand Gulf
Missouri Callaway
Nebraska Cooper
  Fort Calhoun
New Hampshire Seabrook
New Jersey Hope Creek
  Oyster Creek
  Salem Creek
New York Fitzpatrick (James A. Fitzpatrick)
  Indian Point
  Nile Mile Point
  R.E. Ginna (Ginna, or Robert E. Ginna)
North Carolina Brunswick
  McGuire
  Shearon-Harris(Harris)
Ohio Davis-Besse
  Perry
Pennsylvania Beaver Valley
  Limerick
  Peach Bottom
  Susquehanna
  Three Mile Island
South Carolina Catawba
  H.B. Robinson
  Oconee
  Virgil C. Summer (Summer)
Tennessee Sequoyah
  Watts Bar
Texas Comanche Peak
  South Texas
Vermont Vermont Yankee
Virginia North Anna
  Surry
Washington Columbia Generating Station
Wisconsin Kewaunee
  Point Beach


see also:
annual nuclear statistics back to 1953
projected electricity capacity to 2025
international electricity statistics