Catawba Nuclear Station
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| Catawba Nuclear Station | |
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| Country |  United States |
| Location | York, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35°3.1′N 81°4.2′W / 35.0517°N 81.07°WCoordinates: 35°3.1′N 81°4.2′W / 35.0517°N 81.07°W |
| Operator | Duke Power |
| Start of commercial operation | June 29, 1985 (Unit 1) August 19, 1986 (Unit 2) |
| Reactors | |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Reactor type | pressurized water reactor |
| Reactors active | 2 (2,258 MW) |
| Power | |
| Total power generation in 2007 | 18,418 GW·h |
| Status | Operating |
| Other details | |
| License expires | December 5, 2043 |
| NRC region | Region 2 |
| Website www.duke-energy.com/.../catawba.asp |
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The Catawba Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located on a 391-acre (1.6 km²) peninsula reaching into Lake Wylie, in York, South Carolina. Catawba utilizes a pair of Westinghouse pressurized water reactors.
South Carolina is the second largest generator of nuclear electricity in the United States.[citation needed] The Catawba plant is the largest in the State (although, with three reactors, the Oconee plant has the most nuclear capacity in the southeastern United States).
As a part of the Megatons to Megawatts Program Catawba is one of the plants planned to start receiving MOX fuel with the Plutonium supplied from old weapons programs. Because concerns of Nuclear proliferation are greater with fuel containing Plutonium, special precautions and added security can be expected around the new fuel.
Unrelated to this, the plant has a plan in place to build a concrete moat around the site. The moat is for security purposes in much the same way that moats of the Middle Ages were.
[edit] Ownership
- Unit 1:
- Operator : Duke Power
- Owners: North Carolina Electric Member Corporation (56.25), Duke Energy Corporation (25.00), Saluda River Electric Cooperative (18.75)
- Unit 2:
- Operator: Duke Power
- Owners: North Carolina Municipal Power Agency (75), Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (25)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- "Catawba Nuclear Power Plant, South Carolina". U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). October 3, 2008. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/catawba.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
- "Catawba 1 Pressurized Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). February 14, 2008. http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/cat1.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
- "Catawba 2 Pressurized Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. NRC. February 14, 2008. http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/cat2.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
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