Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station
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| Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station | |
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| Country |  United States |
| Location | Peach Bottom, Penn. |
| Coordinates | 39°45′30″N 76°16′5″W / 39.75833°N 76.26806°WCoordinates: 39°45′30″N 76°16′5″W / 39.75833°N 76.26806°W |
| Owner | Exelon Corp. (50%), PSEG Power (50%) |
| Operator | Exelon Corporation |
| Start of commercial operation | Unit 1: 1966 Unit 2: July 5, 1974 Unit 3: Dec. 23, 1974 |
| Ceased operation | Unit 1: 1974 |
| Reactors | |
| Reactor supplier | GE (Units 2 & 3) |
| Reactor type | BWR (Units 2 & 3) |
| Reactors active | 2 (2,224 MW) |
| Reactors shut down | 1 |
| Power | |
| Total power generation in 2007 | 18,899 GW·h |
| Status | Operating |
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| Architect | Bechtel |
| License expires | Unit 2: Aug. 8, 2033 Unit 3: July 2, 2034 |
| NRC region | Region 1 |
| Website www.exeloncorp.com/.../peach_bottom_atomic_power_station |
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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, a nuclear power plant, is located 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Harrisburg in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
The Philadelphia Electric Company (later shortened first to PECO Energy and later to just PECO) became one of the pioneers in the commercial nuclear industry when it ordered Peach Bottom 1 in 1958. The U.S.'s first nuclear power plant (the Shippingport Reactor) had gone on line a year earlier. Peach Bottom Unit 1 was an experimental helium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor. It operated from 1966 to 1974. The other two units, General Electric boiling water reactors, placed on-line in 1974, are still in operation on the 620-acre (2.5 km²) site. Both Units 2 and 3 are rated at 3,514 megawatts thermal (MWth), equivalent to about 1,180 megawatts of electricity (MWe) each. Their licenses run until 2033 (Unit 2) and 2034 (Unit 3).
Peach Bottom is operated by the Exelon Corporation and is jointly owned by Exelon (50%) and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Power LLC (50%).
Peach Bottom was one of the plants analyzed in the NUREG-1150 safety analysis study.
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[edit] Safety concerns
In September 2007, former employee Kerry Beal videotaped Peach Bottom security guards sleeping on the job. Beal had previously tried to notify supervisors at Wackenhut Corp. and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[1] He was eventually fired during the Exelon security transition, a decision which made a list of the 101 "dumbest moments in business" in the Jan 16, 2008 issue of Fortune.[2]
- ^ Mufson, Steven (January 4, 2008). "Video of Sleeping Guards Shakes Nuclear Industry". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010304442.html?sub=AR. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ "101 Dumbest Moments in Business: 69. Exelon Nuclear". CNN. January 16, 2008. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.101_dumbest.fortune/69.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
[edit] References
- ^ Mufson, Steven (January 4, 2008). "Video of Sleeping Guards Shakes Nuclear Industry". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010304442.html?sub=AR. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ "101 Dumbest Moments in Business: 69. Exelon Nuclear". CNN. January 16, 2008. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.101_dumbest.fortune/69.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- "Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Pennsylvania". Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). October 3, 2008. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/peach_bottom.html. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- "Peach Bottom 2 Boiling Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). February 14, 2008. http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/pb2.html. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- "Peach Bottom 3 Boiling Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. NRC. February 14, 2008. http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/pb3.html. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- "The Peach Bottom Atomic Energy Station". PSEG Nuclear LLC. 2008. http://www.pseg.com/companies/nuclear/peachbottom.jsp. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
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