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Nuclear power plant located near Shippingport, Pennsylvania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beaver Valley Power Station is a nuclear power plant on the Ohio River covering 1,000 acres (400 ha) near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, United States, 27 miles (43 km) roughly northwest of Pittsburgh. The plant is operated by Vistra Corp and power is generated by two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. As of 2023, it is the fourth largest employer in Beaver County.[2]
Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Shippingport, Beaver County, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°37′24″N 80°25′50″W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | Unit 1: June 26, 1970 Unit 2: May 3, 1974 |
Commission date | Unit 1: October 1, 1976 Unit 2: November 17, 1987 |
Construction cost | $8.520 billion (2007 USD)[1] |
Owner(s) | Vistra |
Operator(s) | Vistra |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
Cooling towers | 2 × Natural Draft |
Cooling source | Ohio River |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 2900 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 × 980 MWe 1 × 960 MWe |
Make and model | WH 3-loop (DRYSUB) |
Nameplate capacity | 1826 MW |
Capacity factor | 95.73% (2017) 80.25% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 14,381 GWh (2021) |
External links | |
Website | Beaver Valley |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
In 2018, previous owner FirstEnergy Solutions filed for bankruptcy and announced the plant would begin deactivation by 2021. However, upon emergence from bankruptcy in 2020 as new owner Energy Harbor, the shutdown of the plant was reversed largely due to then Governor Tom Wolf's decision to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.[3]
In 2023, it was announced that parent company Energy Harbor will be acquired by retail electricity and power generation company Vistra Corp, who is based in Irving, TX.[4]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of 10 miles (16 km), concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about 50 miles (80 km), concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.[5]
The 2010 U.S. population within 10 miles (16 km) of Beaver Valley was 114,514, a decrease of 6.6 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within 50 miles (80 km) was 3,140,766, a decrease of 3.7 percent since 2000. Cities within 50 miles include Pittsburgh (27 miles away, located upriver from the station).[6]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Beaver Valley was Reactor 1: 1 in 20,833; Reactor 2: 1 in 45,455, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.[7][8]
Beaver Valley 1 was used as the reference design for the French nuclear plant at Fessenheim.[9]
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual (Total) |
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2001 | 1,231,013 | 1,102,516 | 1,166,836 | 950,419 | 1,233,917 | 1,121,462 | 1,217,758 | 1,198,702 | 591,649 | 1,025,347 | 1,142,673 | 1,196,944 | 13,179,236 |
2002 | 1,251,304 | 608,240 | 1,153,187 | 1,145,473 | 1,184,805 | 1,192,272 | 1,221,348 | 1,225,802 | 1,154,533 | 1,249,381 | 965,672 | 1,242,688 | 13,594,705 |
2003 | 1,255,979 | 1,055,681 | 697,138 | 603,373 | 1,170,240 | 1,166,613 | 1,236,025 | 1,231,773 | 827,308 | 934,518 | 1,176,607 | 1,263,843 | 12,619,098 |
2004 | 1,251,657 | 1,177,942 | 1,220,378 | 1,188,612 | 1,225,320 | 1,201,024 | 1,220,772 | 1,235,005 | 1,195,867 | 952,187 | 864,397 | 1,260,218 | 13,993,379 |
2005 | 1,255,576 | 1,090,158 | 1,199,215 | 668,912 | 1,207,987 | 1,191,284 | 1,219,273 | 1,223,496 | 1,194,150 | 1,248,452 | 1,213,007 | 1,258,802 | 13,970,312 |
2006 | 1,254,947 | 792,833 | 624,592 | 697,832 | 1,186,048 | 1,191,446 | 1,220,324 | 1,113,204 | 1,172,583 | 653,918 | 944,844 | 1,282,740 | 12,135,311 |
2007 | 1,285,853 | 1,154,054 | 1,261,440 | 1,279,576 | 1,308,772 | 1,224,796 | 1,300,702 | 1,281,551 | 1,075,003 | 757,142 | 1,281,442 | 1,330,533 | 14,540,864 |
2008 | 1,328,381 | 1,211,375 | 1,313,801 | 911,269 | 792,501 | 1,284,269 | 1,326,577 | 1,333,679 | 1,256,559 | 1,245,861 | 1,310,912 | 1,355,952 | 14,671,136 |
2009 | 1,357,886 | 1,216,023 | 1,354,586 | 1,037,877 | 861,301 | 1,294,649 | 1,335,155 | 1,322,102 | 1,297,394 | 900,693 | 689,664 | 1,344,115 | 14,011,445 |
2010 | 1,357,353 | 1,225,085 | 1,353,752 | 1,247,013 | 1,345,076 | 1,290,446 | 1,326,140 | 1,311,559 | 1,294,561 | 678,679 | 1,215,321 | 1,348,579 | 14,993,564 |
2011 | 1,358,220 | 1,223,500 | 794,430 | 945,182 | 1,380,844 | 1,292,883 | 1,322,972 | 1,333,629 | 1,297,709 | 1,353,637 | 1,314,586 | 1,359,030 | 14,976,622 |
2012 | 1,359,448 | 1,272,132 | 1,344,520 | 808,692 | 1,161,799 | 1,292,939 | 1,268,412 | 1,329,804 | 1,110,623 | 671,637 | 1,262,546 | 1,377,604 | 14,260,156 |
2013 | 1,375,394 | 1,178,630 | 1,377,800 | 1,322,946 | 1,269,906 | 1,100,118 | 1,342,437 | 1,348,437 | 1,262,925 | 685,882 | 1,116,453 | 1,398,375 | 14,779,303 |
2014 | 844,865 | 1,243,056 | 1,395,377 | 1,047,970 | 844,775 | 1,321,456 | 1,364,524 | 1,364,878 | 1,328,888 | 1,252,314 | 1,351,231 | 1,397,972 | 14,757,306 |
2015 | 1,398,293 | 1,261,672 | 1,391,529 | 1,037,656 | 829,260 | 1,269,925 | 1,364,082 | 1,366,499 | 1,174,970 | 703,561 | 1,346,473 | 1,393,852 | 14,537,772 |
2016 | 1,397,675 | 1,094,983 | 1,389,378 | 1,344,236 | 1,377,025 | 1,299,133 | 1,345,488 | 1,347,302 | 1,072,007 | 805,867 | 1,349,777 | 1,396,703 | 15,219,574 |
2017 | 1,394,300 | 1,257,282 | 1,381,341 | 1,064,573 | 899,597 | 1,314,750 | 1,349,908 | 1,357,233 | 1,320,533 | 1,373,254 | 1,207,854 | 1,390,882 | 15,311,507 |
2018 | 1,381,756 | 1,252,602 | 1,380,710 | 949,395 | 1,132,138 | 1,290,425 | 1,260,796 | 1,254,216 | 1,294,648 | 1,049,057 | 1,014,319 | 1,393,394 | 14,653,456 |
2019 | 1,393,366 | 1,256,203 | 1,380,532 | 1,320,761 | 1,366,244 | 1,306,762 | 1,344,244 | 1,353,568 | 1,257,007 | 874,858 | 1,210,506 | 1,392,419 | 15,456,470 |
2020 | 1,391,732 | 1,302,673 | 1,340,253 | 857,986 | 1,206,458 | 1,310,120 | 1,208,593 | 1,363,603 | 1,313,674 | 1,372,307 | 1,338,512 | 1,387,482 | 15,393,393 |
2021 | 1,391,329 | 1,254,453 | 1,374,763 | 862,925 | 1,075,609 | 1,300,647 | 1,352,121 | 1,348,384 | 1,308,693 | 781,423 | 949,760 | 1,381,289 | 14,381,396 |
2022 | 1,387,928 | 1,252,103 | 1,379,442 | 1,333,966 | 1,360,796 | 955,857 | 1,320,353 | 1,348,094 | 1,314,936 | 845,831 | 862,952 | 1,387,769 | 14,750,027 |
2023 | 1,387,043 | 1,251,449 | 1,370,780 | 831,678 | 849,294 | 1,318,244 | 1,350,951 | 1,355,943 | 1,229,198 | 1,337,087 | 1,343,339 | 13,625,006 |
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