Catawba nuclear power plant
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 3 '10 " N , 81 ° 4' 11" W | |
| Country: | United States | |
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| Owner: | North Carolina Electric Member Corporation | |
| Operator: | North Carolina Electric Member Corporation | |
| Project start: | 1972 | |
| Commercial operation: | June 29, 1985 | |
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Active reactors (gross): |
2 (2376 MW) | |
| Energy fed in since commissioning: | 319,579 GWh | |
| Was standing: | March 19, 2008 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Catawba nuclear power plant ( English Catawba Nuclear Generating Station ) in York County in the US state of South Carolina is 57 kilometers south of Charlotte and 115 kilometers northeast of Spartanburg . It has two pressurized water reactors built by Westinghouse , construction of which began on May 1, 1974.
Reactor 1 was synchronized with the mains on January 22, 1985, and Reactor 2 on May 18, 1986.
General
The Catawba power plant, located on a 391 hectare peninsula, has the most powerful reactors in the United States and is the third largest nuclear power plant in the United States.
Disruptions
In August 1985, while a control lamp was being repaired, it was discovered by chance that the emergency power supply to the nuclear power plant was not working.
In October 2007 and May and October 2013 leaks were found from which water contaminated with tritium had escaped.
Data of the reactor blocks
The Catawba Nuclear Power Plant has two blocks :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
switching off processing |
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| Catawba-1 | Pressurized water reactor | 1129 MW | 1188 MW | 05/01/1974 | 01/22/1985 | 06/29/1985 | (Planned for 2043) |
| Catawba-2 | Pressurized water reactor | 1129 MW | 1188 MW | 05/01/1974 | 05/18/1986 | 08/19/1986 | (Planned for 2043) |
Web links
- Plague: Catawba (USA)
- www.eia.gov: Nuclear Reactor Ownership Data
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ US Nuclear Plants - Catawba Nuclear Power Plant, South Carolina (English)
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL 17/1987: The cold chill runs down my spine from April 20, 1987
- ↑ CV News: Third Tritium leak at Catawba Nuclear Station pollutes local water of November 6, 2013
- ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)