Carolina-Virginia Tube Reactor
| Carolina-Virginia Tube Reactor | ||
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 15 '45 " N , 81 ° 19' 45" W | |
| Country: | United States | |
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| Owner: | Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates | |
| Operator: | Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates | |
| Project start: | 01/01/1960 | |
| Commercial operation: | December 18, 1963 | |
| Shutdown: | 01/01/1967 | |
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Decommissioned reactors (gross): |
1 (19 MW) | |
| Was standing: | March 18, 2008 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Carolina-Virginia Tube Reactor ( CVTR ) was a nuclear power plant with an experimental pressure tube reactor moderated by heavy water (D 2 O). The nuclear power plant was located on the Broad River in Fairfield County in the US state of South Carolina .
history
The reactor was built in 1960. The power plant was operated by Carolina's Virginia Nuclear Power Associates. The block went online on December 18, 1963.
The power plant was built to develop a civil heavy water moderating reactor, which was to be followed by a series similar to the CANDU reactor . The thermal output was 65 megawatts, the useful electrical output was around 17 megawatts. After the shutdown on January 1, 1967, the fuel was stored on site and the test program was finally discontinued. The license to operate the plant was revoked. The power plant has been demolished since 2007.
Data of the reactor blocks
The CVTR nuclear power plant had one block :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
switching off processing |
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| CVTR | Pressure tube reactor | 17 MW | 19 MW | 01/01/1960 | December 18, 1963 | 01/01/1967 |