Bellefonte nuclear power plant

Bellefonte nuclear power plant
Bellefonte 1 and 2
location
Coordinates	34 ° 42 '28 "  N , 85 ° 55' 43"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 42 '28 "  N , 85 ° 55' 43"  W.
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Operator:	Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Project start:	1970
Planning finished:	January 1, 1988
Construction discontinued (gross):	2 (2526 MW)
Planning set (gross):	2 (2200 MW)
Was standing:	August 15, 2009
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The unfinished Bellefonte nuclear power plant on the eponymous island of Bellefonte in the Tennessee River near Scottsboro , Alabama was to consist of two pressurized water reactors . Construction of both blocks began in 1974 and stopped in 1988.

history

Aerial view of the Bellefonte nuclear power plant

The Bellefonte nuclear power plant was planned since 1970. Approval was granted in 1974 and construction of units 1 and 2 began on September 1, 1974. The two 1263  MW reactors were to be built by Babcock-Brown Boveri Reaktor GmbH, a joint venture between Babcock & Wilcox and Brown, Boveri & Cie. , be built. However, construction was stopped in 1988 due to the falling energy demand. At that time, Unit 1 was around 88% complete and Unit 2 was 58% complete. The construction project remained in this state until 2005. The operator and owner TVA examined other uses of the site. On September 15, 2006, TVA canceled the building permit for blocks 1 and 2.

In the course of the American nuclear program, discussions began on October 30, 2007 about whether two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors should be built at the site , and the corresponding approval procedures were initiated. Furthermore, the building permits for blocks 1 and 2 should be re-applied for and these should be completed. The two reactors should be completed from 2011, so that the first reactor will generate electricity from 2017 and the second reactor from 2020/21.

Changed economic conditions led to a review of the plans in August 2008. In August 2011, the energy company TVA withdrew the plans for the four units and announced that it would only examine the option of completing one reactor. To this end, a study was commissioned to examine the region's energy needs for the next 20 years. On May 5, 2016, the TVA Board decided that the location was superfluous and would therefore be auctioned, including the infrastructure and assumption of the obligations resulting from the pollution by the buyer. The unfinished power plant was sold in November 2016 for USD 111 million to Nuclear Holdings LLC, which has the prospect of investing around USD 13 billion to complete the Bellefonte nuclear power plant and bring it online.

Data of the reactor blocks

Two units with pressurized water reactors were under construction at the Bellefonte nuclear power plant . Two blocks with different reactor types were planned:

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercial operation	switching off processing
Bellefonte 1st	Pressurized water reactor	1,235 MW	1,263 MW	09/01/1974	-	-	Construction stopped on 01/01/1988
Bellefonte 2nd	Pressurized water reactor	1,235 MW	1,263 MW	09/01/1974	-	-	Construction stopped on 01/01/1988
Bellefonte 3	AP1000	1,000 MW	1,100 MW	-	-	-	2011 plans canceled
Bellefonte 4	AP1000	1,000 MW	1,100 MW	-	-	-	2011 plans canceled

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ NRC TERMINATES CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR UNFINISHED BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLANTS (English)
3. ↑ Bellefonte Nuclear Site, Units 3 and 4 Application (English)
4. ^ Power Technology: Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, Alabama, USA
5. ^ TVA: Single Nuclear Unit at the Bellefonte Site , accessed June 8, 2014
6. ^ NRC Docket Nos. 52-014 and 52-015
7. ↑ http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-TVA-to-sell-Bellefonte-0605167.html
8. ↑ Developer with ties to Birmingham plans $ 13B investment in Alabama nuclear plant , 2016-11-14
9. ↑ The Bellefonte 1 nuclear power plant in the PRIS of the IAEA ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
10. ↑ The Bellefonte 2 nuclear power plant in the IAEA's PRIS ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
11. ↑ Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, United States of America (English)
12. ↑ Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, United States of America (English)

Web links

Commons : Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Handelsblatt : USA: How the nuclear industry wakes up from its slumber
• Computer image of the nuclear power plant with two ESBWR