Limerick Nuclear Power Plant
| Limerick Nuclear Power Plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 13 '36 " N , 75 ° 35' 14" W | |
| Country: | United States | |
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| Owner: | Exelon generation | |
| Operator: | Exelon generation | |
| Project start: | 1970 | |
| Commercial operation: | Feb. 1, 1986 | |
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Active reactors (gross): |
2 (2,388 MW) | |
| Energy fed in in 2015: | 18,971 GWh | |
| Energy fed in since commissioning: | 493,090 GWh | |
| Was standing: | December 31, 2015 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Limerick Nuclear Power Plant is located near Limerick , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , 45 kilometers northwest of downtown Philadelphia , and consists of two boiling water reactors . The owner and operator is the Exelon generation.
The reactors
The Limerick nuclear power plant consists of two General Electric boiling water reactors with a net electrical output of 1134 MWe and a gross output of 1194 MWe. Two cooling towers are used for cooling . As an emergency power supply to dissipate the decay heat in the event of a network blackout, each reactor block has four emergency power generators .
The fuel elements from the shutdown Shoreham nuclear power plant continued to be used in the Limerick nuclear power plant. They cost the Limerick operator nearly $ 50 million.
Construction and commissioning
Construction began on both reactors on June 19, 1974. The first reactor was first synchronized with the power grid on April 13, 1985, and went into commercial operation on February 1, 1986. The second reactor was synchronized with the grid for the first time on September 1, 1989 and went into commercial operation on January 8, 1990 as the penultimate reactor block in the United States.
Operating license
In the USA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) grants an operating license for a nuclear power plant for a period of up to 40 years. The 40 year period was originally based on the fixed asset depreciation period . The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 allows the operating license to be extended (even several times) by 20 years at a time.
The original operating license for Block 1 was granted to the operator Exelon Generation Co., LLC on August 8, 1985 by the NRC until October 26, 2024. It was extended on October 20, 2014 to October 26, 2044.
The original permit for Block 2 was granted on August 25, 1989 to June 22, 2029. It was extended on October 20, 2014 to June 22, 2049.
population
Around 250,000 people live within a radius of 16 kilometers from the plant. Beyond this radius is the agglomeration of Philadelphia with several million inhabitants.
Data of the reactor blocks
The Limerick nuclear power plant has a total of two blocks :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
operating permit |
Shutdown |
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| Limerick-1 | Boiling water reactor | 1134 MW | 1194 MW | 06/19/1974 | April 13, 1985 | 02/01/1986 | 10/26/2044 | |
| Limerick-2 | Boiling water reactor | 1134 MW | 1194 MW | 06/19/1974 | 09/01/1989 | 01/08/1990 | 06/22/2049 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nukeworker - Shoreham ( Memento of the original from January 9th, 2009 in the web archive archive.today ) 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.
- ^ Backgrounder on Reactor License Renewal. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), accessed August 18, 2016 .
- ^ Subsequent License Renewal Background. NRC, accessed August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Limerick Generating Station, Unit 1. NRC, accessed August 18, 2016 .
- ^ A b NRC Renews Limerick Nuclear Plant's Operating License. Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), October 22, 2014, accessed on August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Limerick Generating Station, Unit 2. NRC, accessed on August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)
