Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant

Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant
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location
Coordinates	39 ° 45 ′ 31 ″  N , 76 ° 16 ′ 4 ″  W Coordinates: 39 ° 45 ′ 31 ″  N , 76 ° 16 ′ 4 ″  W
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Exelon generation
Operator:	Exelon generation
Project start:	1959
Commercial operation:	June 1, 1967
Active reactors (gross):	2 (2342 MW)
Decommissioned reactors (gross):	1 (42 MW)
Energy fed in in 2007:	18,898 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	443,863 GWh
Was standing:	4th July 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Peach Bottom nuclear power plant is located in Peach Bottom, 97 kilometers south of the city of Harrisburg on the west bank of the Susquehanna River and has a total of three units, the first of which was shut down in 1974.

history

Planning for the nuclear power plant began in 1959. Initially, only one block was planned, a helium-cooled high - temperature reactor . Construction of Unit 1 began on February 1, 1962. The reactor began operation on January 27, 1967 and went into commercial operation on June 1, 1967. After a short term of seven years, Unit 1 went offline on November 1, 1974.

In 1966, units 2 and 3 were planned. The construction of units 2 and 3 began together on January 31, 1968. Unit 2 started operations on February 18, 1974, Unit 3 on September 1, 1974. Unit 2 switched to commercial operation on July 5, 1974, Unit 3 followed on 23 December 1974. In both reactors is this is General Electric - boiling water reactors of the type GE BWR 4. The reactors each have a MARK-1 containment . The operating license for Unit 2 expires on August 8, 2033, and that of Unit 3 on July 2, 2034. The cost of the units was approximately $ 1.2 billion. Unit 3 of the nuclear power plant was the second highest annual production worldwide in 1980 .

The power plant employs around 600 workers. Labor costs are around $ 50 million annually. Exelon pays up to $ 1.3 million annually for local real estate.

After a three-month inspection of the nuclear power plant, major deficiencies in personnel were found. Several guards did their sleep while they worked. This was determined after the end of the test on September 25, 2007. A terrorist attack could take place during this time and thus put the facility in very great danger.

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 2 was granted to the operator Exelon Generation Co., LLC on October 25, 1973 by the NRC. It was extended on May 7, 2003 to August 8, 2033.

The original permit for Block 3 was granted on July 2, 1974. It was extended on May 7, 2003 to July 2, 2034.

In September 2018, Exelon Generation Co. LLC applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a further extension of operations for Units 2 and 3 to 80 years each.

Data of the reactor blocks

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	operating permit	Shutdown
Peach Bottom-1	High temperature reactor	40 MW	42 MW	02/01/1962	01/27/1967	06/01/1967		11/01/1974
Peach Bottom-2	Boiling water reactor	1,112 MW	1,171 MW	01/31/1968	02/18/1974	07/05/1974	08/08/2033
Peach Bottom-3	Boiling water reactor	1,112 MW	1,171 MW	01/31/1968	09/01/1974	December 23, 1974	07/02/2034

Web links

Commons : Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

• List of nuclear power plants

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Reactor Data Base of the WNA (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
3. ↑ United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Peach Bottom 2 (English)
4. ↑ United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Peach Bottom 3 (English)
5. ↑ Peach Bottom Power Station Information ( memento of the original from August 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
6. ↑ PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION on the Exelon homepage ( memento of the original from March 25, 2007 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. (English) 
7. ↑ Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Security Guards Asleep On The Job (English)
8. ^ Backgrounder on Reactor License Renewal. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), accessed August 18, 2016 . 
9. ^ Subsequent License Renewal Background. NRC, accessed August 18, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2. NRC, accessed on August 18, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 3. NRC, accessed on August 18, 2016 (English). 
12. ↑ USA: NRC examines second application to extend its business to 80 years | Nuclear Forum Switzerland. Retrieved September 5, 2018 .