Perry Nuclear Power Plant

Perry Nuclear Power Plant
Power plant as seen from Headlands State Park
location
Coordinates	41 ° 48 '3 "  N , 81 ° 8' 36"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 48 '3 "  N , 81 ° 8' 36"  W
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Nuclear GenCorp
Operator:	Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.
Project start:	1972
Commercial operation:	November 18, 1987
Active reactors (gross):	1 (1303 MW)
Construction stopped:	1
Energy fed in in 2008:	10,680 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	171,504 GWh
Was standing:	January 30, 2010
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Perry nuclear power plant ( English Perry Nuclear Power Plant ) with a boiling water reactor is located on Lake Erie , 65 km northeast of Cleveland in the US state of Ohio .

The power plant consists of a General Electric boiling water reactor of the type BWR-6, this has a net output of 1245 MW. Construction of the reactor began on May 3, 1977; it became critical for the first time on June 6, 1986 . The first network synchronization took place on December 19, 1986, and the reactor went into commercial power operation on November 18, 1987. In 2000, the reactor's thermal output was increased from 3579 MW to 3758 MW, making the reactor one of the most powerful reactors in the United States of America.

The plant was originally intended for two reactors. Construction work on Unit 2 was interrupted in 1985 and formally discontinued in 1994. At the time of the cancellation, all major buildings and structures for the second block had already been completed, including the cooling tower. With an investment of six billion dollars, the plant is one of the most expensive power plants in the USA.

Future of the plant

Unlike most active nuclear power plants in the US, Perry has not yet received a 20-year term extension from the US nuclear regulatory agency. The operating license for the plant is currently valid until March 18, 2026, but the power plant will be shut down early due to the economic situation.

Like many other nuclear power plants, Perry is increasingly no longer competitive because of the oversupply of cheap electricity from shale gas production and the expansion of renewable energies in many electricity markets in the USA. A number of plants ( Crystal River , Kewaunee , San Onofre 2 and 3 , Vermont Yankee , Fort Calhoun , Oyster Creek ) have already been shut down for these reasons, further reactor units ( Pilgrim , Three Mile Island 1 , Indian Point 2 and 3 , Palisades , Diablo Canyon 1 and 2 ) are scheduled for shutdown, the premature shutdown of other systems ( Prairie Island , Duane Arnold ) is under discussion. New construction projects have been canceled; most recently, the construction of two blocks at the Virgil C. Summer nuclear power plant was canceled for economic reasons.

Because of this difficult market situation, FirstEnergy campaigned intensively with the state governments of Ohio and Pennsylvania to subsidize its nuclear power plants. The systems are to be promoted with public money from budgets for the expansion of CO2- free energies based on the model of New York and Illinois . In these states, Exelon withdrew the announced decommissioning of a total of six reactors ( Quad Cities 1 and 2 , Clinton , Ginna , Nine Mile Point 1 , Fitzpatrick ) in 2016 after the respective governments agreed to subsidize the plants from funds for pollution-free energies . In New York, however, environmental initiatives are preparing a lawsuit against this subsidization of nuclear power plants.

The FirstEnergy campaigns initially failed in either state. For months, the company has announced that it will sell or shut down its nuclear power plants, which include Perry, Beaver Valley 1 and 2 and Davis Besse , if the situation does not change soon. In January 2018, it was announced that FirstEnergy had agreed to finance a hedge fund of USD 2.5 billion for the next 18 months due to the financial inclination. In March 2018, the operator informed the US Atomic Energy Agency that the power plant should be shut down in 2021.

On April 25, 2018, FirstEnergy informed the nuclear supervisory authority that the Perry nuclear power plant should finally go offline on May 31, 2021.

In July 2019, Ohio passed House Bill 6, which burdened electricity customers with subsidies for the Perry and Davis Besse nuclear power plants. In July 2020, Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and others were arrested. They are charged with taking a $ 60 million bribe to get House Bill 6 through Parliament.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Perry Nuclear Generating Station has an in-service block :

Reactor block	Reactor type	Net power	Gross output	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercial operation	Shutdown
Perry-1	Boiling water reactor	1245 MW	1303 MW	05/03/1977	December 19, 1986	11/18/1987	(Planned 05/31/2021)
Perry-2	Boiling water reactor	1205 MW		October 01, 1974	04/01/1984 construction canceled

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/perr1.html
2. ↑ http://www.whec.com/news/nuclear-subsidy-lawsuit-victory/4765527/
3. ↑ http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2018/01/firstenergy-says-ohio-pa-nuclear-plants-in-danger-of-closing.html
4. ↑ http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20180201/lake-county-commissioners-air-disagreements-over-resolution-to-support-perry-nuclear-power-plant
5. ↑ Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station to close in 2020 . In: The Morning Journal News , March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
6. ↑ First Energy Solutions definitely to close its nuclear power plants . In Cleveland.com , April 25, 2018. Accessed April 25, 2018th
7. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Reactor Perry-1" (English)
8. ↑ The Perry 2 reactor in the IAEA's PRIS. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011 ; accessed on April 28, 2014 (English). 

See also

• List of nuclear power plants
• List of nuclear facilities