River Bend Nuclear Power Plant
| River Bend Nuclear Power Plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 45 '24 " N , 91 ° 20' 2" W | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Data | ||
| Owner: | Entergy Corporation | |
| Operator: | Entergy Nuclear | |
| Commercial operation: | June 16, 1986 | |
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Active reactors (gross): |
1 (1036 MW) | |
| Energy fed in in 2007: | 7,184 GWh | |
| Energy fed in since commissioning: | 141,558 GWh | |
| Was standing: | July 30, 2008 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The River Bend nuclear power plant with a boiling water reactor built by General Electric is located in St. Francisville , Louisiana on the east bank of the Mississippi River .
history
Construction of the nuclear power plant began in 1977 and went into commercial operation in 1986. It belongs to the energy supplier Entergy . Original plans for a second reactor were abandoned in 1984.
In 2000 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 5% increase in output, and in 2003 a further 1.7%.
The operating license issued will expire in 2025, an application for an extension of the operating license by 20 years has been announced by the operator and is expected for 2011.
Entergy planned to apply for a license for an Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor ( ESBWR ) at the site as part of the Nuclear Power 2010 program from 2008 , this is a further developed boiling water reactor from General Electric (Unit 3) . In 2009, the operator informed the nuclear regulatory authority that the plans for Unit 3 are currently no longer being pursued.
Data of the reactor block
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
switching off processing |
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| River Bend | Boiling water reactor | 967 MW | 1036 MW | 03/25/1977 | December 3rd, 1985 | 06/16/1986 | 08/29/2025 License expiration date |
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- ↑ a b Operating Experience History - River Bend-1 ( English ) IAEO . Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ↑ Fact Sheet on Power Uprates for Nuclear Plants ( English ) Nuclear Regulatory Commission. February 22, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ Status of License Renewal Applications and Industry Activities ( English ) Nuclear Regulatory Commission. July 18, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ Mike Bowling: Entergy, NuStart Announce Submittal of Application for New Nuclear License ( English ) Entergy. February 27, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ↑ On January 9, 2009, Entergy informed the NRC that it was considering alternate reactor design technologies and requested the NRC suspend its review effort until further notice.
- ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)