Waterford Nuclear Power Plant

Waterford Nuclear Power Plant
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location
Coordinates	29 ° 59 '43 "  N , 90 ° 28' 16"  W Coordinates: 29 ° 59 '43 "  N , 90 ° 28' 16"  W.
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Entergy Corporation
Operator:	Entergy Nuclear
Commercial operation:	September 24, 1985
Active reactors (gross):	1 (1200 MW)
Energy fed in in 2007:	9,893 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	183,827 GWh
Was standing:	July 28, 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Waterford Nuclear Generating Station ( Engl. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3) with one of Combustion Engineering built pressurized water reactor is surrounded by a 12 km ² large industrial zone next to the chemical complex Dow Chemical St. Charles Operations in Killona, Louisiana in St. Charles Parish , 35 km west of New Orleans , Louisiana.

history

Construction of the nuclear power plant began in 1974, and in 1985 it went into commercial operation.

While Hurricane Katrina devastated large areas of Louisiana in August 2005 , the reactor had to be shut down. Since the external power supply failed due to network fluctuations, the nuclear power plant was dependent on its own diesel generators for its own use.

Incidents

On October 9, 2015, the system's alarm sirens sounded. According to the operator, this happened as a result of a malfunction of the sirens, and at no time was there any danger to the population.

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
Waterford-3	Pressurized water reactor	1152 MW	1200 MW	11/14/1974	03/18/1985	09/24/1985	12/18/2024 planned

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1. ↑ Entergy Statistical Report & Investor Guide 2007 ( English , PDF; 3.3 MB) Entergy Investor Relations. P. 42. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
2. ↑ Operating Experience History - Waterford-3 ( English ) IAEO . Retrieved July 28, 2008.
3. ↑ Waterford 1 and 2 are two petroleum / natural gas power plants.
4. ^ NRC: News Release - Region IV - 2005-031 - NRC Continues to Monitor Nuclear Plants Affected by Hurricane Katrina ( English ) Nuclear Regulatory Commission . August 30, 2005. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
5. ↑ http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/false-alarm-no-problem-at-nuclear-plant-other-than-malfunctioning-siren/35759360
6. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)

Web links

• Entergy Nuclear operator's website
• History of the anti-nuclear movement against Waterford 3

See also

• List of nuclear power plants