U.S. Nuclear Plants
Watts Bar
Tennessee
Unit
1���� Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric
Corporation |
Capacity
Net MW(e) |
Generation
in 2003
Megawatthours |
Capacity
Factor |
Type |
On-line
Date |
License
Expiration Date |
R 1,138 |
8,548,811 |
85.5 % |
PWR |
Feb. 7, 1996 |
Nov. 9, 2035 |
R=Revised
Description: ��The
Watts Bar 1 nuclear reactor is located between Chattanooga and Knoxville
on a 1,770-acre site.� The next-to-last reactor in alphabetical sequence,
Watts Bar is the last reactor to come on line in the United States
(as of December 31, 2002). Watts Bar supplies enough electricity
for about 250,000 households in the Tennessee Valley.� Unit 2 was
about 80 percent complete when construction stopped in the early
1990s.�
Ownership: It is owned
and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
The Impact of
the Nuclear Industry on Tennessee
- News items: The United States (1996) “The Tennessee Valley
Authority….”
- Highlights
- Nuclear-provided Electricity Generation
- Competition in the State Electricity Market
- Environmental Trends: Emissions levels
- Various Links to related sites.
Sources: Capacity, for purposes of this report, is
the net summer capability as reported in Energy Information Administration
(EIA) survey form 860, “Annual Electric Generator Report.”
Capacity Factor is a calculation in which the maximum possible generation
(based on net summer capability) is divided into the actual generation
than multiplied by 100 to get a percentage. Generation is the electricity
output reported by plant owners on EIA survey form 902. Type of Unit:
All U.S. commercial reactors currently in operation are one of two types:
BWR (boiling water reactor) or PWR (pressurized light water reactor).
The type is identified in EIA’s Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel
Cycle Report. Both the On-line Date and the License Expiration Date
are reported annually in Information Digest by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
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