U.S. Nuclear Plants

Sequoyah
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
1,147	7,345,500	72.9 %	PWR	Sept. 17, 1980	Sept. 17, 2020
Unit 2 Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,125	8,258,269	83.6 %	PWR	Sept. 15, 1981	Sept. 15, 2021

PWR= Pressurized Light Water Reactor
Note: Sequoyah unit 1 was previously listed at 1,126 net MWe in capacity.

Description: The Sequoyah nuclear power plant is located on 525 acres near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Ownership: The Sequoyah nuclear plant is owned and operated by the Nation’s largest public utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

The Impact of the Nuclear Industry on Tennessee

News items: The United States (1996) “The Tennessee Valley Authority….”
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Nuclear-provided Electricity Generation
Competition in the State Electricity Market
Environmental Trends: Emissions levels
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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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