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Nuclear Power
Generates Third Straight Annual Record
In 2001, U.S. annual
nuclear power generation reached a record 768.8 billion net
kilowatt hours, 2 percent higher than the 2000 record of 753.9
net billion kWh, according to information released by the Energy
Information Administration. This is the third consecutive annual
record for nuclear generation (see Figure 1).
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According to EIA data,
more than one-fourth of the Nation's nuclear output was provided
by three States: Illinois (92,358 million kWh), Pennsylvania
(73,731 million kWh), and South Carolina (49,870 million kWh).
Kansas' only reactor, Wolf Creek, generated 10,347 million
kWh in 2001, the most by any U.S. nuclear generating unit….
---Press Release, Energy Information Administration,
April 2002
Kansas Nuclear
Highlights
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Of the 31 States with nuclear capacity, Kansas
ranks 25th.
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According to local news media (Channel 13 News,
Topeka, Kansas), the Wolf Creek plant bolstered security after
9/11, increasing the guard force by one third and making other
improvements.
- The Kansas Geological Survey makes available
a photograph of the plant at http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Images/DB/index.html
(Understandably, the security enhancements since 9/11 are
not shown in the photo).
Nuclear
Generation in Kansas, 1960 through 2003
Million Kilowatt Hours
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Sources: Energy Information Administration,
State Energy Data Report 1999, and Electric Power Annual,
Volume 1, 2001, and EIA Survey Form 906. |
Nuclear
Power Plant in Kansas
Data for 2003
| Plant
Name |
Nuclear
Units |
Capacity
Net MWe |
Share of State
Nuclear Generation Total |
Operator/Owner
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| Wolf
Creek |
Unit 1 |
1,170 |
100 % |
Wolf Creek Nuclear
Operating Corp./
Kansas Gas & Electric Co. (47 %)
Kansas City Power & Light Co. (47 %)
Kansas Elect. Power Coop., Inc. (6 %) |
Source:
Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report"
Competing
Fuels
Electricity
Market in Kansas
(Percent Generated by Fuel) |
Year |
Coal |
N.
Gas |
Hydro |
Nuclear |
Petroleum |
Other |
2003** |
75 |
3 |
* |
19 |
2 |
1 |
2002 |
75 |
4 |
* |
19 |
1 |
1 |
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*less than one percent
Source: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report
Emissions
Kansas
Electric Power Industry Estimated Emissions
Thousand Short Tons |
| Product |
Thousand
Short Tons |
National
Ranking |
Annual
Growth Rate
(1993 through 2002) |
| Sulfur
Dioxide |
130 |
24th |
7.0
percent |
| Nitrogen
Oxide |
95 |
21st |
-2.5
percent |
| Carbon
Dioxide |
43,523 |
24th |
3.1
percent |
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Source:
State Electricity Profiles, Energy Information Administration
See also, the comprehensive table comparing emissions tonnage for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
License
Renewal
According to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a license renewal application
for Wolf Creek is anticipated in September 2006.
Information on the current
status of all license renewal applications appears on the NRC
web site at http://www.nrc.gov
. To locate the data, select "index,"then select the letter
"l"and click on "License Renewal."
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