Nuclear & Uranium
State Nuclear Profiles
Data for 2010 | Release Date: April 26, 2012 | Next Release: February 2013 | full report
Arkansas Nuclear Profile 2010 Arkansas profile
Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State ttal (percent) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nuclear | 1,835 | 11.5 | 15,023 | 24.6 |
Coal | 4,535 | 28.4 | 28,152 | 46.2 |
Hydro and Pumped Storage | 1,369 | 8.6 | 3,658 | 6.0 |
Natural Gas | 7,894 | 49.4 | 12,469 | 20.4 |
Other 1 | - | - | 28 | * |
Other Renewable1 | 326 | 2.0 | 1,624 | 2.7 |
Petroleum | 22 | 0.1 | 45 | 0.1 |
Total | 15,981 | 100.0 | 61,000 | 100.0 |
1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable |
Plant in State
Operator: Entergy Arkansas
Location: Arkansas Nuclear One power plant is located on a 1,100-acre site near Russellville.
Construction Cost: $2.522 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: Unit 1 is a Babcock & Wilcox two-loop pressurized water reactor. Unit 2 is a Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor.
Cooling System: Unit 1 uses water from Lake Dardanelle for cooling in a once-through system. Unit 2 also draws water from the lake but supplements the cooling with a 553 feet high natural draft cooling tower.
2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.