Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station

Infobox Nuclear power plant


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Utility=Tennessee Valley Authority
Location=Hollywood, Alabama
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Supplier=Babcock and Wilcox
Type=Pressurized water reactor
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P_Reactor = 2
P_Reactor_MW = 2,200
M_Reactor = 2
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Cost=US$6,000,000,000
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Region=2

The Tennessee Valley Authority's Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station is located in Hollywood, Alabama.

The two partially built 1256 MWe pressurized water reactors on the site were made by Babcock and Wilcox and are called a 205 design due to the number of fuel assemblies in the core. These units are of the same design as WNP-1 which is also unfinished, and as the Mulheim Karlich A reactor in Germany that operated for three years and proved the design. Unit 1 was 88% complete and Unit 2 was 58% when they were mothballed in 1988 after a $6 billion investment. Although the construction permits were terminated on September 15, 2006, TVA is investigating completion of these first two units with operation projected to start sometime between 2017 and 2020. In August 2008 TVA asked the NRC to reinstate the construction permits as part of the restart evaluation. The rough estimates to simultaneously complete both to commercial full power operation are $2.9 billion for Unit 1 and $4.1 billion for Unit 2 in 2008 dollars. The total costs would be somewhat lower by also restarting Energy Northwest's mothballed WNP-1 at the same time due to shared engineering and supplier expenses.

On September 22, 2005 it was announced that Bellefonte was also selected as the site for one or two AP1000 pressurized water reactors to be called Units 3 and 4. TVA filed the necessary applications [Tennessee Valley Authority Application for a Combined Licence] in November 2007 to begin the design and construction process. For details, see Nuclear Power 2010 Program.

References

* [http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col/bellefonte.html Bellefonte Nuclear Site, Units 3 and 4 Application]

External links

* [http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/thumbnails95.html Nukeworker pictures]