- Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station
Grand Gulf
nuclear power station is aGeneral Electric boiling water reactor . It lies on a 2,100 acre (8.5 km²) site nearPort Gibson, Mississippi . The site is wooded and contains two lakes. The plant has a 520 foot (158 m)cooling tower .Grand Gulf is operated by Entergy Nuclear and owned jointly by
System Energy Resources , Inc.(90 %) and bySouth Mississippi Electric Power Association (10 %).On
September 22 ,2005 it was announced that Grand Gulf had been selected as the site for a GE ESBWR reactor. For details, seeNuclear Power 2010 Program . Next to the vacant, waiting Grand Gulf field is an unfinished concrete structure that was to be the containment structure for a twin to the existing unit. In December 1979, staggered by construction cost Entergy (then called Middle South Utilities) stopped work on this unit.In 2007, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued anEarly Site Permit (ESP) to Grand Gulf. [ cite web
url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/regulationSafety/280307-Second_US_site_gains_new_build_permit.shtml
title= Second US site gains new build permit
date= 2007-03-28 |work= |publisher= NRC
accessdate= 2008-08-29 ] In 2008, Entergy and NuStart submitted aCombined Construction and Operating License (COL) application for a potential new nuclear unit at the Grand Gulf. [ cite web
url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS/New_COL_filed-other_US_applications_progressing_280208.html
title= New COL filed; other US applications progressing
date= 2008-02-28 |work= |publisher= NRC
accessdate= 2008-08-29 ]Notes
External links
* [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/grand_gulf.html DoE Page]
*cite web
url= http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/gg1.html
title= Grand Gulf 1
date= 2008-02-14 |work= | publisher= U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
accessdate= 2008-08-29
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