River Bend Nuclear Generating Station

Infobox Nuclear power plant
name = River Bend Nuclear Generating Station


caption =
country = USA
location = St. Francisville, Louisiana
coords = coord|30|45.4|N|91|20|W |type:landmark_region:US-LA |display=title,inline
owner = Entergy Gulf States Inc.
operator = Entergy Nuclear
built =
start = June 16, 1986
end =
r_supplier = General Electric
r_type = boiling water reactor
r_active = 1
r_active_mw = 978
r_shutdown =
r_shutdown_mw =
r_construction =
r_construction_mw =
r_canceled =
r_canceled_mw =
r_planned = 1 ESBWR
r_planned_mw = 1,550
capacity =
generation = 7,185
for_year = 2007
av_annual_gen =
net_gen =
status = O
generators =
architect = Stone & Webster
cost =
constructors =
expires = August 29, 2025
nrc_region = Region 4
website =
as_of = 2008-09-28

River Bend Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station on a 3,300 acre (13 km²) site in St. Francisville, Louisiana, approximately convert|30|mi|-1 north of Baton Rouge. The plant has a General Electric 978 MW [cite web
url= http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/riverbend.html
title= River Bend Nuclear Power Plant, Louisiana
date= September 5, 2008 |work= | publisher= U.S. Department of Energy
accessdate= 2008-09-28 ] boiling water reactor, which began operation on June 16, 1986.

River Bend is operated by Entergy Nuclear and owned by Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

Unlike the Waterford Nuclear Generating Station downriver in Hahnville, River Bend continued operation throughout Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The plant was shut down during Hurricane Gustav in 2008.cite web
url= http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2226852220080922
title= Entergy La. River Bend reactor starts to exit outage
date= September 22, 2008 | publisher= Reuters
accessdate= 2008-09-28 ]

Unit 3

On September 25, 2008, Entergy filed a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a new nuclear reactor at River Bend, of the 1,550 MWe Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) type. [cite news
url= http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index.ssf?/base//money-1/12224065144730.xml&coll=1
title= Entergy seeks OK to expand La. plant
last= Mowbray | first= Rebecca
date= September 26, 2008 | work= The Times-Picayune | publisher=
accessdate= 2008-09-28 ] [cite web
url= http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/river-bend.html
title= River Bend Station, Unit 3 Application
date= September 23, 2008 |work= |publisher= U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
accessdate= 2008-09-28 ] The reactor's cost is an estimated $6.2 billion.The NRC's review of the 13,000-page application will take at least 36 months. [cite news
url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN_River_Bend_application_goes_in_2609081.html
title= River Bend application in
date= September 26, 2008 | work= World Nuclear News | publisher=
accessdate= 2008-09-28 ]

Notes

See also

* Nuclear Power 2010 Program

External links

*cite web
url= http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/riverbend.html
title= River Bend Nuclear Power Plant, Louisiana
date= September 5, 2008 |work= | publisher= U.S. Department of Energy
accessdate= 2008-09-28
*cite web
url= http://www.entergy-nuclear.com/plant_information/river_bend.aspx
title= River Bend Station
publisher= Entergy Nuclear
accessdate= 2008-09-28