| Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station | |
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| Data | |
| Country |  United States |
| Location | Hollywood, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34°42′31″N 85°55′45″W / 34.708557°N 85.929222°WCoordinates: 34°42′31″N 85°55′45″W / 34.708557°N 85.929222°W |
| Owner | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Reactors | |
| Reactor supplier | Babcock and Wilcox[1] |
| Reactor type | Pressurized water reactor |
| Reactors canceled | 2 |
| Reactors planned | 2[1] (2,200UNIQ51ca171,067,583d19-ref-00,000,006-QINU MW) |
| Power | |
| Status | Proposed |
| Other details | |
| Cost | US$6 billion (Units 1 & 2) |
| NRC region | Region 2[1] |
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station is located in Hollywood, Alabama.
The two partially-built 1,256 megawatt (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 development was suspended in 1988 after a $6 billion investment. Subsequent asset recovery activities, along with more recent inspections of remaining equipment, resulted in BLN 1&2 now being considered approximately 55 percent and 35 percent complete, respectively.[2] Although the construction permits were terminated on September 15, 2006, TVA is investigating completion of these first two units with operation projected to start Unit 1 in 2017 and Unit 2 in 2021. In August 2008 TVA asked the NRC to reinstate the construction permits as part of the restart evaluation. This request was granted by the NRC on 2/19/09, albeit as a terminated application which will require significant inspection of all systems to bring the license to the deferred stage. 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. Unit 2 will cost more to complete because it is only 58% complete vs the 88% complete for Unit 1.
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[3] in November 2007 to begin the design and construction process. For details, see Nuclear Power 2010 Program.
In August 2009, the Tennessee Valley Authority, faced with "falling electric sales and rising costs from cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee", trimmed plans for the potential four-unit Bellefonte nuclear plant to one reactor. In April 2010 the Board will make a final review and decision as to how many (if any) reactors will be built on this site.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d NRC: Bellefonte Nuclear Site, Units 3 and 4 Application
- ^ http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-19045.htm
- ^ Tennessee Valley Authority Application for a Combined Licence
- ^ TVA plan for Ala. nuclear plant drops to 1 reactor
External links
Media related to Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station at Wikimedia Commons- Bellefonte Image Gallery on Nukeworker website
- http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-19045.htm
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