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In July 2023, Energy Harbor applied for a license renewal for the Perry nuclear power plant, requesting an additional 20 years of operation. [13] In March 2024, Texas-based Vistra Corp announced it had completed an acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp. and its nuclear generation fleet assets, which was previously announced in March 2023. [14]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of 10 miles (16 km), concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about 50 miles (80 km), concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station's cooling tower in July 2015. Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station is an 894 megawatt nuclear power plant, located northeast of Oak Harbor, Ohio in Ottawa County, Ohio. It has a single pressurized water reactor. Davis–Besse is operated by Vistra Corporation.
The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant under construction (now halted) This table lists stations under construction stations without any reactor in service. Planned connection column indicates the connection of the first reactor, not thus whole capacity.
[20] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River. Willow Island Lock and Dam: Newport: 44: American Municipal Power [20] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River. Hannibal Locks and Dam: Hannibal: 19: New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro [20] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia ...
This includes baseload, peaking, and energy storage power stations, but does not include large backup generators. As of 2018, California had 80 GW of installed generation capacity encompassing more than 1,500 power plants; with 41 GW of natural gas, 26.5 GW of renewable (12 GW solar, 6 GW wind), 12 GW large hydroelectric, and 2.4 GW nuclear.
To meet that demand, Vistra has been focusing on generating clean energy via nuclear power plants. Vistra closed its acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp. in March for $3.4 billion, giving it control ...
In 2020, Washington had a total summer capacity of 30,669 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 116,114 GWh. [2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2022 was 67.6% hydroelectric, 12.5% natural gas, 8.4% nuclear, 6.9% wind, 3.1% coal, and 1.1% biomass which includes most refuse-derived fuel. Other gases and utility ...