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These experimental designs (all of which shared the BWR-1 classification despite their divergent designs) used fuel rod bundles in 6×6, 7×7, 8×8, 9×9, 11×11, and 12×12 configurations, but GE's 9×9 bundle later used in BWR/2–6 reactors is different from the one used in the BWR/1 era. [2] The BWR/1 was the first BWR design with internal ...
Unit 1: $423 million (2010 USD) or $577 million in 2023 dollars [1] Unit 2: $856 million (2010 USD) or $1.17 billion in 2023 dollars [1] Unit 3: $828 million (2010 USD) or $1.13 billion in 2023 dollars [1] Owner: Constellation Energy: Operator: Constellation Energy: Nuclear power station ; Reactor type: BWR: Reactor supplier: General Electric ...
Fukushima Daiichi's three destroyed reactors were generation II reactors; specifically Mark I Boiling water reactors (BWR) designed by General Electric. In 2016, unit 2 at the Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station came online and is likely to be the last generation II reactor to become operational in the United States.
As of December 2024, there are 419 operable power reactors in the world, with a combined electrical capacity of 378.1 GW. Additionally, there are 64 reactors under construction and 87 reactors planned, with a combined capacity of 69 GW and 84 GW, respectively, while 344 more reactors are proposed. [ 1 ]
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is a nuclear power station with one operational GE BWR reactor (General Electric boiling water reactor). It lies on a 2,100 acres (850 ha) site near Port Gibson, Mississippi. The site is wooded and contains two lakes. The plant has a 520-foot natural draft cooling tower. As of January 2023, the plant employs 675 people.
$65 million (decommissioning cost $1.1 billion) Owner: Pacific Gas and Electric Company: Operator: Pacific Gas and Electric Company: Nuclear power station ; Reactors: 1: Reactor type: BWR: Reactor supplier: General Electric: Site elevation: 44 feet (dry cask storage of radioactive fuel and other components) Cooling source: Pacific Ocean ...
It was announced in September 2011 that GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Exelon commissioned a feasibility study into creating Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) at the reactor. Mo-99 decays to produce technetium-99m (Tc-99m) that is used in around 50 million medical diagnostic imaging procedures every year. With a half-life of only six hours, Tc-99m is too ...
In 2015, before the closure of 3 reactors, they made up around 8.1% of its national primary energy consumption, and 19% of its electricity generation. [1] [2] The technology chosen for the reactors has been General Electric BWR technology for 2 plants and Westinghouse PWR technology for the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant.