Grand Gulf nuclear power plant

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Grand Gulf nuclear power plant is an operating nuclear power plant in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States.

Project Details

Table 1: Unit-level project details for Grand Gulf nuclear power plant

Unit name Status Commissioning year Cancellation year Nameplate capacity Reactor type Model Owner Operator
1 Operating[1] 1985[1] – 1500 MW[1] Boiling water reactor[1] BWR-6 (Mark 3)[1] Systems Energy Resources Inc [100%][1] Entergy Nuclear Operations[1]
2 Cancelled[2] – 1990[2] 1250 MW[2] Boiling water reactor[3] BWR-6 (Mark 3)[4] Entergy Corp [100%][3] –
3 Cancelled[5] – 2015[5] 1520 MW[6] Boiling water reactor[5] ESBWR[4] Entergy Corp [100%][3] –

Table 2: Additional unit-level timeline details for Grand Gulf nuclear power plant

Unit name Construction start First criticality (more info) First grid connection Commercial operation
1 May 4, 1974[1] August 18, 1982[1] October 20, 1984[1] July 1, 1985[1]
2 May 4, 1974[7] – – –

Table 3: Additional unit-level capacity details for Grand Gulf nuclear power plant

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Unit name Reference net capacity Design net capacity Thermal capacity
1 1401 MW[1] 1250 MW[1] 4408 MWt[1]

Location

Table 4: Unit-level location details for Grand Gulf nuclear power plant

Unit name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
1 Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States[8] 32.0081, -91.0478 (exact)
2 Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States[9] 32.0081, -91.0478 (exact)
3 Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States[9] 32.0081, -91.0478 (exact)

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References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 https://web.archive.org/web/20221126222338/https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=715. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20091009033233/http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ftproot/nuclear/043697.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230802002042/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Gulf_Nuclear_Station. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/large-lwr/col/grand-gulf/documents. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221202040227/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/large-lwr/col/grand-gulf.html. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsus-entergy-formally-drops-esbwr-application-4677751,https://nuclear.gepower.com/build-a-plant/products/nuclear-power-plants-overview/esbwr. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ (PDF) https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0214/ML021440550.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230103182122/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 2023-01-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)