River Bend nuclear power plant

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River Bend nuclear power plant is an operating nuclear power plant in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Project Details

Table 1: Unit-level project details for River Bend nuclear power plant

Unit name	Status	Commissioning year	Cancellation year	Nameplate capacity	Reactor type	Model	Owner	Operator
1	Operating	1986	–	1016 MW	Boiling water reactor	BWR-6 (Mark 3)	Entergy Gulf States Inc [100%]	Entergy Nuclear Operations
2	Cancelled	–	1984	934 MW	Boiling water reactor	unknown	Gulf States Utilities Co [100%]	–
3	Cancelled	–	2015	1520 MW	Boiling water reactor	unknown	Gulf States Utilities Co [100%]	–

Table 2: Additional unit-level timeline details for River Bend nuclear power plant

Unit name	Construction start	First criticality (more info)	First grid connection	Commercial operation
1	March 25, 1977	October 31, 1985	December 3, 1985	June 16, 1986

Table 3: Additional unit-level capacity details for River Bend nuclear power plant

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Unit name	Reference net capacity	Design net capacity	Thermal capacity
1	967 MW	966 MW	3091 MWt

Location

Table 4: Unit-level location details for River Bend nuclear power plant

Unit name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
1	West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States	30.757, -91.3327 (exact)
2	West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States	30.757, -91.3327 (exact)
3	West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States	30.757, -91.3327 (exact)

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