Columbia Generating Station
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Columbia Generating Station is a nuclear commercial energy facility located on the Hanford Site, 10 miles (16 km) north of Richland, Washington. It is owned and operated by Energy Northwest, a Washington state, not-for-profit joint operating agency. Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1983, Columbia first produced electricity in May 1984, and entered commercial operation in December 1984.
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Columbia Nuclear Generating Station | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Benton County, near Richland, Washington |
Coordinates | 46°28′16″N 119°20′2″W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | August 1, 1972 |
Commission date | December 13, 1984 (39 years ago) (1984-12-13) |
Construction cost | $6.392 billion (2007 USD)[1] ($9.05 billion in 2023 dollars[2]) |
Owner(s) | Energy Northwest |
Operator(s) | Energy Northwest |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | BWR |
Reactor supplier | General Electric |
Cooling towers | 6 × Mechanical Draft[lower-alpha 1] |
Cooling source | Columbia River |
Thermal capacity | 1 × 3544 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 × 1216 MW |
Make and model | BWR-5 (Mark 2) |
Nameplate capacity | 1216 MW |
Capacity factor | 83.14% (2017) 75.10% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 8128 GWh (2017) |
External links | |
Website | Home Website |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
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Columbia produces 1,207 megawatts net of electricity.