Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant

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Active reactors ( gross ):

The nuclear power plant Hatch is a U.S. nuclear power plant, located near Baxley, Georgia. The plant has two boiling water reactors. Is operated by the Southern Nuclear Operating Corporation, a subsidiary of Southern Company. Is named the plant after Edwin I. Hatch, who was president from 1963 to 1975, then Chairman of the Board until his retirement.

With 50.1 % is Georgia Power, also a subsidiary of Southern Company, the largest shareholder, followed by Oglethorpe Power Corporation (30 %), Municipal Electrical Authority of Georgia ( 17.7 %) and the City of Dalton (2.2 %).

Block 1

Block 1 is a boiling water reactor from General Electric with a net electrical output of 876 MWe and a gross output of 898 MWe. Construction began on September 30, 1969 he was first synchronized on 11 November 1974 with the electricity grid and went on 31 December 1975 in commercial operation.

The shutdown is scheduled for 2034.

Block 2

Block 2 is also a General Electric boiling water reactor, but with a gross capacity of 883 MWe net and 921 MWe. Construction began on 27 December 1972 the first network synchronization took place on 22 September 1978 he took on 5 September 1979, commercial operation on.

The shutdown is scheduled for 2038.

Accidents

On 3 December 1986, came in a storage facility for spent fuel rods at the site of the nuclear power plant in an accident, in which about 500,000 liters ( 141,000 gallons ) of radioactive water has leaked from the storage pool. Of these, about 300,000 liters are ( 84,000 gallons ) passes through the rain drainage in a wetland on the site of the power plant. This was caused by incorrect operation by an employee.

On 7 March 2008 it came in Block 2 to an emergency shutdown. This was caused by an upgrade to a server in the administrative area. A control computer was no longer supplied with timely data through the subsequent reboot. He interpreted this as a falling water level in nuclear and initiated an emergency shutdown. The incident again shows the danger of connecting networks management ( and external access ) and control systems ( SCADA). Such networks are usually designed only for the internal and undisturbed traffic.

Data of the reactor units

The nuclear power plant Hatch has two blocks:

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