Susquehanna Steam Electric Station

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The nuclear power plant Susquehanna (English Susquehanna Steam Electric Station ( SSES ) ) is a nuclear power plant in the United States. It is in the state of Pennsylvania.

History

It was planned to the power plant from 1970. November 2, 1973, the start of construction of the two General Electric boiling water reactor - type BWR -4 Mark was 2 Identical reactors are among other nuclear power plant in Limerick. On September 1, 1982, the first block was critical and took on 16 November 1982 operation. As of June 8, 1983, the block began to feed electricity into the public grid. Block 2 was on May 8, 1984, the first time critical and commenced operations on July 3, 1984. The commercial power operation of Unit 2 was carried out on 12 February 1985., The power plant cost over 4.1 billion dollars. The operating license of Unit 1 runs from 2022 and Unit 2 in 2024.

Originally, the reactors had a capacity of 1100 megawatts. The steam has a temperature of 280 ° C and the turbines of the reactors 63 meters long. The two reactors are boiling water reactors with a coolant flow rate of greater than 817 m³ per minute ( 216,000 gallons per minute). The fuel elements in the reactor are enriched by 0.71 % to 4.95%. The fuel pellets stuck in tubes of Zircaloy. The cooling towers of the plant are 164 meters high.

In the years 2003 and 2004, the turbines of the plant have been modernized. Reason was that more and more cracks in this part of the plant occurred. The modernization of 80 megawatts more power could be produced, so that you could leave the reactors by 50 megawatts, which protects the material and slightly reduces the burn-up. The replacement of the turbine required a shutdown of the reactors of 38 days. There is also a plan to increase the thermal power of the reactors by 13%. Should be conducted to further modernize the turbine in the years 2007 and 2008.

In addition to the nuclear power plant a new nuclear power plant by the name of Bell Bend and a U.S. EPR (Evolutionary Power Reactor) is to be built. The U.S. EPR is a further development of the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR ). By the end of 2008, all licenses shall be obtained for the construction.

Disorders

  • On September 10, 2003, both reactors had to be easily traversed, as it had come to an oil fire. The fire broke out at one of the circulators of block 1.
  • On 28 April 2005 had to block 2 are removed from the network, there was a problem with a transformer.
  • On June 6, 2005, came at 12:33 clock (EDT) to an automatic shutdown of Unit 2 due to a problem with the electrical transmission into the public grid.
  • On 2 March 2006 it came into the plant to an alarm in the fire alarm system of the nuclear power plant, which reported a fire in block 2. A technician noticed that there was no fire. The reactor was still shut down. The incident was reported to the local authority.
  • On 29 April 2006 had to be shut down because of a 2 block water leaks. This incident would not affect the operation of the block, since the leak was too small, although the reactor was shut down as a precautionary measure to repair the leak.
  • On December 17, 2012 Unit 2 was shut down automatically during a routine turbine test. The cause is still under investigation.

Data of the reactor units

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Bellefonte 3 & 4 • Virgil C. Summer 2 & 3 • Shearon Harris 2 & 3 • South Texas 3 & 4 • 3 • Susquehanna Vogtle 3 & 4 • Watts Bar 2

Arkansas One • Beaver Valley • Braidwood • Browns Ferry • Brunswick • Byron • Callaway • Calvert Cliffs • Catawba • Clinton • Columbia • Comanche Peak • Cooper • Davis Besse • Diablo Canyon • Donald Cook • Dresden 2 & 3 • Duane Arnold • Enrico Fermi 2 • Farley • Fitzpatrick • Fort Calhoun • Grand Gulf • HB Robinson • Hatch • Hope Creek • Indian Point 2 & 3 • Lasalle • Limerick • McGuire • Millstone 2 & 3 • Monticello • Nine Mile Point • North Anna • Oconee • Oyster Creek • Palisades • Palo Verde • Peach Bottom 2 & 3 • Perry • Pilgrim • Point Beach • Prairie Iceland • Quad Cities • R. E. Ginna • River Bend • Saint Lucie • Salem • Seabrook • Sequoyah • Shearon Harris 1 • South Texas 1 & 2 • Surry • Susquehanna 1 & 2 • Three Mile Iceland 1 • Turkey Point, Vermont Yankee • • Virgil C. Summer 1 • Vogtle 1 & 2 • Waterford • Watts Bar 1 • Wolf Creek

BONUS • Crystal River • Dresden 1 • Enrico Fermi 1 • Hallam • Humboldt Bay • Indian Point 1 • Kewaunee • La Crosse • Millstone 1 • Pathfinder • Peach Bottom 1 • Piqua • Rancho Seco • San Onofre • Saxton • Shippingport • Shoreham • Three Mile Iceland 2 • Trojan • Vallecitos • Yankee Rowe • Zion

Big Rock Point • CVTR • Elk River • Fort St. Vrain • Haddam Neck • Maine Yankee

Bellefonte 1 & 2 • Callaway 2 • 2 • Clinton Davis Besse 2 & 3 • 2 • Fort Calhoun Grand Gulf 2 • 2 • Hope Creek North Anna 3 & 4 • Perry 2 • Seabrook • Surry 2 3 & 4

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  • Luzerne County
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