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Catawba-1
The Catawba Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located on a 391-acre (158 ha) peninsula, called "Concord Peninsula", that reaches out into Lake Wylie, in York, South Carolina, US. Catawba utilizes a pair of Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors. As a part of the Megatons to Megawatts Program Catawba was one of the plants that received and tested 4 fuel assemblies containing MOX fuel with the plutonium supplied from old weapons programs.
Technical Specifications
- Capacity
- 1145 MW
- Reactor Type
- PWR
- Model
- WH 4LP (ICECND)
- IAEA ID
- 713
Timeline
- Construction Started
- May 1, 1974
- Operational From
- June 29, 1985
- Current Status
- Operational
Location
- Country
- United States
- Region
- South Carolina
- Coordinates
- 35.0530°, -81.0710°
Operator & Owner
- Operator
- Duke Energy
Data source: WNA/IAEA • Last verified against IAEA PRIS database