Arkansas Nuclear One

Arkansas Nuclear One
Arkansas Nuclear One (February 2010)
Map
CountryUnited States
LocationClark Township, Pope County, near Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates35°18′40″N 93°13′52″W / 35.311°N 93.231°W / 35.311; -93.231
StatusOperational
Construction beganUnit 1: October 1, 1968
Unit 2: December 6, 1968
Commission dateUnit 1: December 19, 1974
Unit 2: March 26, 1980
Construction cost$2.522 billion (2007 USD)[1]
OwnerEntergy Arkansas
OperatorEntergy Nuclear
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierUnit 1: Babcock & Wilcox
Unit 2: Combustion Engineering
Cooling towers1 × Natural Draft
(Unit 2 only)
Cooling sourceLake Dardanelle
Thermal capacity1 × 2568 MWth
1 × 3026 MWth
Power generation
Units operational1 × 836 MW
1 × 988 MW
Make and modelUnit 1: B&W LLP (DRYAMB)
Unit 2: CE 2-loop (DRYAMB)
Nameplate capacity1824 MW
Capacity factor79.36% (2017)
80.75% (lifetime)
Annual net output13,555 GWh (2021)[2]
External links
WebsiteArkansas Nuclear One
CommonsRelated media on Commons

Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) is a two-unit pressurized water nuclear power plant located on Lake Dardanelle outside Russellville, Arkansas. Owned by Entergy Arkansas and operated by Entergy Nuclear, it is the only nuclear power facility in Arkansas.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Energy Information Administration (26 April 2012). "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ "U.S. Nuclear Operating Plant Basic Information". Nuclear Energy Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  3. ^ "Arkansas and Nuclear Energy" (PDF). Nuclear Energy Institute. Retrieved 2020-05-22.