| Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant | |
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 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant (NRC image) | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Athens, Limestone County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34°42′14″N 87°7′7″W / 34.70389°N 87.11861°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | Units 1–2: May 1, 1967 Unit 3: July 1, 1968 |
| Commission date | Unit 1: August 1, 1974 Unit 2: March 1, 1975 Unit 3: March 1, 1977 |
| Construction cost | $4.79 billion (2023 USD)[1] |
| Owner | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Operator | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | BWR |
| Reactor supplier | General Electric |
| Cooling towers | 7 × Mechanical Draft (supplemental only)[a] |
| Cooling source | Wheeler Lake |
| Thermal capacity | 3 × 3,952 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 1,256 MW 1 × 1,259 MW 1 × 1,260 MW |
| Make and model | BWR-4 (Mark 1) |
| Nameplate capacity | 3,775 MWe |
| Capacity factor | 96.04% (2017) 78.07% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 31,053 GWh (2021) |
| External links | |
| Website | Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side (right bank) of Wheeler Lake. The site has three General Electric boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear generating units and is owned entirely by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). With a generating capacity of nearly 3.8 gigawatts, it is the third most powerful nuclear power plant in the United States, behind the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant in Arizona and the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia, and the most powerful generating station operated by TVA.
- ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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